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Mandatory Credit: Photo by ANL/REX (2005119a) Mayor Of Barcelona President Of Catalonia Lluis Companys (3rd Right) Lluas Companys I Jover (june 21 1882 A October 15 1940) Was The 123rd President Of Catalonia From 1934 And During The Spanish Civil War. He Was A Lawyer And Leader Of The Republican Left Of Catalonia (erc) Political Party. Exiled After The War He Was Captured And Handed Over By The Nazi Secret Police The Gestapo To The Spanish Dictatorship Of Francisco Franco Who Had Him Executed By Firing Squad In 1940. Companys Is The Only Incumbent President In Europe To Have Been Executed [1] And Seventy-two Years Later The Council Of War Which Sentenced Him Is Still In Force. Mayor Of Barcelona President Of Catalonia Lluis Companys (3rd Right) Lluas Companys I Jover (june 21 1882 A October 15 1940) Was The 123rd President Of Catalonia From 1934 And During The Spanish Civil War. He Was A Lawyer And Leader Of The Republican