Estanislao Figueras y Moragas

Earned a degree in law (1840); joined the Partido Progresista (Progressive Party) in 1840; was involved in creation of the Partido Democrático (Democratic Party); elected deputy for Barcelona to the Cortes (1851-1852); activist of republican movement; a member of the Revolutionary Junta of Tarragona (1854); elected to the Constituent Cortes (1854-1856) by the constituency of Tarragona; deputy of the Cortes (1863); during the Revolution of 1868, served as a member of the Junta Provisional Revolucionaria de Madrid (30 Sep 1868 - 5 Oct 1868); founded La Igualdad newspaper (1868); republican minority leader in the Constituent Cortes (1869-1871); voted for República federal during the election of Spanish king (16 Nov 1870); advocated the idea of federal republic for Spain as a deputy of the Cortes (1871-1873); elected President of the Executive Power (12 Feb 1873 - 24 Feb 1873); resigned as a result of a coup backed by Francisco Serrano and Cristino Martos (24 Feb 1873); appointed Interim President of the Executive Power (24 Feb 1873), but almost immediately reelected as President of the Executive Power (24 Feb 1873 - 11 Jun 1873); formed a government composed exclusively of republicans; survived another coup organized by Martos (23 Apr 1873); elected to the Constituent Cortes (1873-1874) as a deputy for Barcelona; served as interim war minister (8 May 1873 - 11 Jun 1873); resigned along with the government before the newly constituted Cortes (7 Jun 1873), which voted for proclamation of the federal republic on 8 Jun 1873; spent some time in exile in France (1873-1874); following the downfall of the First Republic, acted as co-founder of the Partido Federal Orgánico (1880). Biography source: [6]