Celestí Boada i Salvador (1902 – 18 October 1939) was a Spanish-Catalan politician. He was born in

Santa Coloma de Gramanet Santa Coloma de Gramenet () informally simply known as Santa Coloma (in Spanish: Santa Coloma de Gramanet, historically also known as ''Gramenet de Besòs'') is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the south-east side of the L ...

. He was a member of the

Republican Left of Catalonia The Republican Left of Catalonia ( ca, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, ERC; ; generically branded as ) is a Catalan independence movement, pro-Catalan independence, social democracy, social-democratic List of political parties in Catalonia, p ...

. He supported the

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in the

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. Because he was a Catalan nationalist, he was executed by firing squad by the government of

Francisco Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War ...

in Campo de la Bota after the Nationalist victory.''La República i la Guerra Civil a Santa Coloma de Gramenet'', pág. 144.

References

Bibliography

*Carreras García, Montserrat. ''La República i la Guerra Civil a Santa Coloma de Gramenet''. 208 págs. Aj. de Sta. Coloma, 1986. (En catalán). *Ruiz Santín, Fco. Javier. «El cas Celestí Boada» en Grupo de Historia José Berruezo.
Una ciutat dormitori sota el franquisme: Santa Coloma de Gramenet, 1939-1975
'. Barcelona, Ediciones Carena, 2010 , págs. 157-166. (En catalán).

External links

Santa Coloma de Gramenet inaugura una escultura pública dels artistes Jordi Dalmau i Lídia Górriz en homenatge a l'alcalde republicà afusellat Celestí Boada
vilaweb.cat, 20 de enero de 2007.

''e-noticies.es'', 10 de abril de 2009. {{DEFAULTSORT:Boada, Celesti 1902 births 1939 deaths Republican Left of Catalonia politicians Alcaldes of the Second Spanish Republic People executed by Francoist Spain Executed politicians People executed by firing squad