Manuel Azaña Díaz (January 10, 1880–November 3, 1940) was a prominent Spanish leftist politician before and during the period of the Second Republic. He was the first Prime Minister of the Second Republic, serving 1931 to 1933, and again in 1936. He was also the second and last President of the Republic (1936–1939). The Spanish Civil War broke out during his presidency. With the defeat of the Republic in 1939, he fled to France and resigned his office, an act that has marred his subsequent reputation. He suffered a heart attack in France early in 1940, and was still recovering when Germans invaded. He died in November, 1940 after being moved to Mountauban.