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Luis Argemí y de Martí (Catalan: Lluís Argemí i de Martí; 1873-1950) was a Spanish Catalan entrepreneur and politician. In business his primary focus was on chemicals and his company formed part of a cartel which controlled sections of the European dyes market; however, he was involved also in textile, hydro-electricity, finance, construction and publishing industry. In politics for decades he supported the Carlist cause, yet in the 1940s he put up with Francoism. In 1907-1918 he served in the Barcelona provincial diputation, in 1914-1918 in Mancomunitat, in 1918-1920 in the Senate, and in 1943-1946 again in diputación, this time as its president. In historiography he is known also as promoter and sponsor of Sindicatos Libres, a Catholic trade union which engaged in violent conflict with the Anarchist CNT.