Álvaro Gómez Becerra

Álvaro Gómez Becerra (painting by Rafael Castro y Ordóñez (1856))

Álvaro Gómez Becerra (born December 26, 1771 in Cáceres , † January 23, 1855 in Madrid ) was a Spanish politician and Prime Minister of Spain ( Presidente del Gobierno ).

Life

Studies and Triennio Liberal from 1820 to 1823

Gómez Becerra completed a law degree and later worked as a lawyer.

Politically, he made his first appearance after the revolution of January 1820 , when he was elected as a member of parliament ( Congreso de los Diputados ) during the liberal period ( Triennio Liberal ) as Supreme Political Leader of Toledo in the election of Extremadura in the 1822 election . As such, he was also President of Parliament in June 1822 and September 1823.

Reign of Isabella II and Prime Minister

After Queen Isabella II's coronation in 1833, he was appointed Minister for Grace and Justice ( Ministro de Gracia y Justicia ) on September 28, 1835 in the cabinet of Juan Álvarez Mendizábal , whom he held until the end of his term on May 15 1836 belonged. In this capacity he issued a decree in 1835 that provided for the expulsion of the Jesuits , the abolition of monasteries and convents with fewer than twelve members, the prohibition of the higher ordination of bishops and the appropriation of the property of the convents.

Prime Minister Álvaro Gómez Becerra (right) (painting by Ignacio Suárez Llanos (1869))

On February 26, 1836 he was re-elected a member of parliament. As such, he represented the interests of the constituency of Cáceres with a brief interruption until January 1840. In addition, he was also active as President of Parliament in October 1836. He was also a member of the Senate as a representative of the Badajoz Province during the legislative period of 1839 .

From 11 to 16 September 1840 he was again Minister for Appeals for Mercy and Justice in the government of Vicente Sancho . He held this office again from October 3, 1840 to May 20, 1841 in the governments of Baldomero Espartero and Joaquín María Ferrer Cafranga . During this time he also advocated the election of Espartero as regent after the abdication of Maria Christina of Sicily (October 1840) by the Cortes on May 18, 1841. During the electoral term of 1841 he was again a senator as representative of the province of Toledo . From 1841 to 1843 he was also President of the Senate.

On May 19, 1843, he himself became Prime Minister of Spain ( Presidente del Gobierno ) and, in his government that was in office until July 30, 1843, again took over the office of Minister for Appeals for Mercy and Justice. As Prime Minister he was replaced by his predecessor Joaquín María López López after his dismissal because of the July uprisings and the disempowerment of the regent General Espartero . He then retired to Cuenca .

On November 20, 1847, he was appointed Senator for life ( Senador Vitalicio ) because of his political merits .

Web links

• Biography on the homepage of the Spanish Prime Ministers (Spanish) ( Memento from June 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
• The cabinets during the tenure of Isabella II (1833–1843)
• The governments of the Kingdom of Spain from 1833 to 1868 ( Memento of February 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of Members of Parliament from 1810 to 1977
2. ^ Terms of office as President of Parliament
3. ^ The Senate between 1834 and 1923 - Senators , accessed June 7, 2017.
4. ↑ The Senate and its Presidents 1834 to 1923 ( Memento from June 27, 2001 in the Internet Archive )

predecessor	Office	successor
Joaquín María López López	Prime Minister of Spain 1843	Joaquín María López López