Eduardo Dato

Eduardo Dato, sarcophagus, Panteón de Hombres Ilustres, Madrid

Eduardo Dato e Iradier (born August 12, 1856 in La Coruña (now A Coruña ), † March 8, 1921 in Madrid ) was the Spanish Prime Minister for three terms . He joined the "Conservative Party" at a young age and was its chairman from 1913 to 1921.

Life

He was born in La Coruña (now A Coruña) in Galicia , Spain , and moved to Madrid with his family as a teenager. He successfully completed his law studies in 1875 and opened a law firm two years later. In 1884 he was elected to the House of Representatives of the Spanish Cortes . From 1891 until his death he had a permanent seat in the House of Representatives. From May 1907 to April 1910 he was president of this Chamber of Cortes almost continuously. In 1892 he received the post of Undersecretary in the Ministry of the Interior. During the two terms of office of Francisco Silvela Le vielleuze as Prime Minister Dato was Minister of the Interior (1899–1900) and Minister of Justice (1902–1903). In 1907 he was elected mayor of Madrid. He held this office until 1909. On October 27, 1913, he took over the post of Prime Minister until December 9, 1915. In the period from 1914 to 1915 he also headed the Ministry of Justice. During this term of office he managed to maintain Spain's neutrality during the First World War . After a second short term of office as Prime Minister from June 11 to November 3, 1917, he took over the office of Foreign Minister and was then a third time, on May 5, 1920, Prime Minister of the country and at the same time Minister of the Navy. On March 8, 1921, he was shot by three Catalan anarchists while leaving the parliament building in Madrid .

Further memberships and awards

In 1910 he became a member of the Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas . He was a member and from 1913 Vice-President of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. King Alfonso XIII awarded him the hereditary title Duke of Dato posthumously . He was a member or holder of the following orders: Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III. , the Order of Gregory , the Portuguese Order of Christ and the Portuguese Order of Tower and Sword .

Web links

Commons : Eduardo Dato - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ List of Members of the Spanish Congress
^ Entry on the website of the President of Portugal

predecessor	Office	successor
Álvaro Figueroa Torres	Prime Minister of Spain 1913–1915	Álvaro Figueroa Torres
Manuel García Prieto	Prime Minister of Spain 1917	Manuel García Prieto
Manuel Allendesalazar Muñoz de Salazar	Prime Minister of Spain 1920–1921	Gabino Bugallal Araújo

personal data
SURNAME	Dato, Eduardo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dato e Iradier, Eduardo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish lawyer and Prime Minister
DATE OF BIRTH	August 12, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH	A Coruña
DATE OF DEATH	March 8, 1921
Place of death	Madrid

[1] List of Members of the Spanish Congress

[2] Entry on the website of the President of Portugal