Joaquín María Ferrer Cafranga

Joaquín María Ferrer Cafranga

Joaquín María Ferrer y Cafranga (born December 8, 1777 in Pasajes de San Pedro , † September 30, 1861 in Santa Águeda ( Gipuzkoa )) was a Spanish politician and Prime Minister of Spain ( Presidente del Gobierno ) .

biography

Revolution of 1820 and reign of Ferdinand VII.

After finishing school, he completed a military career, during which he served as a captain ( captain ) in Peru from 1811 to 1815 .

On his return, after the revolution of January 1820 and the subsequent liberal period ( Triennio Liberal ), he was elected Member of Parliament ( Congreso de los Diputados ) in 1822 , where he represented the interests of the constituency of Guipúzcoa until 1823 . During this time he was also President of Parliament from May to June 1823.

After the French invasion of Spain and the renewed takeover of power by the absolutist King Ferdinand VII. In 1823 he went into exile in England and later in France .

Rule of Isabella II, Prime Minister and last years of life

After his return to Spain he was re-elected member of parliament on June 30, 1834, where he was again representative of the constituency of Guipúzcoa until July 24, 1839. On August 14, 1836, he was appointed Minister of the Treasury ( Ministro de Hacienda ) in the cabinet of José María Calatrava , to which he was only a member until September 9, 1836. In January 1837 he was again active as President of Parliament. During these troubled times, the Bilbao defense junta was decided among other things . On October 4, 1837, he was also elected Senator , where he initially represented the province of Guipúzcoa.

After the deposition of the reigning regent Maria Christina of Sicily for the minor Queen Isabella II and the increasing power of General Baldomero Espartero , he was already a member of the Provisional Government Council ( Junta Provisional de Gobierno ) from September 2 to 16, 1840 . After Espartero became Prime Minister himself on September 16, 1840, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister ( Ministro de Estado ). In addition, he was later from March 6 to May 10, 1841 again acting Minister of the Treasury. He had close ties to Espartero not only because of his proximity to the Progressive Party ( Partido Progresista ). On February 12, 1841, he was also elected senator to represent the province of Navarre .

On May 10, 1841 he succeeded Espartero as Prime Minister of Spain ( Presidente del Gobierno ) . However, the existence of his government was short-lived, because on May 20, 1841, the former Prime Minister Antonio González González succeeded him . During his ten-day tenure, he was also foreign and treasury minister again.

After Espartero was ousted, he was appointed Senator for life ( Senador Vitalicio ) on April 21, 1847 because of his political merits . At times he was also the President of the Senate and, because of his experience, was a negotiator in diplomatic missions and negotiations on international trade relations.

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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. ↑ List of Treasury Ministers ( Memento of December 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Manifiesto de la Diputación y Junta de Defensa de Bilbao
5. ^ The Senate between 1834 and 1923 - Senators , accessed June 7, 2017.
6. ↑ List of Foreign Ministers ( Memento of December 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

predecessor	Office	successor
Baldomero Espartero	Prime Minister of Spain 1841	Antonio González González