Luis González Bravo

Luis González Bravo

Luis González Bravo López de Arjona (born July 8, 1811 in Cádiz , † September 1, 1871 in Biarritz ) was a Spanish journalist , politician and Prime Minister of Spain ( Presidente del Gobierno ) .

biography

Study and reign of Espartero

After attending school, he first studied law at the University of Alcalá . Subsequently he worked as a lawyer on the one hand, and on the other hand, between 1837 and 1838, under the pseudonym "Ibrahim Clarete", he also acquired the reputation of a respected journalist for the newspaper "El Guirigay" (The gibberish ).

Baldomero Espartero's rise to regent led to his being elected member of parliament ( Congreso de los Diputados ) for the first time in the elections of February 1, 1841 , where he alternated the interests of the constituencies of Jaén , Málaga until January 1869 , Madrid , Canarias , Ciudad Real , Almería , Valencia and Cádiz .

Soon he became a strong opponent of Espartero and was next to Francisco Serrano Domínguez leader of the uprising in Barcelona in 1843 , which ultimately led to the overthrow of the regent. In the following years he joined the Partido Moderado of Ramón María Narváez . In December 1843 he accused Prime Minister Salustiano Olózaga of having used violence against the will of Queen Isabella II and intended to dissolve parliament.

Reign of Isabella II, Prime Minister and Revolution of 1868

He then became himself on December 5, 1843, as successor to Olózagas Prime Minister of Spain ( Presidente del Gobierno ) . During his tenure, which lasted until May 3, 1844, he initiated the disarmament of the National Military Service ( Milicia Nacional ), censorship of the press , the reintroduction of consumption taxes and the facilitation of the return of the Queen Mother, the former regent Maria Christina of Sicily . In his cabinet he also took over the office of Foreign Minister ( Ministro de Estado ) and for a few days also the Office of Minister for Appeals for Mercy and Justice ( Ministro de Gracia y Justicia ). After achieving the political goals, he was replaced as Prime Minister on May 3, 1844 by General Narváez.

He was then sent to Lisbon as ambassador , but returned soon after and resumed his previous work as a journalist. On the other hand, he remained politically active as a member of parliament. In 1854 he went into exile temporarily due to unrest . Between 1856 and 1858 he was ambassador to London .

During the final years of Queen Isabella II's reign, he returned to the center of power as moderate governments responded to unrest with increasingly massive violence. From September 16, 1864 to June 21, 1865 he was the acting Minister of the Navy (Ministro de Marina) and Minister of the Interior ( Ministro de Gobernación ) of the sixth Narváez government. As such, he was largely responsible for the bloody suppression of the student unrest at the Universidad de Madrid on April 10, 1865 ( Noche de San Daniel ), which led to his unpopularity.

Despite this unpopularity and public criticism, he was then not only temporarily acting foreign minister for a few days, but also appointed interior minister again by Narváez on July 10, 1866 in his seventh cabinet.

After Narváez's death on April 23, 1868, he was appointed prime minister again on the same day as his successor. At the same time he remained Minister of the Interior and also took over the post of Colonial Minister ( Ministro de Ultramar ) for a few days . During his tenure he had to rule against all parties because of his unpopularity and the increasing public criticism and tried to stay in power with the use of the armed forces.

González did not correctly assess the emerging political movement, which ultimately led to the fact that he and Queen Isabella II were overthrown by the September Revolution ( La Gloriosa ) and he ultimately had to go into exile in Biarritz on September 19, 1868 . In exile he became a follower of Carlism during the last years of his life .

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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 term of office of Isabella II (1843–1856 - Década Moderada )
• The Cabinets during the tenure of Isabella II (1856–1868 - La Unión Liberal )
• 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. ^ Spanish ambassadors in London from 1483-1900 ( Memento of April 23, 2006 in the Internet Archive )

predecessor	Office	successor
Salustiano Olózaga	Prime Minister of Spain 1843 - 1844	Ramón María Narváez

predecessor	Office	successor
Ramón María Narváez	Prime Minister of Spain 1868	José Gutiérrez de la Concha