Luis José Sartorius Tapia
Luis José Sartorius y Tapia , Count ( Conde ) de San Luis (* 1820 in Seville ; † February 22, 1871 ibid) was a Spanish politician and President of Spain ( Presidente del Gobierno ) .
Life
Origin, member of parliament and promotion to minister
Sartorius came from an immigrant family and grew up in poor circumstances. He later embarked on a career in journalism under the care of the future government president Juan Bravo Murillo . In 1842 he was the founder of the daily newspaper "El Heraldo" (The Herald ), in whose articles he was harsh critic and opponent of the reign of General Baldomero Espartero .
He began his political career on September 15, 1843, when he was elected Member of Parliament ( Congreso de los Diputados ). There he represented the interests of the constituency of Cuenca and, at times, of constituencies in Madrid and Barcelona , with little interruptions until January 1869 .
On October 4, 1847, he was appointed Minister of the Interior ( Ministro de Gobernación ) in the government of Ramón María Narváez , who, with the exception of the only twenty-seven-hour interim government of Serafín María de Soto on October 19 and 20, 1849, was finally on January 14, 1851 belonged to. During this time he was also Minister for Commerce, Education and Public Works ( Ministro de Comercio, Instrucción y Obras Públicas ) for a week in November 1847 . During this time he established his own political base with the Party of Polish Immigrants ( Partido de los Polacos ). For his services he was raised to the nobility as Count ( Conde ) de San Luis in 1849 . In January 1851, however, he refused to form a coalition government with his old sponsor Bravo Murillo.
District President and last years of life
As the successor to Francisco Lersundi Hormaechea he was then on 19 September 1853, finally even the provincial government of Spain ( Presidente del Gobierno ) . As such he was in office until July 17, 1854 and at the same time took over the office of Minister of the Interior again. During his tenure, he initiated several important administrative reforms. On the other hand, he was accused of corruption and massive immoral behavior, so that the Parliament ( Cortes ) had to deal with it. The debate in the Senate about a scandal at the railway company ( Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles ) also led to a vote of no confidence . However, despite the allegations, he did not resign, but ordered the dissolution of parliament. He countered the increasing domestic political pressure from the Partido Moderado , Partido Progresista and the military, but also from the financial world on his government in the following period with growing repression against his political opponents. Ultimately, however, this led to the fact that the military forced him to resign on July 17, 1854 by preparing a revolt.
Between August 18, 1853 and September 3, 1854, he was also President of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando ( Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando ).
In the following years he had to withdraw to a large extent from political life, apart from his work as a member of parliament, but later still worked temporarily as ambassador in Rome .
Most recently he was President of Parliament from December 28, 1867 to December 3, 1868 and thus also the last President of the Cortes during the reign of Queen Isabella II.
His tomb is in the Iglesia de la Anunciación in Seville .
Web links
- Biography on the website of the Spanish government presidents ( memento from February 3, 2008 in the Internet archive ) on la-moncloa.es (Spanish)
- The cabinets during the term of office of Isabella II (1843–1856 - Década Moderada)
- The governments of the Kingdom of Spain from 1833 to 1868 ( Memento of February 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Biography ( memento from June 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on fuenterrebollo.com (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of Members of Parliament from 1810 to 1977
- ↑ García Sepúlveda, María Pilar / Navarrete Martínez, Esperanza: "Relacíon de Miembros pertenecientes a la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (1752-1983, 1984-2006)" , Madrid 2007, p. 382 ( Memento from July 22nd 2007 in the Internet Archive ) on portallengua.fsanmillan.org (PDF; Spanish)
- ^ Terms of office as President of Parliament
- ↑ Tomb in the Iglesia de la Anunciación
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Francisco Lersundi Hormaechea |
Government President of Spain 1853–1854 |
Fernando Fernández de Córdova |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sartorius Tapia, Luis José |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | San Luis, Luis José Sartorius y Tapia Conde de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish government president (1853-1854) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seville |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1871 |
| Place of death | Seville |