Manuel Allendesalazar Muñoz de Salazar
Manuel de Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar (born August 24, 1856 in Guernica , † May 17, 1923 in Madrid ) was a Spanish politician and Prime Minister of Spain ( Presidente del Gobierno ) .
biography
Degree, MP and Senator
After finishing his school career, he began studying agricultural science . After graduating as an agricultural engineer in 1879, he initially worked as a professor at the School of Engineering ( Escuela de Ingeniería ).
He began his political career on April 27, 1884 with the first election as a member of the Congress of Deputies ( Congreso de los Diputados ), where he represented the interests of the Vizcaya constituency as a member of the Conservative Constitutional Party until March 5, 1893 .
In the election of April 10, 1898 he was elected a member of the Senate , in which he initially represented the province of Lleida in the electoral period from 1898 to 1899 , but was appointed Senator for life ( Senador Vitalicio ) by royal decree on May 2, 1900 has been.
In 1900 he was also mayor ( Alcalde ) of Madrid for a short time .
minister
On July 6, 1900, he was appointed Minister of the Treasury ( Ministro de Hacienda ) by Francisco Silvela Le vielleuze as part of a cabinet reshuffle . He kept this office in the following government of Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero from October 23, 1900 to March 6, 1901. From December 6, 1902 to July 20, 1903 he belonged to the second cabinet of Silvela as Minister for Public Education and fine arts ( Ministro de Instrucción y Bellas Artes ).
Antonio Maura Montaner appointed him Minister for Agriculture , Industry , Trade and Public Works ( Ministro de Agricultura, Industria, Comercio y Obras Públicas ) on December 5, 1903 in his first cabinet, of which he was a member for a year until December 5, 1904. During this time he was the incumbent Minister of the Interior ( Ministro de Gobernación ) in July and August 1904 during the absence of the incumbent and then from December 5 to 16, 1904 Minister of the Interior. As Minister of Agriculture, he was particularly committed to promoting projects for the production of arable land in which dry land was made fertile through irrigation .
He then became governor of the Bank of Spain ( Banco de España ) for the first time in December 1904 and held this office until his resignation on December 19, 1905.
On January 25, 1907, Maura Montaner was also appointed Foreign Minister ( Ministro de Estado ). As such he contributed to the conclusion of the Cartagena Agreement (1907) and remained in office until October 21, 1909.
He then withdrew from government policy for more than ten years in order to get involved in commercial enterprises such as the tobacco monopoly administration ( Tabacalera ). From April to December 1919 he was again governor of the Bank of Spain.
At the same time he was from June to December 1919 he was also President of the Senate.
Twice Prime Minister
On December 12, 1919, he succeeded Joaquín Sánchez de Toca Calvo for the first time as Prime Minister of Spain ( Presidente del Gobierno ). In his government, which was in office until May 5, 1920, he also temporarily took over the office of incumbent war minister ( Ministro de Guerra ) and incumbent interior minister for a week in December 1919 . In February 1920 he was also acting Minister of Development ( Ministro de Fomento ) for three days and from March 17 to May 5, 1920 also acting Minister of the Navy ( Ministro de Marina ).
On March 13, 1921, he replaced Gabino Bugallal Araújo as Prime Minister. After the devastating defeat of the Spanish army against the Rifabyls at the Battle of Annual on July 22, 1921 during the Rif War , the so-called Disaster of Annual ( Desastre de Annual ), he had to change his mind after a subsequent domestic political crisis and demand for a rethink Submit his resignation from colonial policy on August 14, 1921 and was replaced by Maura Montaner.
Web links
- Biography on the homepage of the Spanish Prime Ministers ( Memento of October 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish)
- The cabinets during the reign of Maria Christina of Austria (1885–1902 - La Restauració)
- The governments during the reign of Alfonso XIII. (1902–1931)
- Stanley G. Payne: A History of Spain and Portugal. (Vol. 2) - Chapter 24: Climax and Collapse of Spanish Liberalism, 1899-1931.
Individual evidence
- ^ Carreño, Ángel Mario: Ingenieria y Política. P. 109 (PDF; 458 kB)
- ↑ List of Members of Parliament from 1810 to 1977
- ^ The Senate between 1834 and 1923 - Senators , accessed June 7, 2017.
- ^ Mayor of Madrid 1842–1900
- ↑ List of Treasury Ministers ( Memento of December 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Gazeta de Madrid, December 6, 1904
- ↑ Gazeta de Madrid of December 21, 1904
- ↑ José Ramón de Urquijo y Goitia: Gobiernos y ministros españoles en la edad contemporánea . Volume 69 of Biblioteca de historia. Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press, 2008, ISBN 978-84-00-08737-1 ( Google Books ).
- ^ Governors of the Bank of Spain
- ^ Governors of the Banco de España
- ↑ List of Foreign Ministers ( Memento of December 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Presidents of Congress and the Senate
- ↑ Manuel Allendesalazar
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Joaquín Sánchez de Toca Calvo |
Prime Minister of Spain 1919–1920 |
Eduardo Dato Iradier |
| Gabino Bugallal Araújo | Prime Minister of Spain 1921 |
Antonio Maura Montaner |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Allendesalazar, Muñoz de Salazar, Manuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Manuel de Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prime Minister of Spain |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guernica |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 17, 1923 |
| Place of death | Madrid |