Vicente Sancho

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Vicente Sancho (right) in a painting by Ignacio Suárez Llanos (1870) in the Cortes

Vicente Sancho (born April 5, 1784 in Petrés , Valencia province , † May 29, 1860 in Madrid ) was a Spanish politician and President of Spain ( Presidente del Gobierno ) .

biography

Revolution of 1820 and reign of Ferdinand VII.

After studying law , Sancho also completed military training. At the beginning of the Spanish Revolution in January 1820 he was promoted to Colonel (Coronel) and as such was initially secretary of the Provisional Junta of Madrid . On March 9, 1820, he was appointed Vice-President of the Provisional Government of the new Liberal Government ( Triennio Liberal ) and was active as such until July 9, 1820. At the same time he was a member of the Parliament ( Cortes ) as a representative of Valencia until 1822 . In the course of the further revolutionary period he was first chairman of the political movement in Barcelona in 1822 and then military commander of Murcia . He was last governor of Cartagena in 1823 .

After the French invasion of Spain and the renewed takeover of power by King Ferdinand VII. In 1823 he went into exile in France and later in England . In 1830 he was one of the participants in the meeting of the opposition in Bayonne .

Rule of Isabella II, President of the Government and last years of life

After the death of Ferdinand VII on September 29, 1833 and the general amnesty decreed by the regent Maria Christina of Sicily , he returned to Spain in 1835, where, through his close connections to the circle of Juan Álvarez Mendizábal, he became a respected leader of the Progressive Party ( Partido Progresista ).

On February 26, 1836 he was elected member of parliament ( Congreso de los Diputardos ) as their representative for the constituencies of Castellón and Valencia . At that time he was also Secretary of the Council of Ministers. In the following years he continued to represent the interests of the constituencies in parliament alternately until September 3, 1844. In July 1837 he was also President of Parliament for a month.

On July 20, 1840 he was appointed Minister of the Interior ( Ministro de Gobernación ) in the cabinet of Antonio González González , to which he belonged until the end of his short term on August 12, 1840.

On September 11, 1840, he followed Modesto Cortázar in the office of President of Spain ( Presidente del Gobierno ) and at the same time took over the office of Foreign Minister ( Ministro de Estado ). When his government enforced the law on city governments ( Ley de Ayuntamientos ), which very limited the participation of the city population in the occupation of the local government ( Ayuntamientos ), in parliament ( Cortes ) and the regent Maria Christina signed the law, but at the same time General Baldomero Espartero was tasked with suppressing the uprising that broke out in Catalonia , and on the basis of his manifesto of September 7, 1840, as conditions for his cooperation with the government, Espartero demanded the withdrawal of the law on city governments, the dissolution of the Cortes and the dismissal of the ministers.

In fact, on September 16, 1840, Sancho was dismissed and Espartero was appointed new president of the government.

Due to his political merits, however, he was appointed Senator for life ( Senador Vitalicio ) on April 21, 1847 . At the same time, after the elections of October 4, 1854, as a representative of the constituency of Castellón, he was again a member of parliament until 1856.

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  1. ↑ a b List of Members of Parliament from 1810 to 1977
  2. ^ Terms of office as President of Parliament
  3. ^ The Senate between 1834 and 1923 - Senators , accessed June 7, 2017.
predecessor Office successor
Modesto Cortazar President of Spain
1840 		Baldomero Espartero
personal data
SURNAME Sancho, Vicente
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Governor of Spain
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1784
PLACE OF BIRTH Petrés Province of Valencia
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 1860
Place of death Madrid