Miguel Maura Gamazo (13 December 1887 – 3 July 1971) was a Spanish politician who served as the minister of interior in 1931 being the first politician to hold the post in the Second Spanish Republic.[1] He was the founder of the Conservative Republican Party.[2]
Miguel Maura | |
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| Minister of Interior | |
| In office April 1931 – 14 October 1931 | |
| Prime Minister | Niceto Alcalá-Zamora |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 December 1887 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 3 July 1971 (aged 83) Zaragoza, Spain |
| Political party | Conservative Republican Party |
| Parent | Antonio Maura (father) |
Early life and education
editMiguel Maura was born in Madrid on 13 December 1887.[3] His father was Antonio Maura who was among the Prime Ministers of Spain.[1][4] His elder brother, Gabriel, also was a politician.[1]
Miguel Maura received a degree in law.[3]
Career
editFollowing his graduation Maura worked at the city council in Madrid.[3] Then he was elected as a member of the parliament in 1916 and 1919 representing the province of Alicante.[3] In April 1931 he was made a member of the Republican Revolutionary Committee and also, was appointed minister of interior in the provisional government.[1][5] Maura and the Prime Minister Niceto Alcalá-Zamora resigned from the office on 14 October that year.[6]
In 1932, he founded a conservative political party, the Conservative Republican Party.[2]
Later years and death
editMaura left Spain after the civil war and went into exile in Paris.[7] While in exile he met José Antonio de Sangróniz who was serving as the representative of the Spanish ruler, Francisco Franco, to form a transitional government of national unity in 1944.[8] However, his initiative was not fruitful.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Gerald Blaney Jr (2007). "Keeping Order in Republican Spain, 1931–36". In Gerald Blaney Jr (ed.). Policing Interwar Europe. London: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 33, 60. doi:10.1057/9780230599864_3. ISBN 978-1-4039-9264-2.
- ^ a b Stanley G. Payne (1993). Spain's First Democracy: The Second Republic, 1931-1936. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-299-13674-1.
- ^ a b c d e "Miguel Maura Gamazo" (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ Morgan Hall (1999). "Work in Progress The Court of Alfonso XIII and the Crisis of the Bourbon Restoration in Spain, 1902–1931". The Court Historian. 4 (3): 260. doi:10.1179/cou.1999.4.3.009.
- ^ Julián Casanova (2010). The Spanish Republic and Civil War. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-139-49057-3.
- ^ Richard Robinson (1971). "The Parties of the Right and the Republic". In Raymond Carr (ed.). The Republic and the Civil War in Spain. London: Palgrave. p. 50. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-00058-6_4. ISBN 978-1-349-00060-9.
- ^ Anna Lane Lingelbach (February 1945). "What hope for Spain?". Current History. 8 (42): 138. JSTOR 45306650.
- ^ a b David J. Dunthorn (2000). Britain and the Spanish Anti-Franco Opposition, 1940–1950. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 39. doi:10.1057/9781403919441. ISBN 978-0-333-91796-1.
External links
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