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Manuel García Prieto, Marquis of Alhucemas

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The Marquis of Alhucemas
Prime Minister of Spain
In office
7 December 1922 – 15 September 1923
MonarchAlfonso XIII
Preceded byJosé Sánchez-Guerra
Succeeded byMiguel Primo de Rivera
In office
9 November – 5 December 1918
MonarchAlfonso XIII
Preceded byCount of Romanones
Succeeded byEduardo Dato
In office
3 November 1917 – 22 March 1918
MonarchAlfonso XIII
Preceded byEduardo Dato
Succeeded byAntonio Maura
In office
19 April – 11 June 1917
MonarchAlfonso XIII
Preceded byAntonio Maura
Succeeded byCount of Romanones
Acting
In office
12 November – 14 November 1912
MonarchAlfonso XIII
Preceded byJosé Canalejas
Succeeded byCount of Romanones
President of the Senate of Spain
In office
6 May 1916 – 19 April 1917
MonarchAlfonso XIII
Preceded byJoaquín Sánchez de Toca
Succeeded byAlejandro Groizard
Personal details
Born
Manuel García y Prieto

5 November 1859
Astorga
Died8 March 1938
San Sebastián
NationalitySpanish
Political partyLiberal Democrats (from 1913)
Other political
affiliations
Liberal Party (until 1913)
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Manuel García Prieto, 1st Marquis of Alhucemas (5 November 1859 – 8 March 1938) was a Spanish politician who served as prime minister several times in his life and as the 30th Solicitor General of Spain. He was a member of the Liberal Party. During his last term, he was deposed by Miguel Primo de Rivera.

Biography

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Born on 5 November 1859 in Astorga, province of León.[1][2] Formed in the law firm of Eugenio Montero Ríos, García Prieto entered the former's cacique network and married one of his daughters, María Victoria.[3]

Following the assassination of Prime Minister José Canalejas in 1912, and the ensuing factional division within the Liberal Party, García-Prieto led the so-called demócrata ("democratic") minority, rival of the romanonista majority.[4]

On 27 November 1912, he and French ambassador to Spain Léon Geoffray signed the Treaty between France and Spain regarding Morocco, which established de jure Spanish zones of influence in northern and southern Morocco, both zones already under de facto Spanish control, while France remained the primary colonial power as the sole non-Moroccan state signatory of the 1912 Treaty of Fes.[5][6]

Within the cadres of the Liberal party, the Marquis of Alhucemas espoused just like Miguel Villanueva the policy of neutrality of Spain during World War I, forcing pro-ally Romanones to resign as Prime Minister in 1917.[7]

He died in San Sebastián on 8 March 1938.[8]

References

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Citations
  1. ^ Viñas, Verónica (30 December 2018). "Autores leoneses que pasan a ser de dominio público". Diario de León.
  2. ^ "Una fundación para el ilustre hijo". Diario de León. 25 March 2003.
  3. ^ Prada & López Blanco 2001, p. 362.
  4. ^ Moreno Luzón 2004, pp. 133–164.
  5. ^ Treaty Between France and Spain Regarding Morocco, in: The American Journal of International Law, vol.7, no.2, Apr. 1913
  6. ^ Marchat, Henry (1971). "La France et l'Espagne au Maroc pendant la période du Protectorat (1912-1956)". Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée. 10 (1): 81–109. doi:10.3406/remmm.1971.1122.
  7. ^ Rosenbusch 2017, p. 357.
  8. ^ Francisco Olmos 2010, p. 18.
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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of State
9 February 1910 – 31 December 1912
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of State
13 November 1917 – 22 March 1918
Succeeded by