Miguel Maura | |
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Minister of Interior | |
In office 1931–1931 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 13 December 1887 Madrid |
Died | 3 July 1971 Zaragoza | (aged 83)
Nationality | Spanish |
Political party | Conservative Republican Party |
Parent | Antonio Maura (father) |
Miguel Maura (1887–1971) was a Spanish politician who served as the minister of interior in 1931 being the first Spanish politician to hold the post in the Second Spanish Republic.[1] He was the founder of the Conservative Republican Party.[2]
Early life and education
Miguel 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
Following 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] He founded a conservative political party, Conservative Republican Party, in 1932.[2]
Death
Maura died in Zaragoza on 3 June 1971.[3]
References
- ^ 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. 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". 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. 3 (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.
External links
- Media related to Miguel Maura at Wikimedia Commons