Luis González-Bravo y López de Arjona
Luis González Bravo López de Arjona ( born July 8, 1811 in Cadiz, † September 1, 1871 in Biarritz ) was a Spanish journalist, politician and Prime Minister of Spain (Presidente del Gobierno ).
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Biography
Study and regency Esparteros
After attending school, he first completed a study of law at the University of Alcalá. Subsequently, he was both a practicing lawyer, on the other hand, he acquired 1837-1838 under the pseudonym " Ibrahim Clarete " the reputation of a respected journalist of the newspaper " El Guirigay " ( The gibberish ).
The rise of Baldomero Espartero regent meant that he was elected in the elections of February 1, 1841 for the first time to the Members of Parliament ( Congreso de los Deputies ), where he intermittently until January 1869, alternating the interests of constituencies Jaén, Málaga, Madrid, Canarias, Ciudad Real, Almería, Valencia and Cádiz represented.
He soon became a strong opponent Esparteros and was next to Francisco Serrano Domínguez 1843 leader of the uprising in Barcelona, which ultimately led to the fall of the regent. In the following years he joined the Partido of Ramón María Narváez Moderado. In December 1843 he accused Prime Minister Salustiano Olózaga to have used violence against the wishes of Queen Isabella II and intends the dissolution of Parliament.
Reign of Isabella II, Prime Minister and Revolution of 1868
Subsequently, he was even on December 5, 1843 as the successor Olózagas Prime Minister of Spain (Presidente del Gobierno ). During his last until May 3, 1844 tenure, he led the disarmament of the National Military Service ( Milicia Nacional ), a censorship of the press, the reintroduction of excise duties and to facilitate the return of the king's mother, the former Regent Maria Christina of Sicily, a. In his study he also took over the post of Foreign Minister ( Ministro de Estado ), and for a few days, the office of the Minister of clemency petitions and Justice ( Ministro de Gracia y Justicia ). After reaching the policy goals he was replaced on 3 May 1844 by General Narvaez as Prime Minister.
Subsequently, he was first sent as an ambassador to Lisbon, but soon returned and took it to his previous work as a journalist again. On the other hand, he remained as a Member of Parliament still politically active. Due to emerging unrest in 1854, he went temporarily into exile. Between 1856 and 1858 he was then as Ambassador in London.
During the last years of reign of Queen Isabella II, he re-entered the center of power than the moderate governments in emerging unrest with increasingly more massive violence reigned. From September 16 1864 to June 21, 1865, he was as Acting Secretary of the Navy ( Ministro de Marina ) and as Minister of the Interior ( Ministro de Gobernación ) at the sixth government Narváez. As such, he was instrumental in the bloody crackdown on student riots at the Universidad de Madrid on April 10, 1865 ( Noche de San Daniel ) responsible, which led to his unpopularity.
Despite the unpopularity and public criticism he was then not only temporarily acting Foreign Minister for a few days, but even appointed by Narváez on 10 July 1866 in its seventh cabinet again Minister of the Interior.
After the death of Narváez on April 23, 1868, he was appointed on the same day as his successor as prime minister again. At the same time he continued to Interior Minister and also assumed for a few days, the office of the Colonial Secretary ( Ministro de Ultramar ). During his tenure, he had to rule against all parties and tried with the use of armed forces in power to keep because of its unpopularity and the growing public criticism.
González estimated the emerging political movement not properly, which ultimately led to it, but also Queen Isabella II by the September Revolution ( La Gloriosa ) were overthrown and he ultimately had to go on September 19, 1868 to exile in Biarritz. In exile he was during his last years of life for followers of Carlism.