Luis José Sartorius, 1st Count of San Luis
Luis José Sartorius y Tapia, Count ( Conde ) de San Luis ( * 1820 in Seville, † February 22, 1871 ) was a Spanish politician and President of the Government of Spain (Presidente del Gobierno ).
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Biography
Origin, MP and climb to the Minister
Sartorius came from an immigrant family from Poland and grew up in poverty. Under the care of the later government president Juan Bravo Murillo later he hit a career in journalism. In 1842 he was the founder of the newspaper " El Heraldo " ( The Herald ), in the articles he was a keen critic and opponent of the reign of General Baldomero Espartero.
His political career began on September 15, 1843, when he was elected Members of Parliament ( Congreso de los Deputies ). There he took with slight interruptions until January 1869 essentially the interests of the constituency Cuenca and at times at the same time of constituencies in Madrid and Barcelona.
On 4 October 1847 he was appointed Minister of the Interior ( Ministro de Gobernación ) in the government of Ramón María Narváez, which he, with the exception of only siebenundzwanzigstündigen transitional government Serafín María de Soto on 19 and October 20, 1849 finally to January 14, 1851 belonged. During this time he was also Acting Minister of Commerce, Education and Public Works ( Ministro de Comercio y Obras Públicas Instrucción ) for a week in November 1847. During this time he founded the Party of Polish immigrants ( Partido de los Polacos ) also has its own political base. For his services he was raised in 1849 when Count ( Conde ) de San Luis in the peerage. However, in January 1851, he refused to form a coalition government with his old conveyor Bravo Murillo.
President of the Government and final years
As followers of Francisco Lersundi Hormaechea he was then on September 19, 1853 finally President of the Government of Spain itself (Presidente del Gobierno ). As such, he was until July 17, 1854 and took office at the same time again the post of interior minister. During his tenure, he led a number of important administrative reforms. On the other hand, massive corruption and immoral behavior he was accused of, so that Parliament ( Cortes ) had to deal with it. The debate in the Senate over a scandal at the rail company ( Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles ) led next to a no-confidence vote. However, he did not resign despite the allegations, but ordered the dissolution of Parliament. The increasing domestic political pressure by the Partido Moderado, Partido Progresista and the military, but also by the financial world on his government in the following years he met with growing repression against his political opponents. Ultimately, this led but to the fact that the military forced him on 17 July 1854, the preparation of an uprising to resign.
Between August 18, 1853, and September 3, 1854, he was also President and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando (Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando ).
In the following years he had to retreat to his service as a Member largely from political life, but was later times, still working as ambassador to Rome.
Most recently, he was of 28 December 1867 to the December 3, 1868 President of Parliament and thus also the last President of the Cortes during the reign of Queen Isabella II
His tomb is located in the Church of the Annunciation in Seville.