Vicente Sancho y Cobertores
Vicente Sancho ( born April 5, 1784 in Petrés, Valencia, † May 29, 1860 in Madrid) was a Spanish politician and President of the Government of Spain (Presidente del Gobierno ).
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Biography
Revolution of 1820 and the reign of Ferdinand VII
Sancho also completed military training, after studying law. At the beginning of the Spanish Revolution of January 1820, he was promoted to Colonel ( Coronel ) and as such was first secretary of the Provisional Junta of Madrid. Already on March 9, 1820, he was Vice President of the Provisional Government of the new liberal government ( triennio Liberal ) appointed and served as such until July 9, 1820. At the same time he was a member as a representative of Valencia until 1822 the Parliament ( Cortes ). In the course of further revolutionary period, he was chairman of the political movement in 1822, first in Barcelona and then military commander of Murcia. Most recently, he was then governor of Cartagena in 1823.
After the French invasion of Spain and re- takeover by King Ferdinand VII in 1823 he went into exile in France and later to England. In 1830 he was one of the participants at the meeting of the opposition in Bayonne.
Reign of Isabel II, President of the Government and final years
After the death of Ferdinand VII on 29 September 1833 by the Queen Regent Maria Christina possessed of Sicily general amnesty in 1835, he returned back to Spain, where he its close ties with the circle around Juan Álvarez Mendizábal a respected leader of the Progressive Party ( Partido Progresista ) was.
On February 26, 1836, he was as a representative of the constituencies Castellón and Valencia for the Members of Parliament ( Congreso de los Diputardos ) was chosen. At this time he was also secretary of the Council of Ministers. In the following years he held until September 3, 1844 alternately the interests of constituencies continue in Parliament. In July 1837 he was also President of the Parliament for a month.
On July 20, 1840, he was appointed Minister of the Interior ( Ministro de Gobernación ) in the Cabinet of Antonio González González, where he remained until the end of the short term of office on 12 August 1840.
On September 11, 1840, he then followed Modesto Cortázar in the office of President of the Government of Spain (Presidente del Gobierno ) and took over at the same time the Minister of Foreign Affairs ( Ministro de Estado ). When his officials pushed the law on municipal governments (Ley de Ayuntamiento ), the very limited participation of the urban population in the occupation of municipal governments ( Ayuntamiento ), the Parliament ( Cortes ) and the Regent Maria Christina signed the bill at the same time but General Baldomero Espartero responsible for the suppression of the revolt in Catalonia consequently broken, Espartero demanded due to its manifesto of 7 September 1840, the conditions for its cooperation with the Government of the withdrawal of the law of the city government, the dissolution of the Cortes and the dismissal of the minister.
In fact, it was already on September 16, 1840 dismissal of Sancho and the appointment of the new government Espartero president.
Because of its political merits, however, he ( Senador Vitalicio ) was appointed on 21 April 1847 a senator for life. At the same time he was after the elections of October 4, 1854 as representative of the constituency Castellón Parliament until 1856 again as a deputy to.