Alejandro Mon y Menéndez
Alejandro Mon y Menéndez ( born February 26, 1801 in Oviedo, † November 1, 1882 ) was a Spanish jurist, politician and Prime Minister of Spain (Presidente del Gobierno ).
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Biography
Member of Parliament and Minister of the Treasury
After school he studied law at the University of Oviedo.
His political career began on October 2, 1836 ( Congreso de los Deputies ) with winning election to the Members of Parliament, where he initially until February 1841 represented the interests of the constituency Oviedo.
On December 16, 1837, he was then for the first time Treasury Minister ( Ministro de Hacienda ) appointed to the government by Narciso Heredia Begines, where he remained until 6 September 1838. On September 15, 1843, he was then re-elected Members of Parliament. This time it took only a short interruption to November 1864 predominantly again the interests of the constituency Oviedo and at times the constituencies Cádiz, Pontevedra and Madrid.
On 3 May 1844, he was reappointed Minister of the Treasury and as such was a member of the government Ramón María Narváez until 12 February 1846. Meantime he was from May to June 1844 and acting Minister of Foreign Affairs ( Ministro de Estado ). Prime Minister Francesco Xavier de Isturiz then appointed him on April 12, 1846 back to the Treasury Minister. As such he remained until the end of the term of office of Isturiz on 28 January 1847 at the office. His tenures as Minister of Finance were marked in this particular time of a severe economic crisis and a high budget deficit, which were the result of Carlistenkriege. Nevertheless, he tried successfully in 1845 to a balanced budget.
Subsequently, he was on 16 November 1847 and for the first time March 26, 1848 President of the Parliament (Presidente de la Cámara ). On August 11, 1848 he was again appointed Minister of the Treasury and as such was a member of the third Cabinet Narváez until 19 August 1849.
He then retired for several years from the government's policy and only on 25 October 1857, he resigned as finance minister in the government Francisco Armero Penaranda one, to which he belonged until 14 January 1858. Later, he was the ambassador to the Holy See, Paris and Vienna, and leaned over the next few years, all offers to acquire a ministerial office from.
On November 26, 1857, he was one of the 36 founders of the Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Politicas and took there until his death in 1882 the chair 36.
It was only on 19 February 1862, he reappeared as he was re-elected as President of the Parliament by 31 October 1862.
Prime Minister during the reign of Isabel II and last years
As the successor of Lorenzo García Arrazola he was finally during the crisis of the Liberal Union ( Unión Liberal ) on March 1, 1864 by Isabella II himself as Prime Minister of Spain (Presidente del Gobierno ) appointed.
In his reigning until September 16, 1864 the Cabinet, he also took time, in March 1864 the Office of the acting Navy Minister ( Ministro de Marina) from April to May 1864 the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs ( Ministro de Estado ), in June and July 1864 the current Minister of clemency petitions and Justice ( Ministro de Gracia y Justicia ) and August-September 1864 the Acting Minister of the Interior ( Ministro de Gobernación ) during the absences of the respective incumbents. Although his tenure lasted only a little more than six months, it turned but the most influential Cabinet of the time dar. particular, it was the first cabinet in which Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, later 1874-1897 of the most influential politicians and multiple Prime Minister, as Minister of the Interior a government took office.
Successor as Prime Minister was then Narváez, who made his sixth Cabinet on 16 September 1864.
Then he pulled back largely from political life. For his political services he was finally on October 4, 1877 by decree of King Alfonso XII. appointed senator for life ( Senador Vitalicio ).
On his 200th birthday, a special stamp was issued by the Spanish post.