José López Domínguez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Domínguez.
The Most Excellent
José López Domínguez
Prime Minister of Spain
In office
6 July 1906 – 30 November 1906
MonarchAlfonso XIII
Preceded bySegismundo Moret
Succeeded bySegismundo Moret
President of the Senate of Spain
In office
9 October 1905 – 6 July 1906
MonarchAlfonso XIII
Preceded byMarquess of Pidal
Succeeded byEugenio Montero Ríos
Under Secretary of the Presidency
In office
10 October 1868 – 26 June 1869
RegentFrancisco Serrano
Prime MinisterFracisco Serrano
Juan Prim
Minister of Grace and JusticeAntonio Romero Ortiz
Cristóbal Martín de Herrera
Preceded byIsidoro Lora
Succeeded byFeliciano Herreros de Tejada
Minister of War of Spain
In office
13 October 1883 – 18 January 1884
MonarchAlfonso XII
Prime MinisterJosé Posada Herrera
Preceded byArsenio Martínez-Campos
Succeeded byMarquis of Miravalles
In office
11 December 1892 – 23 March 1895
MonarchAlfonso XIII
Prime MinisterPráxedes Mateo Sagasta
Preceded byMarcelo Azcárraga Palmero
Succeeded byMarcelo Azcárraga Palmero
In office
6 July – 15 October 1906
MonarchAlfonso XIII
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byAgustín de Luque y Coca
Succeeded byAgustín de Luque y Coca
Minister of the Navy of Spain
In office
11 December – 14 December 1892
MonarchAlfonso XIII
Prime MinisterPráxedes Mateo Sagasta
Preceded byJosé María Beránger
Succeeded byPascual Cervera y Topete
Captain General of Catalonia
In office
20 July – 31 December 1874
PresidentFrancisco Serrano
Preceded byFrancisco Serrano Bedoya
Succeeded byArsenio Martínez Campos
Personal details
Born
José López Domínguez
NationalitySpanish
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José López Domínguez (29 November 1829, in Marbella – 17 October 1911, in Madrid), was a Spanish military officer and politician who was prime minister of Spain between 6 July and 30 November 1906.

Biography

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As a lieutenant of the artillery, he participated in the pronunciamiento of Leopoldo O'Donnell in 1854. He was sent as observer to the Crimean War and the Second Italian War of Independence. In 1859 - 1860 he fought in the Spanish-Moroccan War and reached the rank of colonel.

He joined the Liberal Union Party and was elected as a deputy several times. Related to General Serrano, he participated with him in the Revolution of 1868 and the Battle of Alcolea, in which the loyalists under Manuel Pavía were defeated. López Dominguez was promoted to general.

In 1871, he became mariscal de campo and personal military advisor to King Amadeo I of Spain. In 1873, he was appointed commander of the Army of the North against the Carlists in the Third Carlist War, but in the same year, he was asked by Emilio Castelar to lay siege to Cartagena, where the Cantonal Revolution had broken out. He had the city intensively bombarded and, on 12 January 1874, Cartagena was retaken. He then returned to the north and liberated Bilbao, which was under siege by the Carlists.

In 1874, under the new Serrano government, he became captain general of Catalonia.

In 1883, he was minister of war in the Posada Herrera government and, between 1892 and 1895, in the Sagasta government.

During the Second Melillan campaign, he became captain-general and was also the representative of Malaga in the Spanish senate, a chamber of which he became the president between 1905 and 1907.

In July 1906, aged 77, he became prime minister of Spain with a government supported by José Canalejas. In the first months, he was also minister of war. After a plot within his own party, led by Segismundo Moret, he was forced to resign after five months. After his resignation, he retired from politics

In 1908, he was given the Toison de Oro, or Order of the Golden Fleece.

He died on 17 October 1911 in Madrid.

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Preceded by Prime Minister of Spain
6 July – 30 November, 1906 		Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Senate
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