Manuel Portela Valladares

Manuel Portela
Prime Minister of Spain
In office
14 December 1935 – 19 February 1936
PresidentNiceto Alcala-Zamora
Preceded byJoaquín Chapaprieta
Succeeded byManuel Azaña
43rd Attorney General of Spain
In office
8 October 1912 – 17 March 1913
Prime MinisterManuel García Prieto
Álvaro de Figueroa
Preceded byAndrés Tornos y Alonso
Succeeded byMartín Rosales y Martel
Personal details
Born(1867-01-31)31 January 1867
Pontevedra, Spain
Died29 April 1952(1952-04-29) (aged 85)
Bandol, France
Political partyParty of the Democratic Centre
Other political
affiliations
Liberal

Manuel Portela y Valladares (Pontevedra, 31 January 1867 – Bandol, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France 29 April 1952) was a Spanish political figure during the Second Spanish Republic.[1] He served as the 43rd Attorney General of Spain between 1912 and 1913.

A member of the Liberal Party, he served as civil governor of Barcelona in 1910 and 1923, and as Minister of Promotion in September 1923. After the socialist revolution against the republican government in October 1934, Alejandro Lerroux named him Minister of the Interior in 1935 and named Prime Minister by Niceto Alcalá-Zamora on 14 December 1935.[2] He formed two governments prior to the elections of 16 February 1936 where he attempted to stabilise the center ground political parties. In the end, the leftist party, Popular Front won.[1] He went into exile during the Spanish Civil War.

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References

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  1. ^ a b Lentz, Harris M. (1999). Encyclopedia of heads of states and governments, 1900 through 1945. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland. pp. 413–414. ISBN 978-0-7864-0500-8.
  2. ^ Payne, Stanley G. (1993). Spain's first democracy : the Second Republic, 1931-1936. Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press. p. 253. ISBN 978-0-299-13670-3.