Eduardo Ortega y Gasset | |
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69th Attorney General of the Republic | |
In office December 1936 – November 1937 | |
Civil Governor of Madrid | |
In office April 1931 – June 1931 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 11 April 1882 Madrid, Spain |
Died | 25 February 1965 Caracas, Venezuela |
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Eduardo Ortega y Gasset (1882–1965) was a Spanish politician, journalist and lawyer.
Born in Madrid on 11 April 1882. [1] He was the older brother of philosopher José Ortega y Gasset. [2]
He became a member of the Congress of Deputies after the 1910 general election, in representation of the electoral district of Coín (province of Málaga). He joined the Liberal fraction. [3] He renovated his seat at the 1914, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1920 and 1923 elections. [4]
He joined the Freemasonry in 1922. [1] During the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, Ortega y Gasset self-exiled to Paris; he became there a close acquaintance of Miguel de Unamuno, [5] collaborating along the latter and Blasco Ibáñez in the España con Honra magazine. [6] He was one of the founders of the Radical Socialist Republican Party (PRRS) in 1929. [7]
He was among the signatories of the Pact of San Sebastián on 17 August 1930. [8]
On 15 April 1931, immediately after the proclamation of the Second Republic, he was appointed Civil Governor of the Province of Madrid. [9] In June 1931, he was replaced as civil governor by Emilio Palomo Aguado. [9] He ran as candidate for the 1931 Constituent election in the constituencies of Ciudad Real, Guadalajara and Granada; elected in the three constituencies, he chose to remain as legislator representing the first constituency.
He was expelled from the PRRS in 1932 along Juan Botella Asensi , chiefly on the basis of having repeatedly broke party discipline. [10] [4] They formed then the Izquierda Radical Socialista ("Radical Socialist Left"). [4] By that time he was Master of the Logia Luis Simarro No. 3 in Madrid. [1]
A target of right-wing terrorist groups, he suffered an attempt on his life on 7 April 1936, when a bomb hidden in a basket of eggs exploded in his residence at the calle de Rafael Calvo 12. [11] [12]
He was appointed Attorney General of the Republic in December 1936. [13]
Exiled to Venezuela after the end of the Spanish Civil War, [14] he died on 25 February 1965 in Caracas. [15]
Eduardo Ortega y Gasset | |
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69th Attorney General of the Republic | |
In office December 1936 – November 1937 | |
Civil Governor of Madrid | |
In office April 1931 – June 1931 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 11 April 1882 Madrid, Spain |
Died | 25 February 1965 Caracas, Venezuela |
Occupation |
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Eduardo Ortega y Gasset (1882–1965) was a Spanish politician, journalist and lawyer.
Born in Madrid on 11 April 1882. [1] He was the older brother of philosopher José Ortega y Gasset. [2]
He became a member of the Congress of Deputies after the 1910 general election, in representation of the electoral district of Coín (province of Málaga). He joined the Liberal fraction. [3] He renovated his seat at the 1914, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1920 and 1923 elections. [4]
He joined the Freemasonry in 1922. [1] During the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, Ortega y Gasset self-exiled to Paris; he became there a close acquaintance of Miguel de Unamuno, [5] collaborating along the latter and Blasco Ibáñez in the España con Honra magazine. [6] He was one of the founders of the Radical Socialist Republican Party (PRRS) in 1929. [7]
He was among the signatories of the Pact of San Sebastián on 17 August 1930. [8]
On 15 April 1931, immediately after the proclamation of the Second Republic, he was appointed Civil Governor of the Province of Madrid. [9] In June 1931, he was replaced as civil governor by Emilio Palomo Aguado. [9] He ran as candidate for the 1931 Constituent election in the constituencies of Ciudad Real, Guadalajara and Granada; elected in the three constituencies, he chose to remain as legislator representing the first constituency.
He was expelled from the PRRS in 1932 along Juan Botella Asensi , chiefly on the basis of having repeatedly broke party discipline. [10] [4] They formed then the Izquierda Radical Socialista ("Radical Socialist Left"). [4] By that time he was Master of the Logia Luis Simarro No. 3 in Madrid. [1]
A target of right-wing terrorist groups, he suffered an attempt on his life on 7 April 1936, when a bomb hidden in a basket of eggs exploded in his residence at the calle de Rafael Calvo 12. [11] [12]
He was appointed Attorney General of the Republic in December 1936. [13]
Exiled to Venezuela after the end of the Spanish Civil War, [14] he died on 25 February 1965 in Caracas. [15]