Alejandro Mon y Menéndez
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| Born | 26 February 1801 Oviedo |
| Died | 1 November 1882 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | Spanish |
Alejandro Mon y Menéndez (26 February 1801 in
Isabella II
.
Early life
Mon was born in
Pedro José Pidal, 1st Marquis of Pidal
, another prominent politician who served several times as prime minister.
He studied law in the University of Oviedo, where he became interested in politics and approached the Moderate Party.
Political career
In the
Baldomero Espartero
(1840–1843), he was in none of the cabinets but remained active in political life.
When the moderates came back to power in 1844, a period started known as the Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia, again as minister of finance. He held this post from 1844 to 1845 and carried out the tax reform of 1845, which established the basis of the current tax system of Spain. It was executed in collaboration with Ramón de Santillán, and it is popularly known as the Mon-Santillán reform.
After the downfall of the moderates, the
Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuan, offered him several ministerial portfolios, which he always declined. Mon preferred to be in posts away from the first line of political life, such as ambassador to the Holy See or to France. However, he returned to active politics in 1864, when he replaced Lorenzo Arrazola y García as prime minister, but his cabinet lasted only nine months because of the social and political instability. Five years later, the Spanish Glorious Revolution
took place.
Retirement
Mon lived long enough to see the reign of
life senator
. He retired to his home town, Oviedo, where he died in 1882.
References
- Comin, Francisco, Alejandro Mon y Menéndez (1801−1882). Pensamiento y reforma de la Hacienda, Instituto de Estudios Fiscales, Madrid, 2001. ISBN 978-84-8008-095-8
- Fernández de la Mora, Gonzalo (2001), Mon en su siglo in galeon.com (in Spanish)
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