José Marina Vega
José Marina Vega | |
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Minister of War | |
| In office October 1917 – November 1917 | |
| In office March 1918 – November 1918 | |
| Senator of the Kingdom | |
| In office 1919–1923 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 April 1850 Figueres, Spain |
| Died | 30 January 1926 (aged 75) Madrid, Spain |
| Occupation | Military officer, politician |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Spain |
| Branch/service | Spanish Army |
| Years of service | 1863–1915 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Battles/wars | Third Carlist War Second Melillan campaign |
José Marina Vega (13 April 1850 – 30 January 1926) was a Spanish military officer and politician. Leader of the military operations in
Biography
Born on 13 April 1850 in Figueres, province of Girona,[1] he is sometimes reported to be born in 1848,[2] as his father (a captain of the Spanish Armed Forces) declared him to be 2 years older in his application to the military.[3] He moved as child to Luzon (Philippines). Returned to Peninsular Spain, he joined the Battalion of Hunters Llerena as cadet in 1863.[4]
He fought in the Third Carlist War.[5] With a military career in infantry, and promoted to colonel in 1893, Marina was destined to places such as Philippines and Cuba.[6] He was promoted to the rank of brigader general in 1896.[7] He was promoted to Divisional general in July 1900.[8] Following a brief spell as civil governor in Barcelona (1899),[9] he was destined to Melilla in 1905.[1]
At the helm of the military in the North African city, Marina Vega commanded the operations in the Melilla hinterland in retaliation to the attacks of Riffian tribesmen during the so-called Melilla War, including the Disaster of the Barranco del Lobo in July 1909, that, taking place simultaneously with the Tragic Week riots in Barcelona, prompted a dismay in the Spanish public opinion.[10] He was promoted then to Lieutenant general.[11]
Appointed as High Commissioner of Spain in Morocco in replacement of Felipe Alfau Mendoza, he served from 1913 to 1915.[12]
He served two times as Minister of War (1917 and 1918) in cabinets presided by Eduardo Dato and Antonio Maura.[13] Appointed as senator for life in 1919,[14] he died on 30 January 1926 in Madrid (Calle de Zurbano, 6).[6][15]
References
- Citations
- ^ ISBN 978-84-9164-008-0.
- ABC. 31 January 1976.
- ^ Cuenca Toribio & Miranda García 1992, p. 106.
- ISBN 978-84-9970-773-0.
- ISBN 978-84-17418-43-4.
- ^ a b Soldevilla 1927, p. 88.
- ISSN 2254-559X.
- ISSN 2254-559X.
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. p. 565.
- ^ León Rojas 2018, p. 49–50.
- ISSN 2254-559X.
- ISBN 978-84-17988-63-0.
- ^ Pérez Frías 2006, p. 16.
- ^ "Marina Vega, José". Senate of Spain.
- ISSN 2171-0244.
- Bibliography
- Cuenca Toribio, José Manuel; Miranda García, Soledad (1992). "Sociología de los ministros de la Restauración (1902-1931)". Revista de Estudios Políticos (75): 87–130. ISSN 0048-7694.
- León Rojas, José (2018). "Tarifa y las Campañas de Marruecos (1909-1927)". Aljaranda. 1 (92). Tarifa: Ayuntamiento de Tarifa: 47–66. ISSN 1130-7986.
- Pérez Frías, Pedro Luis (2006). "Malagueños en la élite militar de poder durante el reinado de Alfonso XIII" (PDF). Ambitos: Revista de estudios de ciencias sociales y humanidades (15): 11–24. ISSN 1575-2100.
- Soldevilla, Fernando (1927). El año político (1926). Vol. XXXII. Madrid: Imprenta y Encuadernación de Julio Cosano.
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