Juan Bravo Murillo

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Member of Spanish Senate[2]
In office
1863 (1863)[2] ()
Personal details
BornJune 24, 1803 (1803-06-24)[1][3]
Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain[1][3]
DiedFebruary 11, 1873 (1873-02-11)[1][3]
Madrid, Spain[1][3]
Political partyModerate Party[3]
ProfessionLawyer[3]

Juan Bravo Murillo (24 June 1803 – 11 February 1873)

Isabella II
.

Origins

Bravo Murillo was born in

Audiencia Provincial of Cádiz, a position he held for two years before moving to Madrid, where he co-published a journal called Boletín de Jurisprudencia.[3] He was also a founder of the conservative newspaper El Porvenir.[8]

Political career

He was elected a

minority of Isabella II. He emigrated briefly to France after the Spanish Revolution of 1841, but returned in 1843 after Espartero's fall,[3] the beginning of the década moderada.[8][9]

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
.

In January 1847 he was named Minister of Grace and Justice

President of the Council of Ministers of Spain,[2] effectively prime minister, taking office on 14 January 1851,[3] while serving as his own Minister of Finance.[2] The events of the Revolutions of 1848 throughout Europe led him to propose[9] an anti-parliamentarian, absolutist constitution for Spain in 1852, countering the moderate liberal tendency of the Spanish Constitution of 1845, but it proved unpopular and was rejected.[2][9] He lost his position as head of government 14 December 1852;[3] the onset of the bienio progresista some 18 months later led him to leave Spain, returning in 1856.[3] He served as President of the Congress of Deputies in 1858,[2][6] and was named to the Spanish Senate in 1863[2] as a senator for life.[10]

He is responsible for founding

official gazette to this day.[3]

The most interesting of his writings were published in six volumes entitled Opúsculos ("Pamphlets", 1863–1874). He died in Madrid 11 February 1873.[2]

Elections to Congress of Deputies

Bravo Murillo was elected to the Congress of Deputies on 12 occasions, and represented constituencies in five different provinces (sometimes two of them at the same time):

Election number Election date District Province Took office Left office
09 22 September 1837 At large Seville 19 December 1837 1 June 1839
11 19 January 1840 At large Ávila 21 February 1840 11 October 1840
14 15 September 1843 At large Badajoz 18 October 1843 10 July 1844
15 3 September 1844 At large Badajoz 14 October 1844 31 October 1846
16 21 June 1846 Fregenal de la Sierra Badajoz 3 January 1847 18 December 1848
16 21 June 1846 Fregenal de la Sierra Badajoz 20 December 1847 4 August 1850
17 31 August 1850 Fregenal de la Sierra Badajoz 6 November 1850 7 April 1851
17 31 August 1850 Huelva Huelva 6 November 1850 15 November 1850
18 10 May 1851 Elche de la Sierra Albacete 4 June 1851 17 June 1851
18 10 May 1851 Fregenal de la Sierra Badajoz 4 June 1851 2 December 1852
19 4 February 1853 Fregenal de la Sierra Badajoz 15 March 1853 10 December 1853
21 25 February 1857 Fregenal de la Sierra Badajoz 6 May 1857 13 May 1858

Source:[4]

Ministers in his governments

First ministry

Source:[15]

Second (reorganized) ministry

  • President: Juan Bravo Murillo
  • State:
    Manuel Pando Fernández de Pineda (Marquis of Miraflores)
    ; later Manuel Bertrán de Lis Ribes returned to the position.
  • Finance: Juan Bravo Murillo
  • Grace and Justice: Ventura González Romero
  • Governance: Manuel Bertrán de Lis Ribes, later Melchor Ordóñez and Cristóbal Bordíu
  • War:
    Francisco Alejandro Lersundi y Ormaechea
    , later Cayetano Urbina y Daoiz
  • Marine:
    Francisco Armero de Peñaranda (Marquess of Nervión), later Joaquín Ezpeleta y Enrile
  • Development: Fermín Arteta, later Mariano Miguel Reinoso

Source:[15]

Preceded by
President of the Council of Ministers of Spain

1851–1852
Succeeded by
Federico Roncali

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Bravo Murillo, Juan 21. Elecciones 25.3.1857, www.congreso.es, in the database of the Spanish Congress of Deputies. Includes an extensive list of offices he held (which is reproduced identically on other pages about elections). Retrieved online 2010-02-28.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Relación histórica de Presidentes del Consejo de Ministros y del Gobierno 1846-1853 Archived 2010-04-11 at the Wayback Machine, la-moncloa.es, official site of the Spanish Presidency. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Biografía de Juan Bravo Murillo, Base documental d'Història Contemporània de Catalunya, xtec.es. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  4. ^ a b Bravo Murillo, Juan and linked records, in the database of Deputies on the official site of the Spanish Congress of Deputies. Retrieved online 2010-02-28.
  5. ^ a b c For the dates, Biografía de Juan Bravo Murillo, Base documental d'Història Contemporània de Catalunya, xtec.es. Retrieved 2010-02-28. For the fact that he served as his own Minister of Finance, Relación histórica de Presidentes del Consejo de Ministros y del Gobierno 1846-1853 Archived 2010-04-11 at the Wayback Machine, la-moncloa.es, official site of the Spanish Presidency. Retrieved 2010-02-27. Both the office and the dates can also be found on the official site of the Congress of Deputies.
  6. ^ a b c d Bravo Murillo, Juan, www.congreso.es, in the database of Presidents of the Congress on the official site of the Spanish Congress of Deputies. Retrieved online 2010-02-28.
  7. ^ Both Biografía de Juan Bravo Murillo, Base documental d'Història Contemporània de Catalunya, xtec.es and Relación histórica de Presidentes del Consejo de Ministros y del Gobierno 1846-1853 Archived 2010-04-11 at the Wayback Machine, la-moncloa.es indicate that he held the office in 1858; neither cites for the precise dates, though these can be found on the official site of the Congress of Deputies.
  8. ^ a b c Bravo-Murillo, Meyers Konversationslexikon (1888). Online at retrobibliothek.de. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  9. ^ a b c d Germán Rueda, La década moderada (España) Archived 2010-03-27 at the Wayback Machine, artehistoria.jcyl.es. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  10. ^ Expediente personal del Senador vitalicio D. Juan Bravo Murillo Archived 2010-08-29 at the Wayback Machine, www.senado.es (official site of the Spanish Senate). Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  11. ^ Madrid - Canal de Isabel II (CYII) Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine, MONSACRO.net Revista sobre Patrimonio y Arqueología Industrial. Divulgación tecnológica, 2007-02-12. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  12. ^ Juan Bravo Murillo Archived 2009-04-10 at the Wayback Machine, artehistoria.jcyl.es. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  13. ^ Gustavo Puente Feliz, El Sistema Métrico Decimal. Su importancia e implantación en España, Cuadernos de historia moderna y contemporánea, ISSN 0211-0849, Nº. 3, 1982, 95:126. p. 109 (15 of PDF). Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  14. ^ Fernando De Ory Ajamil, Ciencia y presencia extranjera en las Islas Canarias (de la Ilustración a la primera guerra mundial), thesis for Department of History, University of La Laguna. p. 252 (241 of PDF). Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  15. ^ a b Governs d' Isabel II. Dècada Moderada, Base documental d'Història Contemporània de Catalunya, xtec.es. Retrieved 2010-02-28. Los Gobiernos del Reino de España 1833 - 1868 Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, www.elisanet.fi/daglarsson generally confirms this and adds some information (e.g. it gives precise dates, and adds minister of Commerce, Instruction and Public Works) but seems to be a personal site privately maintained by an individual; it has not been used here as a source.