Manuel Aguirre de Tejada
Manuel Aguirre de Tejada (28 December 1827,
Ferrol, Galicia – 9 April 1911) was a Spanish politician and lawyer
.
He was Foreign Minister during the reign of Alfonso XII, and Minister of Justice during the regency of Maria Christina of Austria.
After receiving a law degree from the
La Coruña (province)
representing the life senator
the following year and later senator by Own Right in 1903.
After the
Revolution of 1868 he became involved in the Conservative Party and was one of the commissioned members who wrote up the Constitution of 1876
. Aguirre de Tejada was Foreign Minister from 18 January 1884 to 27 November 1885, and Minister of Justice between 14 December 1895 and 4 October 1897.
He was also president of the Tribunal de lo Contencioso Administrativo (Court of the Contentious Office staff) (1890) and Governor of the Bank of Spain (1895). He died on 9 April 1911.
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