Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla
Fernando Fernández de Córdova (acting) | |
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| Succeeded by | Estanislao Figueras |
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| Born | 22 March 1833 Burgo de Osma, Spain |
| Died | 13 June 1895 (aged 62 years) Burgos, Spain |
| Political party | Progressive Party Radical Democratic Party Progressive Republican Party |
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Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla (22 March 1833 – 13 June 1895) was a Spanish politician. He served as Prime Minister of Spain for a little over ten weeks, in the summer of 1871, and again for eight months, between June 1872 and February 1873.
Biography
Born in
Ruiz Zorrilla took part in the revolutionary
Initiated as
On the arrival of Amadeus in Spain, Ruiz Zorrilla became Minister of Public Works for a short time before resigning in protest against Serrano and
After the departure of Amadeus, Ruiz Zorrilla advocated the establishment of a
He was for nearly 18 years the soul of the republican conspiracies, the prompter of revolutionary propaganda and the chief inspirer of intrigues concerted by discontented military men of all ranks. He gave so much trouble to the Madrid governments that they organized a watch over him with the assistance of the French government and police, especially when it was discovered that the two military movements of August 1883 and September 1886 had been prepared and assisted by him. During the last two years of his life, he became less active. Failing health and the loss of his wife had decreased his energies, and the Madrid government allowed him to return to Spain some months before he died at
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Chisholm 1911, p. 1039.
- ^ López Casimiro 2013, p. 616; Sánchez Casado 2009, p. 180; Álvarez Lázaro 1987, pp. 28–29
- ^ Álvarez Lázaro 1987, p. 29–30.
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.
References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Sánchez Casado, Galo (2009). Altos grados de la masoneria. Akal. ISBN 978-84-96797-20-8.
- López Casimiro, Francisco (2013). "Aproximación a un catálogo de diputados masones durante la Restauración (1876-1901)" (PDF). Boletín de la Real Academia de Extremadura de las Letras y las Artes. 21: 613–666. ISSN 1130-0612.
- Álvarez Lázaro, Pedro F. (1987). "Pluralismo masónico en España" (PDF). In Ferrer Benimeli, José Antonio (ed.). La masonería en la España del siglo XIX. Vol. 1. pp. 19–56. ISBN 84-505-5233-8.
- Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Zorilla, Manuel Ruiz, Don". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 1039.
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