Eduardo Dato

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19/20th-century Spanish politician (1856 – 1921)

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Field	Value
name	Eduardo Dato
image	EDato.jpg
caption	Photograph by Kaulak
office	Prime Minister of Spain
term_start	28 April 1920
term_end	8 March 1921
monarch	Alfonso XIII
predecessor	Manuel Allendesalazar
successor	Gabino Bugallal (Acting)
term_start2	11 June
term_end2	3 November 1917
monarch2	Alfonso XIII
predecessor2	Manuel García Prieto
successor2	Manuel García Prieto
term_start3	27 October 1913
term_end3	9 December 1915
monarch3	Alfonso XIII
predecessor3	Count of Romanones
successor3	Count of Romanones
office4	President of the Congress of Deputies
monarch4	Alfonso XIII
term_start4	14 May 1907
term_end4	14 April 1910
predecessor4	José Canalejas
successor4	Count of Romanones
birth_date	12 August 1856
birth_place	A Coruña, Spain
death_date
death_place	Madrid, Spain
resting_place	Pantheon of Illustrious Men
spouse	María de Barrenechea, 1st Duchess of Dato
children	3
party	Conservative
signature	Firma de Eduardo Dato.svg
honorific_prefix	The Most Excellent
office5	Mayor of Madrid
predecessor5	Alberto Aguilera
successor5	Joaquín Sánchez de Toca
termstart5	28 January
termend5	5 May 1907
office6	Minister of Governance of Spain
termstart6	4 March 1899
termend6	23 October 1900
primeminister6	Francisco Silvela
predecessor6	Trinitario Ruiz Capdepón
successor6	Francisco Javier Ugarte Pagés
monarch6	Alfonso XIII
office11	Under Secretary of the Governance
termstart11	26 June
termend11	3 December 1892
monarch11	Alfonso XIII
1blankname11	Regent
1namedata11	Maria Christina of Austria
2blankname11	Prime Minister
2namedata11	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
3namedata11	Raimundo Fernández Villaverde
Manuel Danvila Collado
3blankname11	Minister of Governance
successor11	Francisco Fernández de Henestrosa y Boza
predecessor11	Joaquín Sánchez de Toca
office7	Minister of Grace and Justice of Spain
termstart7	6 December 1902
termend7	20 July 1903
primeminister7	Francisco Silvela
predecessor7	Joaquín López Puigcerver
successor7	Francisco Guzmán y Carballeda
monarch7	Alfonso XIII
termstart8	7 September 1914
termend8	4 January 1915
monarch8	Alfonso XIII
primeminister8	Himself
predecessor8	Francisco Javier González de Castejón y Elío
successor8	Manuel de Burgos y Mazo
office9	Minister of State of Spain
monarch9	Alfonso XIII
primeminister9	Antonio Maura
termstart9	22 March
termend9	9 November 1918
predecessor9	Manuel García Prieto
successor9	Count of Romanones
office10	Minister of the Navy of Spain
monarch10	Alfonso XIII
primeminister10	Himself
predecessor10	Manuel Allendesalazar
successor10	Luis Marichalar y Monreal
termstart10	5 May 1920
termend10	8 March 1921
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Eduardo Dato e Iradier (12 August 1856 – 8 March 1921) was a Spanish political leader during the Spanish Restoration period. He served three times as Spanish prime minister: from 27 October 1913 to 9 December 1915, from 11 June 1917 to 3 November 1917, and from 28 April 1920 until his assassination by Catalan anarchists. He also held eleven cabinet ministries, and was four times president of the Spanish Congress of Deputies.

Career

Born in A Coruña, Spain, son of Carlos Dato y Granados (himself the son of Carlos Dato Camacho y Marín and wife Cayetana Ruperta Granados y García, de Vivancos e Acosta) and wife Rosa Lorenza Iradier e Arce, of Galician descent. He graduated in Law at the Complutense University in 1875. He opened his law office two years later. Elected to the Spanish parliament in 1883, he became Under-secretary for the Ministry of the Interior in 1892.

He held the position of Minister of the Interior and Minister of Justice over the next fifteen years. In 1907, he ran for and won the position of Mayor of Madrid. In 1910, he entered the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences. In 1913 he became prime minister for the first time. In 1915, he left that position, but would return to it for a short while in 1917. He became the 230th Minister for Foreign Affairs from 22 March 1918 to 9 November 1918. Then he moved to the post of Minister of State and stayed there until 1920, when he led the government as prime minister again.

Dato was a member of the International Permanent Court in The Hague (he became vice-president in 1913), member of the International Law Institute, administrator of the bank firm 'Banco Hipotecario' and president of the National Institute of Social Security, the Council of Public Instruction and the Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation.

Assassination

On 8 March 1921 in Madrid, while being driven from the parliament building and in front of the Puerta de Alcalá, Dato was assassinated by three Catalan anarchists, Luis Nicolau, Pedro Mateu, and Ramón Casanellas, who were riding a motorcycle. This was the second murder of a Spanish prime minister in less than a decade; in 1912 José Canalejas had been killed similarly. His assassination came amid rising unrest between trade unions, particularly the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo, and the government.

King Alfonso XIII of Spain posthumously made him a duke by bestowing the title "Duchess of Dato" on his widow.

Honours

Dato was conferred with the following honours:

Chain of the Order of Charles III
Knight Grand Cross of the First Class of the Order of St. Gregory the Great of the Holy See
Grand Cross of the Order of Christ of Portugal.
340th Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword of Portugal.
After he died, his wife was granted the title of Duchess of Dato in his honor.

Marriage and children

He married María del Carmen de Barrenechea y Montegui, Dame of the Order of Noble Dames of Queen Maria Luisa of Spain and Grand Cross of the Order of Beneficence of Spain, of Basque descent (- Madrid, 1926), daughter of Juan José de Barrenechea e Urdampilleta (himself the son of Pedro de Barrenechea y Zubea and wife María Ignacia de Urdampilleta y Lagarto) and wife Micaela Montegui y Mercaide (herself the daughter of José Manuel Montegui and wife María de la Concepción Mercaide), and had three daughters:

Isabel Dato y Barrenechea, 2nd Duchess of Dato, unmarried and without issue
María del Carmen Dato y Barrenechea, 3rd Duchess of Dato (Madrid, 6 December 1885 – 1954), married to Eugenio Espinosa de los Monteros, and had issue, two sons
María de la Concepción Dato y Barrenechea (Madrid, 2 May 1890 – Madrid, 16 September 1973), married in Paris, 25 April 1922 to Ernesto de Zulueta e Isasi, of the Marquesses of Álava Viscounts of Casa Blanca (Bilbao, 26 April 1892 – Madrid, 9 September 1969), a Spanish Diplomat, and had issue

References

Betim, Felipe. (23 May 2014). "Un colegio con cuatro Nobel". [[Prisa]].
M.E.. "Eduardo Dato". El poder de la palabra.
Beevor, Antony. "The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)". Weidenfeld & Nicolson.

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