Miguel Primo de Rivera

Politician

Birthday January 8, 1870

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

DEATH DATE Mar 16, 1930 (60)

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About

Dictator, aristocrat, and military officer who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 1923 to 1930 during Spain's Restoration era. His slogan was "Country, Religion, Monarchy." He served during the reign of  Alfonso XIII.

Before Fame

He studied history and engineering before deciding upon a military career. He won admission to the newly created General Military Academy in Toledo and graduated in 1884.

Trivia

The decline of the economy contributed to his forced resignation in 1930.

Family Life

His father was a retired colonel and his uncle, Fernando, was Captain General in Madrid and the soon-to-be first marquess of Estella. He was married to Casilda Sáenz de Heredia from 1902 to 1908. She died giving birth to their last child. They had six children, José Antonio, Miguel, María, Pilar, Ángela, and Fernando.

Associated With

His great-grandfather was Bértrand Primo de Rivera, a general and hero of the Spanish Resistance against Napoleon Bonaparte.