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About José Calvo Sotelo
José Calvo Sotelo, 1st Duke of Calvo Sotelo, GE was a Spanish jurist and politician. He was the minister of finance during the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera and a leading figure during the Spanish Second Republic. During this period, he became an important part of Spanish Renovation, a monarchist movement. Calvo Sotelo's assassination in July 1936 by the bodyguard of PSOE party leader Indalecio Prieto was an immediate prelude to the triggering of the Spanish military coup of July 1936 that was plotted since February 1936, the partial failure of which marked the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.
Everything about José Calvo Sotelo →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, jurist, economist
- Position held
- civil governor of Jaén, civil governor of Valencia, Minister of the Treasury of Spain, Member of the Congress of Deputies
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Born
- May 6, 1893
- Died
- July 13, 1936