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Niceto Alcalá-Zamora

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Niceto Alcalá-Zamora

1st President of Spain
In office
10 December 1931 – 7 April 1936
Prime MinisterManuel Azaña
Alejandro Lerroux
Diego Martínez Barrio
Ricardo Samper
Joaquín Chapaprieta
Manuel Portela
Preceded byFrancisco Serrano
(President of the Executive Power of the Republic, 1874)
Alfonso XIII
(King of Spain, 1931)
Succeeded byManuel Azaña
Prime Minister of Spain
In office
14 April 1931 – 14 October 1931
PresidentHimself
Preceded byJuan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas
Succeeded byManuel Azaña
Minister of War
In office
7 December 1922 – 28 May 1923
MonarchAlfonso XIII
Prime MinisterManuel García Prieto
Preceded byJosé Sánchez Guerra
Succeeded byAntonio López Muñoz
Minister of Public Works
In office
1 November 1917 – 21 March 1918
MonarchAlfonso XIII
Prime MinisterManuel García Prieto
Preceded byLuis de Marichalar
Succeeded byFrancesc Cambó
Personal details
Born(1877-07-06)6 July 1877
Priego de Cordoba, Spain
Died18 February 1949(1949-02-18) (aged 71)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political partyLiberal Party
(1899–1923)
Independent
(1923–1931)
Progressive Republican Party
(1931–1936)
Spouse(s)Purificación Castillo Bidaburu
Children3 sons
3 daughters
Alma materUniversity of Granada
ProfessionLawyer, teacher
AwardsOrder of Isabella the Catholic
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Niceto Alcalá-Zamora y Torres (6 July 1877 – 18 February 1949) was a Spanish lawyer and politician. He was the first prime minister of the Second Spanish Republic, and the president from 1931 to 1936.