Niceto Alcalá-Zamora

The Most Excellent Niceto Alcalá-Zamora OIC, OSR
1st President of Spain
In office 10 December 1931 – 7 April 1936
Prime Minister	Manuel Azaña Alejandro Lerroux Diego Martínez Barrio Ricardo Samper Joaquín Chapaprieta Manuel Portela
Preceded by	Francisco Serrano (President of the Executive Power of the Republic, 1874) Alfonso XIII (King of Spain, 1931)
Succeeded by	Manuel Azaña
Prime Minister of Spain
In office 14 April 1931 – 14 October 1931
President	Himself
Preceded by	Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas
Succeeded by	Manuel Azaña
Minister of War
In office 7 December 1922 – 28 May 1923
Monarch	Alfonso XIII
Prime Minister	Manuel García Prieto
Preceded by	José Sánchez Guerra
Succeeded by	Antonio López Muñoz
Minister of Public Works
In office 1 November 1917 – 21 March 1918
Monarch	Alfonso XIII
Prime Minister	Manuel García Prieto
Preceded by	Luis de Marichalar
Succeeded by	Francesc Cambó
Personal details
Born	(1877-07-06)6 July 1877 Priego de Cordoba, Spain
Died	18 February 1949(1949-02-18) (aged 71) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political party	Liberal Party (1899–1923) Independent (1923–1931) Progressive Republican Party (1931–1936)
Spouse(s)	Purificación Castillo Bidaburu
Children	3 sons 3 daughters
Alma mater	University of Granada
Profession	Lawyer, teacher
Awards	Order 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.