Diego Arias De Miranda

Diego Arias de Miranda (December 1, 1845,

Aranda de Duero Aranda de Duero is a city and municipality, capital of the Ribera del Duero comarca, in the south of the province of Burgos, in Castile and León, Spain. It has a population of roughly 33,000 people and lies on the River Duero. The closest in ...

– June 28, 1929) was a Spanish

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linked to Christian naturalism. He was minister of justice and navy during the reign of

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. A member of the Liberal Party, his political career began with the 1872 election, which resulted in his election in the district of

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, even though the proclamation of the First Spanish Republic resulted in a parenthesis in his political activity, and he did not return as a representative until 1886. Since then, he got reelected in every political process until 1903, and in 1904 he passed to the

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. He was minister of the Navy from February 9, 1910 to April 3, 1911 in the Canalejas cabinet, and minister of Justice from March 12 and December 31, 1912, in successive governments, presided by Canalejas until his assassination, then

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, and finally the

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. He was a civilian governor, general manager of public works and mayor of

. In the center of Aranda de Duero, he commissioned a square named in his honor, treating himself with a plaza in whose center he commissioned a statue of himself. His daughter, Josefina Arias de Miranda, married José Martínez de Velasco (1875–1936), founder and leader of the

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, minister of several departments during the Second Republic and mayor of

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for 12 years. The son-in-law of Don Diego Arias de Miranda was executed at the beginning of the

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. 1845 births 1929 deaths People from the Province of Burgos Liberal Party (Spain, 1880) politicians Justice ministers of Spain Government ministers of Spain Members of the Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the Congress of Deputies of the Spanish Restoration Members of the Senate of Spain Politicians from Castile and León {{CastileLeón-politician-stub