Alejandro Fernández de Araoz y de la Devesa (1894 – 8 November 1970) was a Spanish lawyer and banker. During the

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he was briefly Governor of the

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Life

Alejandro Fernández de Araoz y de la Devesa was born in 1894 in

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, Valladolid, Spain. He was the son of Clemente Fernández de la Devesa and Margarita de Araoz Alonso. Fernández Araoz became a state attorney. He married Carmen Marañón y Moya (1913–2005). Their children were María del Carmen, María de los Dolores and Alejandro Fernández de Araoz Marañón. Alejandro Fernández Araoz ran on a Left Liberal platform and was elected deputy for the

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district of

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on 29 April 1923 by 5,730 votes out of 9,292. He held office from 8 May 1923 to 15 September 1923. Alfredo de Zavala y Lafora was appointed Minister of Finance by

Alejandro Lerroux Alejandro Lerroux García (4 March 1864, in La Rambla, Córdoba – 25 June 1949, in Madrid) was a Spanish politician who was the leader of the Radical Republican Party. He served as Prime Minister three times from 1933 to 1935 and held sever ...

on 3 April 1935, holding office until 6 May 1935. During this period Fernández Araoz acted as Governor of the Bank of Spain. After a month Lerroux submitted the resignation of the entire cabinet. Zavala Lafora resumed his position at the Bank of Spain in May 1935. Alejandro Fernández de Araoz y de la Devesa died in Madrid on 8 November 1970. He was Chairman of the Board of the Banco Internacional de Comercio.

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