Manuel García Prieto, Marquis of Alhucemas

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Prieto.

The Most Excellent The Marquis of Alhucemas
Prime Minister of Spain
In office 7 December 1922 – 15 September 1923
Monarch	Alfonso XIII
Preceded by	José Sánchez-Guerra
Succeeded by	Miguel Primo de Rivera
In office 9 November – 5 December 1918
Monarch	Alfonso XIII
Preceded by	Count of Romanones
Succeeded by	Eduardo Dato
In office 3 November 1917 – 22 March 1918
Monarch	Alfonso XIII
Preceded by	Eduardo Dato
Succeeded by	Antonio Maura
In office 19 April – 11 June 1917
Monarch	Alfonso XIII
Preceded by	Antonio Maura
Succeeded by	Count of Romanones
Acting
In office 12 November – 14 November 1912
Monarch	Alfonso XIII
Preceded by	José Canalejas
Succeeded by	Count of Romanones
President of the Senate of Spain
In office 6 May 1916 – 19 April 1917
Monarch	Alfonso XIII
Preceded by	Joaquín Sánchez de Toca
Succeeded by	Alejandro Groizard
Personal details
Born	Manuel García y Prieto 5 November 1859 Astorga
Died	8 March 1938 San Sebastián
Nationality	Spanish
Political party	Liberal Democrats (from 1913)
Other political affiliations	Liberal Party (until 1913)
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Manuel García Prieto, 1st Marquis of Alhucemas (5 November 1859 – 8 March 1938) was a Spanish politician who served as prime minister several times in his life and as the 30th Solicitor General of Spain. He was a member of the Liberal Party. During his last term, he was deposed by Miguel Primo de Rivera.

Biography

Born on 5 November 1859 in Astorga, province of León. Formed in the law firm of Eugenio Montero Ríos, García Prieto entered the former's cacique network and married one of his daughters, María Victoria.

Following the assassination of Prime Minister José Canalejas in 1912, and the ensuing factional division within the Liberal Party, García-Prieto led the so-called demócrata ("democratic") minority, rival of the romanonista majority.

On 27 November 1912, he and French ambassador to Spain Léon Geoffray signed the Treaty between France and Spain regarding Morocco, which established de jure Spanish zones of influence in northern and southern Morocco, both zones already under de facto Spanish control, while France remained the primary colonial power as the sole non-Moroccan state signatory of the 1912 Treaty of Fes.

Within the cadres of the Liberal party, the Marquis of Alhucemas espoused just like Miguel Villanueva the policy of neutrality of Spain during World War I, forcing pro-ally Romanones to resign as Prime Minister in 1917.

He died in San Sebastián on 8 March 1938.

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