José Francos Rodríguez (5 April 1862–11 December 1931) was a Spanish politician and journalist. He served as Mayor of Madrid as well as Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts and Minister of Grace and Justice during the reign of Alfonso XIII.
Born on 5 April 1862 in Madrid to a humble family, his father was car driver.[1][2] He graduated as physician and worked as such for a decade.[2] A Mason[3] and adept to liberal views, he became a journalist, writer and politician.[1]
He was Mayor of Madrid for a first spell from 10 February 1910 to 16 March 1912.[4]
Appointed as Civil Governor of the Province of Barcelona in June 1913, he faced the strike initiated by the textile workers of La Constancia in the summer of 1913 taking a role as mediator in the conflict.[5]
From April to June 1917, he was Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts in a cabinet presided by Manuel García Prieto.[6]
He served again as Mayor of the Spanish capital from 17 June 1917 to 30 April 1918.[4]
He was President of the Press Association of Madrid from 1920 to 1931.[7]
He served as Minister of Grace and Justice from August 1921 to March 1922 in a Maura cabinet.[6]
He died on 13 July 1931 at calle de Valenzuela 4, Madrid.[9]
Referencesedit
^ ab"Nace Francos Rodríguez, el nexo entre la medicina, las letras y la política". Madridiario. 5 April 2018.
^ abSerrano Anguita, F. (5 April 1962). "Francos Rodríguez o como se vive se muere". ABC. Madrid.
^López Casimiro, Francisco (2015–2016). "Diputados masones en el reinado de Alfonso XIII (1903-1923)" (PDF). Isla de Arriarán (42–43): 178. ISSN 1133-6293.
^ ab(PDF). Ya. 11 June 1987. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
^Bengoechea, Soledad (1993). "Conflictividad social en Cataluña y organización de los empresarios textiles, 1898-1920". (PDF). San Sebastián: Asociación de Historia Económica. pp. 57–58. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-26.
^ ab"Reinado de Alfonso XIII (17.05.1902 / 15.09.1923)".
^"José Francos Rodríguez". Press Association of Madrid.
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