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200px Spanish dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera y OrbanejaMiguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja ( January 8, 1870 - March 16, 1930) was a Spanish military official who ruled Spain as a dictator from 1923 to 1930, ending the turno system of alternating parties. He was raised to power with the help of the latifundists. He was recognized by Alfonso XIII of Spain, who named him Prime Minister.
Primo de Rivera banned all parties, though some survived clandestinely. Then he founded Unión Patriótica, creating a one party system.
During his rule, the philosopher Miguel de Unamuno was confined to Fuerteventura island. Unamuno escaped and continued his opposition labor.
He eventually lost the support of the military and stepped down in January 1930. A republic was established a little more than a year later. A few months after the end of his rule, he died in ParisEiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital and largest city of France. The city is built on an arc of the River Seine, and is thus divided into two parts: the Right Bank to the north and the smaller Left Bank to of diabetes.
His son, the lawyer José Antonio Primo de RiveraJose Antonio Primo de Rivera ( April 24, 1903 November 20, 1936) was the son of general Miguel Primo de Rivera, who was dictator of Spain from 1923 until 1930. Jose Antonio became a lawyer, and was an editor for the right-wing journal El Fascio and the pe, founded the totalitarian party FalangeFalange was a totalitarian right-wing political organization founded by Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera during the Spanish II Republic. It constituted the core of the official single party in Spain, which was created after the Decreto de Unificacion (Unifica. His daughter Pilar Primo de Rivera founded the female branch of Falange.
Primo de Rivera, Miguel
Primo de Rivera, Miguel
Primo de Rivera, Miguel
