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José Canalejas was a Spanish statesman and prime minister whose anticlerical “Padlock Law” forbade the establishment of new religious orders and introduced obligatory military service. Canalejas’s political career began with his election to the Cortes (parliament) in 1881 for the district of Soria.
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José Canalejas y Méndez (hōsā´ känälā´häs ē mān´dāth), 1854–1912, Spanish politician. After holding several cabinet posts, he became premier in 1910. A democratic radical who hoped to reform the Liberal party, Canalejas entered office with a dynamic program that included curbing the power of the religious orders and breaking up ...
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After holding several cabinet posts, he became premier in 1910. A democratic radical who hoped to reform the Liberal party, Canalejas entered office with a dynamic program that included curbing the power of the religious orders and breaking up the large estates. His firm measures against labor unrest alienated many of his left-wing supporters.
José Canalejas y Méndez (31 July 1854 – 12 November 1912) was a Spanish politician, born in Ferrol, who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 1910 until his assassination in 1912.
Feb 8, 2022 · Señor Don Enrigue Dupuy de Lôme, the Spanish Ambassador to the United States, wrote this letter to Don José Canelejas, the Foreign Minister of Spain. The note reveals de Lôme’s opinion about the Spanish involvement in Cuba and President McKinley’s diplomacy.
Nov 12, 2021 · On 12 November 1912, while window-shopping in front of the San Martín bookshop in central Madrid, Spanish prime minister José Canalejas Méndez was fatally shot by anarchist Manuel Pardiñas. Canalejas Méndez came to office following a tumultuous time in the country's history.
The De Lôme Letter, a note written by Señor Don Enrique Dupuy de Lôme, the Spanish Ambassador to the United States, to Don José Canalejas y Méndez, the Foreign Minister of Spain, reveals de Lôme’s opinion about the Spanish involvement in Cuba and US President McKinley ’s diplomacy.
