The Duke of Primo de Rivera | |
Honorific Prefix: | The Most Excellent |
Honorific Suffix: | GE |
Office: | Ambassador of Spain to the United Kingdom |
Term Start: | 1951 |
Term End: | 1958 |
Successor: | José Fernández-Villaverde |
Leader: | Francisco Franco |
Office2: | Mayor of Jerez de la Frontera |
Term Start2: | 1947 |
Term End2: | 1948 |
Office3: | Minister of Agriculture |
Term Start3: | 19 May 1941 |
Term End3: | 20 July 1945 |
Predecessor3: | Joaquín Benjumea Burín |
Successor3: | Carlos Rein Segura |
Birth Name: | Miguel Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia |
Birth Date: | 11 July 1904 |
Birth Place: | San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain |
Death Place: | Madrid, Spain |
Restingplace: | San Isidro del Campo |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Party: | MES (1933) FE (1933-1934) FE de las JONS (1934-1937) FET y de las JONS (1937-1964) |
Spouse: | Margarita de Larios y Fernández de Villavicencio |
Residence: | Madrid |
Alma Mater: | Universidad Central de Madrid |
Occupation: | Lawyer |
Miguel Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia, 2nd Duke of Primo de Rivera, 4th Marquess of Estella (11 July 1904 - 8 May 1964) was a Spanish aristocrat, lawyer, politician and diplomat. He was the second son of the dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja and younger brother of the founder of the Falange Española, José Antonio Primo de Rivera.[1]
He studied law at Universidad Central de Madrid and was called to the bar in Cádiz. Following World War II, he was Spanish Ambassador to the United Kingdom and mayor of Jerez de la Frontera (1947 - 1948).
After his death, his nephew Miguel Primo de Rivera y Urquijo (son of his brother Fernando Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia) assumed the titles of duke and marquess.
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