Rafael Gasset Chinchilla (23 November 1866 - 11 April 1927)[1] was a Spanish lawyer, journalist, and politician. He served as the Minister of Agriculture and the Minister of Development several times during the regency of Maria Christina of Austria and later the reign of Alfonso XIII.
Rafael Gasset Chinchilla | |
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| Minister of Development | |
| In office 8 April 1900 – 23 October 1900 | |
| Preceded by | Luis Pidal y Mon |
| Succeeded by | Joaquín Sánchez de Toca Calvo |
| In office 20 July 1903 – 5 December 1903 | |
| Preceded by | Francisco Javier González de Castejón y Elío |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar |
| In office 1 December 1905 – 6 July 1906 | |
| Preceded by | Álvaro de Figueroa, 1st Count of Romanones |
| Succeeded by | Manuel García-Prieto, 1st Marquis of Alhucemas |
| In office 30 November 1906 – 4 December 1906 | |
| Preceded by | Manuel García-Prieto, 1st Marquis of Alhucemas |
| Succeeded by | Francisco de Federico y Martínez |
| In office 2 October 1909 – 9 February 1910 | |
| Preceded by | José Sánchez Guerra |
| Succeeded by | Fermín Calbetón y Blanchón |
| In office 2 January 1911 – 13 March 1912 | |
| Preceded by | Fermín Calbetón y Blanchón |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Villanueva y Gómez |
| In office 13 June 1913 – 27 October 1913 | |
| Preceded by | Miguel Villanueva y Gómez |
| Succeeded by | Javier Ugarte y Pagés |
| In office 30 April 1916 – 11 June 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Amós Salvador Rodrigáñez |
| Succeeded by | Martín Rosales Martel |
| In office 7 December 1922 – 3 September 1923 | |
| Preceded by | Luis Rodríguez de Viguri Seoane |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Portela Valladares |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 November 1866 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 11 April 1927 Madrid, Spain |
| Political party | Liberal Party Liberal Conservative Party |
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Biography edit
Rafael Gasset Chinchilla was born on 23 November 1866 in Madrid, the son of Eduardo Gasset y Artime[2] from Pontevedra and Rafaela Chinchilla y Díaz from Oñate. He was director of El Imparcial following the death of his father, who founded the newspaper on 20 May 1884.
He began his political career as an independent politician, he participated in the 1891 elections and obtained a seat as a representative for the Santiago de Cuba district.[3]
Gasset served as the Minister of Agriculture, Industry, Commerce, and Public Works twice: between 8 April and 23 October 1900; and between 20 July and 15 December 1903,[4] the first Minister of Agriculture in Spanish history. He was one of the figures responsible for the rapprochement between Francisco Silvela and General Camilo García de Polavieja in 1898. Starting in 1899, Gasset assumed the ideas of the Aragonese politician Joaquín Costa,[5] which he would try to put into practice in an attempt to improve agricultural irrigation, during the government of Francisco Silvela.[3]
In 1903, during his second term, under the Fernández-Villaverde government, Gasset promoted a program that emphasized hydraulic works and the construction of local roads, however, his proposals were unattended at the end of 1903, the result of the change of prime minister.[3] In 1905, he joined the Liberal Party and later served as the Minister of Public Works on 1 December 1905, under the Moret government.[4]
He died on 11 April 1927, buried in Galapagar,[2] where the remains of his second wife Rita Díez de Ulzurrun also rest.[1] Puente Gasset (lit. 'Gasset Bridge') was a bridge in Burgos dedicated to Rafael Gasset, built in 1926 and demolished in 2010. In Ciudad Real, Gasset Park, built in 1915, is also dedicated in his name.
References edit
- ^ a b "Ayer de madrugada falleció en Madrid el ilustre ex ministro don Rafael Gasset". ABC (in Spanish): 21–22. 12 April 1927.
- ^ a b Illán, Juan Carlos Sánchez (1996). "Los Gasset y los orígenes del periodismo moderno en España, El Imparcial, 1867-1906". Historia y comunicación social (1): 259–276. ISSN 1137-0734.
- ^ a b c "Presentacion". Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History. 1 (2): 9. September 1983. doi:10.1017/s0212610900012635. ISSN 0212-6109.
- ^ a b Goitia, José Ramón de Urquijo y (2008). Gobiernos y ministros españoles en la edad contemporánea (in Spanish). Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press. ISBN 978-84-00-08737-1.
- ^ "El ascenso político de la elite periodística: Rafael Gasset, primer Ministro de Agricultura, Industria, Comercio y Obras Públicas". Studia Historica. Historia Contemporánea. 38. 2020-12-14. doi:10.14201/shhcont382020. ISSN 2444-7080.
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