Niceto Alcalá-Zamora [SEP] date of death
Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
Niceto Alcalá-Zamora y Torres (6 July 1877 – 18 February 1949) was a Spanish lawyer and politician who served, briefly, as the first prime minister of the Second Spanish Republic, and then—from 1931 to 1936—as its president.
Biography.
Biography Early life.
Alcalá-Zamora was born on 6 July 1877 in Priego de Cordoba, son of Manuel Alcalá-Zamora y Caracuel and Francisca Torres y del Castillo. His mother died when Niceto was 3 years old.
against the Spanish Second Republic in July 1936.
Given the extent and duration of the Spanish Civil War, historians think that the White Terror's death toll (ca 60,000–400,000) is greater than the death toll of the Red Terror (ca. 38,000 – 110,000);.
Background.
After the flight of King Alfonso XIII (r. 1886–1931), the Second Spanish Republic was established on 14 April 1931, led by President Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, whose government instituted a program of secular reforms, which included agrarian