Alejandro Fernández de Araoz

Alejandro Fernández de Araoz y de la Devesa (1894 – 8 November 1970) was a Spanish lawyer and banker. During the Second Spanish Republic he was briefly Governor of the Bank of Spain.

Alejandro Fernández de Araoz y de la Devesa
Portrait by Zuloaga
Deputy for Ávila
In office
8 May 1923 – 15 September 1923
Governor of the Bank of Spain
In office
3 April 1935 – 6 May 1935
Preceded byAlfredo de Zavala y Lafora
Succeeded byAlfredo de Zavala y Lafora
Personal details
Born1894
Died8 November 1970
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
OccupationBanker

Life

Alejandro Fernández de Araoz y de la Devesa was born in 1894 in Medina del Campo, Valladolid, Spain. He was the son of Clemente Fernández de la Devesa and Margarita de Araoz Alonso.[1] Fernández Araoz became a state attorney.[2] He married Carmen Marañón y Moya (1913–2005). Their children were María del Carmen, María de los Dolores and Alejandro Fernández de Araoz Marañón.[1]

Alejandro Fernández Araoz ran on a Left Liberal platform and was elected deputy for the Arévalo district of Ávila on 29 April 1923 by 5,730 votes out of 9,292. He held office from 8 May 1923 to 15 September 1923.[2]

Alfredo de Zavala y Lafora was appointed Minister of Finance by Alejandro Lerroux on 3 April 1935, holding office until 6 May 1935.[3] During this period Fernández Araoz acted as Governor of the Bank of Spain.[4] After a month Lerroux submitted the resignation of the entire cabinet.[5] Zavala Lafora resumed his position at the Bank of Spain in May 1935.[4]

Alejandro Fernández de Araoz y de la Devesa died in Madrid on 8 November 1970. He was Chairman of the Board of the Banco Internacional de Comercio.[6]

Notes
    1. Velasco Berenguer.
    2. Fernández Araoz, Alejandro – Congreso.
    3. Sampedro & Merry Val 2005, p. 370.
    4. Gobernadores del Banco de España – BDE.
    5. García Moliner 2006, p. 47.
    6. Primer Aniversario del Excelentisimo Señor ... ABC.

    Sources
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    • García Moliner, Ramón (January–June 2006), "Alfredo de Zavala Lafora" (PDF), Abogados del Estado (in Spanish), Asociación de Abogados del Estado (12–13), retrieved 2018-05-29
    • Gobernadores del Banco de España (in Spanish), BDE: Banco de España, retrieved 2018-05-29
    • "Primer Aniversario del Excelentisimo Señor Don Alejandro Fernández de Araoz y de la Devesa", ABC de Madrid (in Spanish), Madrid, 6 November 1971, retrieved 2018-05-31
    • Sampedro, José Luis; Merry Val, Fernando Alos (2005), "ALFREDO ZAVALA LAFORA" (PDF), Ministros de Hacienda y de Economía, Ministero de Economía y Hacienda, ISBN 84-85482-82-4, retrieved 2018-05-28
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