Manuel Giménez Fernández

Manuel Giménez Fernández (May 6, 1896, Seville - February 27, 1968) was a Spanish professor of canon law and politician most famous as Minister of Agriculture in the government of Alejandro Lerroux.

Manuel Giménez Fernández
Vice President of the Congress of Deputies
In office
16 May 1935[1] – 7 January 1936
Minister of Agriculture
In office
4 October 1934 – 3 April 1935
PresidentNiceto Alcalá-Zamora
Prime MinisterAlejandro Lerroux
Preceded byJuan José Benayas
Succeeded byCirilo del Río Rodríguez
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
30 November 1933 – 7 January 1936
ConstituencyBadajoz
In office
20 February 1936 – 2 February 1939
ConstituencySegovia
Personal details
Born
Manuel de Jesús, Benito, Miguel y Consolación de la Santísima Trinidad Giménez Fernández[2]

(1896-05-06)May 6, 1896
Seville, Kingdom of Spain
DiedFebruary 27, 1968(1968-02-27) (aged 71)
Seville, Spanish State[2]
Resting placeCemetery of San Fernando, Seville Spain[2]
Political partyCEDA
Spouse(s)
Ana María Clavijo Peñarrocha
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(m. 1921⁠–⁠1953)​
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Children8[2]
Alma materUniversity of Madrid[2]
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Giménez and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Biography

In 1922, he began his political career as councilman in the municipal government of Seville, and later, september 1923, serving as its deputy mayor, during Primo de Rivera dictatorship, until 1927.

Giménez Fernández was named Professor of Canon Law at the University of Seville in 1930.

After the creation of the Second Spanish Republic, Giménez Fernández was elected to parliament by the constituency of Badajoz in the 1933 elections and subsequently joined the CEDA aligning himself with its liberal and progressive wing. Minister of Agriculture from October 4, 1934 to April 3, 1935 in the government headed by Alejandro Lerroux its policy of moderate agrarian reforms would force his resignation when they provoked bitter attack from elements within the Cortes including the conservative wing of the CEDA. He prepared and had approved by the Cortes the " Law of Ploughmen " (1934) and the "Law of Country Rents". José María Lamamié de Clairac and Cándido Casanueva were among Giménez Fernández's most vehement opponents taking particular exception to draft legislation giving tenants of twelve years standing the right to buy the lands they worked.[3]

In the 1936 elections he was again elected to parliament this time for the district of Segovia. In 1936 he was close to finding his death at the hands of Falangists while he was resting in Cádiz and after the pronunciamiento of July 18, 1936.

References
  1. "Diario de Sesiones" [Diary of Sessions] (in Spanish). Madrid: Congress of Deputies. 16 May 1935. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  2. "GIMÉNEZ FERNÁNDEZ, Manuel (1896-1968)" (in Spanish). Madrid: University Carlos III de Madrid. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  3. M.Vincent, p. 233 Catholicism in the Second Spanish Republic

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