Santiago Casares Quiroga (La Coruña, 1884 - París, 1950) was a Spanish politician who was Prime Minister of Spain from May 13 to July 19, 1936. A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... The President of the Government (Spanish: Presidente del Gobierno), or Prime Minister, of Spain is the Spanish head of government. ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Casares Quiroga was Prime Minister during the first days of the military rebellion that marked the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. He was a signatory to the Pact of San Sebastián of 1930 and a member of the Revolutionary Committee that helped set up the Second Spanish Republic in April 1931 and was a representative for Organización Republicana Gallega Autónoma (ORGA) in the Cortes. He headed several ministries (Navy, 1931; Interior, 1931-33, 1936) in governments presided over by Manuel Azaña, and upon Azaña's election as President of the Republic after the electoral triumph of the Popular Front, became prime minister. He was replaced by Diego Martínez Barrio after the start of the Civil War. History of Spain Series -Timeline -Roman Spain -Visigothic Spain -Moorish Spain -Age of Reconquest -Age of Expansion -Age of Enlightenment -Reaction and Revolution -First Spanish Republic -The Restoration -Second Spanish Republic -Spanish Civil War -The Dictatorship -Modern Spain Topics -Economic History -Military History -Social History The Spanish Civil War (July... The Pact of San Sebastián was a meeting promoted by Niceto Alcalá Zamora and Miguel Maura, which took place in San Sebastián, Spain August 17, 1930. ... Flag of the Spanish Republics. ... Manuel Azana Dr. Manuel Azaña Diaz (Alcala de Henares (Madrid), Spain, 1880 - Montauban, France, November 3, 1940) was the second and last President of the Second Spanish Republic. ... Popular Fronts comprise broad coalitions of political and other groups, often made up of oppositioners or left wingers, and often united against particularly stringent circumstances. ... Diego Martínez Barrio (Seville, 1882 – Paris, 1965) was a Spanish politician during the Second Spanish Republic and briefly held the position of Prime Minister of Spain after the resignation of Santiago Casares Quiroga, on July 19, 1936, three days after the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. ...