Alberto Aguilera y Velasco (August 7, 1842 – December 25, 1913) was a Spanish

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and

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. He was Minister of Interior of Spain during the regency of

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and

mayor of Madrid The Mayor of Madrid presides over the Madrid City Council, the government body of the capital city of Spain. The mayor has the duty of boosting the local policies, it directs the action of the other executive bodies, leads the Local Executive Adm ...

on several occasions between 1901 and 1910. He was originally a member of the

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and was chosen deputy in

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by the district of

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in the successive elections celebrated between 1886 and 1903. He was Spain's Minister of the Interior between March 12 and November 4, 1894, in a government presided over by

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Mayor

As mayor of the capital of Spain he was involved in numerous important events and left an impression. Soon after becoming mayor, he organised the inauguration of the throne of

Alfonso XIII of Spain Alfonso XIII ( Spanish: ''Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena''; French: ''Alphonse Léon Ferdinand Marie Jacques Isidore Pascal Antoine de Bourbon''; 17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941), also ...

, carried out on June 5, 1902. Monuments dedicated to historical people were erected including Héroe de Cascorro,

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and

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. Later in 1902, Aguilera opened the Hospital de San Pedro de los Naturales and worked with architects such as Jose Lopez Sallaberry and Francisco Andres Octavio to develop the city. In 1906 the Parque del Oeste was created and in 1908 construction began on another hospital, Hospital de Maudes. He died in 1913.

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1842 births 1913 deaths People from Valencia Liberal Party (Spain, 1880) politicians Interior ministers of Spain Members of the Congress of Deputies of the Spanish Restoration Politicians from the Valencian Community Mayors of Madrid 19th-century Spanish lawyers Civil governors of Madrid Civil governors of Toledo {{Madrid-politician-stub