José Francos Rodríguez (5 April 1862–11 December 1931) was a Spanish politician and journalist. He served as
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 ...
as well as Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts and Minister of Grace and Justice during the reign of
Alfonso XIII
Alfonso XIII (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena''; French language, French: ''Alphonse Léon Ferdinand Marie Jacques Isidore Pascal Antoine de Bourbon''; 17 May ...
.
Biography
Born on 5 April 1862 in
Madrid
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to a humble family, his father was car driver. He graduated as physician and worked as such for a decade. A Mason and adept to liberal views, he became a journalist, writer and politician.
He was Mayor of Madrid for a first spell from 10 February 1910 to 16 March 1912.
Appointed as Civil Governor of the
Province of Barcelona
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He served again as Mayor of the Spanish capital from 17 June 1917 to 30 April 1918.
He was President of the Press Association of Madrid from 1920 to 1931.
He served as Minister of Grace and Justice from August 1921 to March 1922 in a Maura cabinet.
He became a member of the
Spanish Royal Academy
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on 16 November 1924.
He died on 13 July 1931 at calle de Valenzuela 4, Madrid.