Joaquín Chapaprieta
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Joaquín Chapaprieta y Torregrosa (Torrevieja, October 26, 1871 - Madrid, 1951) was a Spanish political figure during the Second Spanish Republic.
A member of a moderate Republican party, he served as Member of the Parliament (1901) and Member of the Senate, representing the La Coruña and Valladolid provinces. In 1922 he served as the Minister of Labor.
In 1935 he served for four months as the Minister of the Treasury. Later that year, he served as President of the Government for a few months, with support from CEDA and the peasant's Party. After stepping down, he served again as Minister of the Treasury. He resigned that same year.
On the start of the Spanish Civil War, he retired from politics.
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