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Santiago Casares QuirogaSantiago Casares Quiroga (La Corua, 1884 - Pars, 1950) was a Spanish politician who was Prime Minister of Spain from May 13 to July 19 1936. 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 Sebastin 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 Organizacin Republicana Gallega Autnoma (ORGA) in the Cortes. He headed several ministries (Navy, 1931; Interior, 1931-33, 1936) in governments presided over by Manuel Azaa, and upon Azaa's election as President of the Republic after the electoral triumph of the Popular Front, became prime minister. He was replaced by Diego Martnez Barrio after the start of the Civil War. Quiroga, Santiago Casares Quiroga, Santiago Casares
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