Vicente Cabeza de Vaca y Fernández de Córdoba, Marquis of Portago

Vicente Cabeza de Vaca y Fernández de Córdoba, Marquis of Portago (1865–1921) was a Spanish politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Mayor of Madrid from 1902 to 1903 and as Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts in 1920.

Marquis of Portago
Photographed by Christian Franzen (c. 1900)
Mayor of Madrid
In office
23 December 1902  27 July 1903
Preceded byAlberto Aguilera
Succeeded byMarquis of Lema
Personal details
Born17 February 1865
Madrid, Spain
Died15 November 1921
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Political partyConservative Party
OccupationPolitician

Biography

Born on 17 February 1865 in Madrid, son to Mariano Cabeza de Vaca y Morales and Francisca de Borja Fernández de Córdoba y Bernaldo de Quirós.[1]

He served as civil governor of Seville.[2] He was later elected as member of the Congress of Deputies,[2] serving in the lower house in representation of Don Benito (Badajoz) and Granada from 1899 to 1907.[3] He served as Director–General for Posts and Telegraphs and as (elected) municipal councillor of Madrid.[2]

A prominent silvelista (follower of Francisco Silvela within the Conservative Party) and politically close to Eduardo Dato, he has appointed as Mayor of Madrid via Royal Order signed on 10 December 1902,[4] serving from 23 December 1902 to 27 July 1903.[5] His brief tenure before his replacement by the Marquis of Lema was signified by two issues: a draft for the project of Gran Vía and the tramway of El Pardo.[6] He was member of the managing committee of the Centro de Acción Nobiliaria, created in 1909.[7] He became Senator por derecho propio (in virtue of his nobiliary status) in 1909.[3]

He served as Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts from September to December 1920, part of a cabinet presided by Dato.[8][3] He retired from the post due to illness,[3] dying in Madrid on 15 November 1921.[1]

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Government offices
Preceded by
Alberto Aguilera y Velasco
Mayor of Madrid
1902–1903
Succeeded by
Salvador Bermúdez de Castro O'Lawlor
Marquis of Lema
Preceded by
Luis Espada Guntín
Ministry of Public Instruction and Fine Arts
1920
Succeeded by
Tomás Montejo y Rica
Spanish nobility
Preceded by
Mariano Cabeza de Vaca y Morales
Marquis of Portago Succeeded by
Antonio Cabeza de Vaca y Carvajal
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