- Alberto Aguilera
Alberto Aguilera y Velasco (
May 7 1842 -December 25 1913 ) was a Spanishpolitician andlawyer .He was Minister of Interior of Spain during the regency of
Maria Christina of Austria and mayor of Madrid on several occasions between 1901 and 1910.He started as a member of the
Partido Liberal and was chosen deputy inCongress by the circumscription of Granada Province in the successive elections celebrated between 1886 and 1903.He was Spain's Minister of the Interior between
March 12 andNovember 4 of 1894 in a government presided over byPráxedes Mateo Sagasta .Mayor
As mayor of the capital of Spain he was involved in nunerous important events and left an impression. Soon after becoming mayor, he organised the inauguration of the throne of
Alfonso XIII , carried out onJune 5 of 1902. Monuments dedicated to historical people were erected including Héroe de Cascorro,Juan Bravo Murillo andLope de Vega .Later in 1902, Aguilera opened the
Hospital de San Pedro de los Naturales and worked architects just asJose Lopez Sallaberry andFrancisco Andres Octavio to develop the city. In 1906 theParque del Oeste was created and in 1908 he opened another hospitalHospital de Maudes .He died in 1913.
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