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Jose Sanchez Guerra Biography

José Sánchez Guerra

(Cabra, 1859-Madrid, 1935) Spanish politician.A member of the Cortes for the Liberal Party, he supported Maura.Minister of the Interior (1903-1904) and Development (1908-1909), he held the leadership of the Government (March-December 1922), but had to resign as a result of the Annual disaster.When the dictatorship was proclaimed, he went into exile (1927) to France.In 1929 he returned to Spain to lead an uprising against the dictatorship, which failed.After the fall of Berenguer, he tried to save the monarchy, unsuccessfully, meeting with the Revolutionary Committee.Shortly after, he left politics.

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