Antonio Goicoechea

Antonio Goicoechea (21 January 1876,^[1] Barcelona – 11 February 1953)^[2] was an Alfonsine monarchist in Spain during the period of the Second Spanish Republic and the Spanish Civil War.^[3] He briefly served as Minister of the Interior from 15 April 1919 to 20 July 1919^[4] in a Maura cabinet.^[5] He led the Renovación Española political party.^[6] Prior to the Civil War, Goicoechea in 1934 had negotiated alongside with Carlist monarchists Antonio Lizarza Iribarren and Rafael de Olazábal y Eulate with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini on a military agreement that would guarantee Italian support of their movements should a civil war erupt in Spain.^[7] However, when the Civil War did erupt in 1936, it had not been initiated by Goicoechea or other members of the agreement, but rather a group of army officers, thus Goicoechea's agreement with Mussolini did not go forward.^[8]

References

1. González Cuevas 2001, p. 162.
2. González Cuevas 2001, p. 188.
3. Burnett Bolloten. The Spanish Civil War: revolution and counterrevolution. University of North Carolina Press, 1991. Pp. 11
4. "Ministros y miembros de organismos de gobierno. Regencias, Juntas de Gobierno, etc (1808-2000)". Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales (CCHS) del CSIC.
5. González Cuevas 2001, p. 171.
6. Burnett Bolloten. The Spanish Civil War: revolution and counterrevolution. University of North Carolina Press, 1991. Pp. 11
7. Burnett Bolloten. The Spanish Civil War: revolution and counterrevolution. University of North Carolina Press, 1991. Pp. 11
8. Burnett Bolloten. The Spanish Civil War: revolution and counterrevolution. University of North Carolina Press, 1991. Pp. 11

Bibliography

• González Cuevas, Pedro Carlos (2001). "Antonio Goicoechea. Político y doctrinario monárquico". Historia y política: Ideas, procesos y movimientos sociales (6): 161–190. ISSN 1575-0361.