Manuel Portela Valladares

Manuel Portela, 1912.

Manuel Portela y Valladares (Pontevedra, 31 January 1868 – Bandol, 29 April 1952) was a Spanish political figure during the Second Spanish Republic.

A member of the Liberal Party, he served as civil governor of Barcelona in 1910 and 1923, and as Minister of Promotion in September 1923. After the socialist revolution against the republican government in October 1934, Alejandro Lerroux named him Minister of the Interior in 1935. Later named 130th president of the government (prime minister) by Niceto Alcalá-Zamora on 14 December 1935, he formed two governments prior to the elections of 16 February 1936 that placed the Popular Front in power.

Prime Ministers of Spain

Acting prime ministers shown in italics.

Queen Isabella II (1833–1868)	Martínez de la Rosa Toreno Álava Álvarez Mendizábal Istúriz Calatrava Espartero Bardají Heredia-Spínola Frías Alaix Pérez de Castro A. González Ferraz Cortázar Sancho Espartero Ferrer A. González Rodil J. M. López Gómez Becerra Olózaga González-Bravo Narváez Miraflores Narváez Sotomayor Pacheco Salamanca García Goyena Narváez Clonard Bravo Murillo Roncali Lersundi Sartorius Mendigorría Rivas Espartero O'Donnell Narváez Armero Istúriz O'Donnell Arrazola Mon Narváez O'Donnell Narváez González-Bravo Havana

Democratic Sexennium (1868–1874)	Madoz Serrano Prim Topete Serrano Ruiz Zorrilla Malcampo Sagasta Topete Serrano Mendigorría Ruiz Zorrilla Figueras Pi Salmerón Castelar Serrano Sierra Bullones Sagasta

The Restoration (1874–1931)	Cánovas Jovellar Martínez Campos Sagasta Posada Azcárraga Silvela Fernández-Villaverde Maura Montero Moret López Domínguez Vega de Armijo Canalejas García Prieto Romanones Dato Maura Sánchez de Toca Bugallal Sánchez-Guerra Primo de Rivera Berenguer Aznar-Cabañas

Second Republic (1931–1939)	Alcalá-Zamora Azaña Lerroux Martínez Barrio Samper Chapaprieta Portela Barcía Casares Martínez Barrio Giral Largo Negrín

Spain under Franco (1936–1975)	Franco Carrero Fernández-Miranda Arias Navarro

Since 1975	Arias Navarro Santiago Suárez Calvo-Sotelo F. González Aznar Rodríguez Zapatero Rajoy

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 64805020 LCCN: n88234167 ISNI: 0000 0000 8144 9184 GND: 118860348 SUDOC: 110109066

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