Civil Directory of Spain

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The Civil Directory of Spain was the civilian government council that replaced the initial military-led administration during Miguel Primo de Rivera’s dictatorship in the late 1920s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf executive body
government council
aim gaining civilian support for the regime
stabilization of the dictatorship
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Spain NERFINISHED
appointedBy King Alfonso XIII of Spain NERFINISHED
constitutionalStatus extra-constitutional body
contextOfEstablishment continuation of 1923 coup regime
country Spain
de factoRuler Miguel Primo de Rivera NERFINISHED
dissolvedFollowing resignation of Miguel Primo de Rivera
endTime 1930
exercisedPowerOver Spanish civil administration
Spanish economic policy
Spanish internal security policy
followedBy Dictablanda of Dámaso Berenguer NERFINISHED
governmentBranch executive branch
governmentHead Miguel Primo de Rivera NERFINISHED
governmentType civilian administration
hasPart Council of Ministers NERFINISHED
civilian ministers
headedBy Miguel Primo de Rivera NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Restoration Spain NERFINISHED
interwar period
leaderTitle President of the Council of Ministers NERFINISHED
legalSystemContext Spanish Restoration constitutional framework suspended
legitimizedBy royal decree
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Madrid NERFINISHED
natureOfRegime dictatorship
partOf dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera
politicalOrientation authoritarian
precededBy Military Directory of Spain NERFINISHED
reasonForReplacementOfMilitaryDirectory desire to civilianize the dictatorship
replaced Military Directory of Spain NERFINISHED
replacedBy Berenguer government NERFINISHED
Dictablanda of Dámaso Berenguer NERFINISHED
replacedFormOfGovernment parliamentary constitutional monarchy
replacedLegislature Cortes of the Spanish Restoration NERFINISHED
role central government council
significantEvent institutionalization of Primo de Rivera regime
transition from military to civil directory
significantOutcome further erosion of parliamentary institutions in Spain
startTime 1925
subordinateTo King Alfonso XIII of Spain NERFINISHED
timeInOfficeOfHead 1923–1930
usedLanguage Spanish

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Miguel Primo de Rivera createdBody Civil Directory of Spain