Gamacists

Gamacists
Gamacistas
LeaderGermán Gamazo
Antonio Maura
Founded1881 (1881)
Dissolved1902 (1902)
Split fromLiberal Party
Merged intoConservative Party
IdeologyLiberalism
Conservative liberalism
Monarchism
Political positionCentre

The Gamacists (Spanish: Gamacistas) were a political faction within the Liberal Party led by Germán Gamazo. They split from the party in October 1898 following the Ribot scandal—a controversy involving Cádiz governor and Gamazo's ally Pascual Ribot—which Gamazo attributed to an internal conspiration within the Liberal party to get rid of him as Development minister.[1][2][3][4] Among its members were future prime minister and Conservative leader Antonio Maura, son-in-law of Gamazo, as well as other notorious liberal MPs.[5][6][7]

After Gamazo's death in 1901, it eventually merged into the Liberal Conservative Party of Francisco Silvela in 1902.[8]

References

  1. ^ Hidalgo Marín 1995, p. 109.
  2. ^ "Germán Gamazo Calvo" (in Spanish). Royal Academy of History. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  3. ^ Cañas Carrillo, Jesús Antonio (24 February 2017). "El origen de la leyenda en El País". Diario de Cádiz (in Spanish). Cádiz. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Mes de octubre. Día 31. La carta de los gamacistas". National Library of Spain (in Spanish). El Año Político. 1 January 1899. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Los disidentes de la mayoría". National Library of Spain (in Spanish). La Época. 14 June 1889. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Fracción del Sr. Gamazo". National Library of Spain (in Spanish). La República. 14 June 1889. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Banquete de diputados gamacistas". National Library of Spain (in Spanish). El Día. 21 March 1890. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Liberales (y Progresistas) (1868 - 1931)". Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2022.

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