Agustín de Luque y Coca | |
Monarch1: | Alfonso XIII |
Office1: | General Director of the Civil Guard |
Predecessor1: | Ramón Echagüe y Méndez Vigo |
Primeminister1: | Eduardo Dato |
Successor1: | Enrique de Orozco |
Term Start1: | October 30, 1913 |
Term End1: | December 10, 1915 |
Predecessor2: | Antonio Tovar y Marcoleta |
Successor2: | Salvador Arizón y Sánchez Fano |
Term Start2: | April 20 |
Term End2: | June 26, 1917 |
Office3: | Minister of War of Spain |
Birth Date: | 1 October 1850 |
Birth Place: | Málaga, Andalusia, Spain |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Hendaye, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France |
Signature: | Firma_de_Agustín_Luque.svg |
Allegiance: | Spain |
Branch: | Spanish Army |
Battles Label: | Wars |
Battles: | Third Carlist War Spanish-American War Kert campaign |
Termstart3: | December 1, 1905 |
Termend3: | July 6, 1906 |
Monarch3: | Alfonso XIII |
Monarch2: | Alfonso XIII |
Primeminister2: | Manuel García Prieto Eduardo Dato |
Primeminister3: | Segismundo Moret |
Predecessor3: | Valeriano Weyler |
Successor3: | José López Domínguez |
Monarch4: | Alfonso XIII |
Termstart4: | October 15 |
Termend4: | December 4, 1906 |
Predecessor4: | José López Domínguez |
Successor4: | Valeriano Weyler |
Primeminister4: | José López Domínguez Segismundo Moret |
Monarch5: | Alfonso XIII |
Termstart5: | October 21, 1909 |
Termend5: | February 9, 1910 |
Predecessor5: | Arsenio Linares y Pombo |
Successor5: | Ángel Aznar y Butigieg |
Primeminister5: | Segismundo Moret |
Monarch6: | Alfonso XIII |
Predecessor6: | Ángel Aznar y Butigieg |
Termstart6: | April 3, 1911 |
Termend6: | October 27, 1913 |
Successor6: | Ramón Echagüe y Méndez Vigo |
Primeminister6: | Count of Romanones |
Agustin de Luque and Coca (1 October 1850 – 14 October 1937) was a Spanish military general and political war minister and director general of the Civil Guard.
He fought in the Third Carlist War and was stationed in Melilla and Cuba during the Spanish-American War, where he was promoted to major general.
He was linked to republicanism through Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla. He worked as chief of staff in the Ministry of War, where he served as minister four times (1905, 1906–1909, 1911, and 1912–1915). He was senator of the provinces of Palencia and Lugo from 1905 to 1908, to later be appointed senator for life in 1909.
He was director general of the Civil Guard on two occasions, between October 30, 1913, and December 10, 1915, and between April 20, 1917, and June 26, 1917.[2] He is responsible for the approval of the Mandatory Military Service Law. The 6 of October 1920 the Ministry of War issued a decree providing for the cessation of Lieutenant General Agustín Luque and Coca in the office of general commander of the Corps and headquarters Invalids and their place in the reserve for fulfilling the statutory age.[3]
In 1925 he was appointed by the dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera as the president of the commission that drew up the project to create the National Service for Physical, Citizen and Pre-military Education.