Agustín de Luque y Coca explained

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.

Biography

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.

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Sampedro Escolar, José Luis . Biografía de Agustín Luque y Coca . Academia de las Ciencias y las Artes Militares. Sección de Diccionario Biográfico . November 14, 2020 . November 16, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201116060354/https://acami.es/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Biograf%C3%ADa-de-Agust%C3%ADn-Luque-y-Coca-web.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: Directores Generales. Guardia Civil. 2021-08-02. 2015-09-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924024251/http://www.guardiacivil.es/es/institucional/historiaguacivil/Directores_Generales/index.html. dead.
  3. http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1920/10/07/010.html Hemeroteca del diario ABC, 07/10/1920