First government of Alejandro Lerroux
1st government of Alejandro Lerroux | |
|---|---|
Government of Spain | |
| 1933 | |
The government in September 1933 | |
| Date formed | 12 September 1933 |
| Date dissolved | 8 October 1933 |
| People and organisations | |
| President | Niceto Alcalá-Zamora |
| Prime Minister | Alejandro Lerroux |
| No. of ministers | 12 |
| Total no. of members | 12 |
| Member parties | PRR PRRS ERC AR PRG IRS |
| Status in legislature | Minority (coalition) |
| Opposition party | PSOE |
| Opposition leader | Indalecio Prieto |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Azaña III |
| Successor | Martínez Barrio I |
The first government of Alejandro Lerroux, also known as the "Government of Republican Concentration", was formed on 12 September 1933, following the latter's appointment as prime minister of Spain by President Niceto Alcalá-Zamora and his swearing-in the same day. It succeeded the third Azaña government and was the government of Spain from 12 September 1933 to 8 October 1933, a total of 26 days.
The cabinet comprised members of the Radical Republican Party (PRR), the Radical Socialist Republican Party (PRRS), Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), Republican Action (AR), Galician Republican Party (PRG) and Radical Socialist Left (IRS).
The government was plagued by infighting and after Lerroux, when presenting his government to the Cortes on 2 September, suggested he would ask for the dissolution of Congress and the calling of new elections, the coalition broke. The left-wing republicans had made it a condition for participating and supporting the government that the radicals renounce to this demand, their refusal to abide to their conditions led to them supporting a motion of no confidence presented by the socialists which the government lost, leading to its downfall.