First government of Diego Martínez Barrio
Fourth Government of the Spanish Republic | |
|---|---|
Government of Spain | |
| 1933 | |
The government in October 1933 | |
| Date formed | 9 October 1933 |
| Date dissolved | 16 December 1933 |
| People and organisations | |
| President | Niceto Alcalá-Zamora |
| Prime Minister | Diego Martínez Barrio |
| Total no. of members | 13 |
| Member parties | PRR AR PRRS PRG ERC PRP Radical Socialist Left (until 29 Nov) |
| Status in legislature | Minority (multi-party) |
| Opposition parties | PSOE |
| Opposition leader | Indalecio Prieto |
| History | |
| Election | 1931 Spanish general election |
| Predecessor | Lerroux I |
| Successor | Lerroux II |
The first government of Diego Martínez Barrio was formed on 9 October 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 first government of Alejandro Lerroux and was the government of Spain from 9 October 1933 to 16 December 1933, a total of 69 days, or 2 months and 8 days.
The cabinet comprised members of the Radical Republican Party, the Radical Socialist Republican Party, Republican Action, the Republican Left of Catalonia, the Galician Republican Party, the Progressive Republican Party and the Radical Socialist Left.
The main purpose of the government was the organization of the next general elections to solve the parliamentary deadlock that arose as a result of the animosity between the left and the radicals, making impossible the formation of a new government. With its main purpose completed, the new government resigned after the elections.