Background
He was born in Priego de Córdoba, July 6, 1877. His father, a landowner of the upper middle class.
( 1877-1923 Los diarios robados del presidente de la S...)
1877-1923 Los diarios robados del presidente de la Segunda República «Escribo mis memorias, como debiera ordenarse un testamento, después de haber ido fijando en mi recuerdo siempre fiel, anotando rara vez en opuestos los hechos acaecidos, y algunas de sus más salientes o detalladas circunstancias, cuando me encuentro en la edad serena que al doblar la primera mitad de la vida, mira a las dos vertientes de ésta con melancolía, pero sin tristeza, habiendo dejado que los años produzcan la decantación de los sucesos, filtrándose o evaporándose la pequeñez pasional y ruidosa de la actualidad, para dejar como sedimento la medida justa de lo que suele permanecer y comunicarse; escribiendo en plena y cabal salud libre en la soledad del campo y de la reflexión del estrago, que producen los sobresaltos de la hora presente (empiezo a escribir en diciembre de 1923 bajo la Dictadura absolutista), cuyas inquietudes gravaron a su vez, pero cuyo relato confiase a una más imparcial y para ello esparcida apreciación del porvenir hoy por demás dudoso y sombrío». Tras Asalto a la República y La victoria republicana ?50.000 ejemplares vendidos?, este tercer volumen, editado por Jorge Fernández-Coppel y con prólogo de Julio Gil Pecharromán, culmina la publicación de los diarios robados de Alcalá-Zamora. En estas páginas don Niceto recuerda su labor como ministro de Alfonso XIII y muestra su total rechazo a la dictadura de Primo de Rivera y al rey que la apoyaba, lo que le condujo a su ferviente republicanismo. Niceto Alcalá-Zamora y Torres (Priego de Córdoba, 1877 - Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1949) fue el presidente de la Segunda República Española.
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He was born in Priego de Córdoba, July 6, 1877. His father, a landowner of the upper middle class.
His father gave him an education in the universities of Granada and Madrid, from which he emerged to become a brilliant lawyer and eloquent speaker.
Zamora entered politics as a member of the Cortes (1906 - 1923), and advanced rapidly in the ranks of the Liberal Party. He served as minister of public works in 1918. His appointment as secretary of war, in 1923, was an honor rarely granted to a civilian.
A brief imprisonment for his expression of republican views (to March 1931), was followed by his victory in the Madrid municipal elections (April 1931). Zamora's political experience and moderate views gave him leadership of the Revolutionary Committee, which demanded the abdication of Alfonso XIII. Zamora became president of the provisional government on Apr. 14, 1931, and was elected president of the Spanish Republic on Dec. 10, 1932. Steering a middle course between extremists, he gained the ill will of both sides. He was compelled to withdraw from the presidency by the leftist majority, on Apr. 7, 1936.
Zamora retired to France, and from there went to Cuba. In his absence, the victorious rightists sentenced him to five years in exile and a fine of 50 million pesetas. His last name, properly, is Alcala Zamora, but the world press established the custom of referring to him, less correctly, as Zamora.
His published works include Los defectos de la constituciónconstitucion de 1931 (1936; "Defects of the 1931 Constitution") and Paz mundial y organización internacional (1946; "World Peace and International Organization").
( 1877-1923 Los diarios robados del presidente de la S...)
Liberal Party (1899–1923), Independent (1923–1931), Progressive Republican Party (1931–1936).
Zamora's political views changed during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera. He shifted from support of the monarchy to advocacy of a republic (December 1930).
He was married to Purificación Castillo Bidaburu, and had 3 sons and 3 daughters.