Baldomero Argente

Baldomero Argente
Minister of Supply
In office
December 1918 – February 1919
Preceded byPablo Garnica
Succeeded byLeonardo Rodríguez Díaz
Personal details
Born(1877-02-06)6 February 1877
Province of Granada, Spain
Died28 September 1965(1965-09-28) (aged 88)
Madrid, Spain
PartyLiberal Party (romanonista)
OccupationJournalist, politician, economist, sociologist, lawyer, writer
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Baldomero Argente del Castillo (1877–1965) was a Spanish politician, sociologist, lawyer, economist, writer and journalist. He was a disseminator of the ideas of georgism in Spain. A member of the Liberal Party, he briefly served as Minister of Supply from 1918 to 1919.

Biography

Born on 6 February 1877 in the province of Granada (sources report as birthplace either Jerez del Marquesado or "Granada"),[1][2][3] he was the natural son of a priest, and was raised by his aunt.[4]

He took baccalaureate studies in Granada.[2] He began university studies in Law in Valencia, ending them in Manila, earning the licentiate degree in 1896.[2] He served as lecturer in Mechanics at a school in the Philippines.[2] He also worked as lead writer for the Diario de Manila and as editor of El Porvenir de Bisayas.[2] He served as volunteer in a cavalry regiment, fighting against the insurgent tagalos.[2] Following the loss of the Philippines at the 1898 Spanish–American War, Argente returned to Mainland Spain by mid 1899.[2]

José Francos Rodríguez appointed him as ed-in-chief of El Globo.[2] He took an interest in the reading of books on Economy, Administration and Sociology, becoming an adept of the theories of Henry George.[2] Translator of the American economist's works,[5] Argente had a central role in the dissemination of the ideas of georgism in Spain.[6]

Argente opened a law firm in Madrid, and was appointed as substitute prosecutor of the Audiencia of Madrid.[7] He did not stop writing books and collaborating in newspapers, such as Diario Universal, Heraldo de Madrid, and El Imparcial,[7] as well as magazines,[7] such as Nuevo Mundo.[8]

He was elected member of the Congress of Deputies in representation of Alcaraz (Albacete) at the 1910 election.[9][10] He was elected as Madrid municipal councillor at the 1911 municipal election and was appointed as deputy major in 1912.[11][12] He earned a parliamentary seat in representation of Las Palmas at the 1914, 1916, 1918, 1919,[n. 1] 1920 and 1923 elections,[13] and as representative of Fregenal de la Sierra (Badajoz) at the 1919 election.[14]

A follower of the Count of Romanones,[1] he was appointed as Minister of Supply in December 1918, only to leave the portfolio in February 1919.[15]

He became a member of the executive board of the Asociación Española Pro Sociedad de Naciones (AEPSDN), established in April 1920 (repeating as member in the new board appointed in January 1929).[16]

He took office as member of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences on 1 June 1924, reading La Reforma Agraria, a discourse replied by Eduardo Sanz Escartín.[17]

During the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, Argente served as member of the National Assembly and the Council of State.[18]

He died on 28 September 1965,[19] in Madrid.[3]

References

Informational notes
  1. ^ Although, as he was elected also in representation of Fregenal de la Sierra in 1919, he was chosen to remain exclusively as representative of that district after a draw.
Citations
  1. ^ a b "Argente del Castillo, Baldomero". Diputación Provincial de Badajoz.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Arco 1918, p. 558.
  3. ^ a b Cuenca Toribio & Miranda García 1992, p. 114.
  4. ^ Cuenca Toribio & Miranda García 1992, p. 105.
  5. ^ Martín Rodríguez 2000, p. 246.
  6. ^ Perdices de Blas 2015, p. 68.
  7. ^ a b c Arco 1918, p. 559.
  8. ^ Urrutia León 1999, p. 162.
  9. ^ "Argente del Castillo, Baldomero. 46. Elecciones 8.5.1910". Congress of Deputies.
  10. ^ "Candidatos a concejales. Baldomero Argente". La Correspondencia de España. LXII (19623). 3 November 1911.
  11. ^ Soldevilla 1919, p. 406.
  12. ^ "Los nuevos concejales madrileños". Las Ocurrencias. I (28): 3. ISSN 2444-6718.
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  14. ^ "Argente del Castillo, Baldomero. 50. Elecciones 1.6.1919". Congreso de los Diputados.
  15. ^ "Reinado de Alfonso XIII. (25.11.1885/14.04.1931)". CSIC. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  16. ^ Pérez Casanova 2015, pp. 196, 296–297.
  17. ^ Yanguas Messía 1965, p. 252.
  18. ^ "Argente del Castillo, Baldomero. 53. 12.9.1927". Congreso de los Diputados.
  19. ^ Yanguas Messía 1965, p. 251.
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