Joaquín Chapaprieta y Torregrosa (Torrevieja

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, October 26, 1871 – Madrid

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, 1951) was a Spanish

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 political figure during the Second Spanish Republic

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A member of a moderate Republican party, he served as Member of the Parliament (1901) and Member of the Senate

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, representing the La Coruña and Valladolid

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 provinces. He served as Minister of Labour from 7 December 1922 to 3 September 1923.

From 6 May 1935 he served as Minister of the Treasury, a position he continued to hold after 23 September when he was appointed President of the Government

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, serving as an independent with support from the Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right

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 (CEDA) and the Peasant's Party. His government collapsed after the CEDA vetoed a proposed increase in death duties from 1% to 3.5%. After stepping down on 14 December, he continued to serve as Minister of the Treasury until 30 December, when he resigned.

On the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War

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, he retired from politics.