José Luis de Oriol y Urigüen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

José Luis de Oriol y Urigüen

Spanish politician, businessman and architect

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1877

Place of Birth: Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain

Date of Death: 15-Apr-1972

Profession: architect, businessperson, politician

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

José Luis de Oriol y Urigüen, 2nd Marquis of Casa Oriol (1877–1972), was a Spanish businessman, architect and politician.
As an architect he designed few historicist residential buildings, some of them very prestigious today.
As a businessman he was the moving spirit behind Hidroeléctrica Española and Talgo.
As a politician he served as Conservative and Traditionalist MP, growing into a local Álava tycoon.