José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones

Spanish politician

Date of Birth: 22-Nov-1898

Place of Birth: Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain

Date of Death: 14-Sep-1980

Profession: writer, lawyer, politician, minister, jurist, university teacher, journalist, autobiographer, full professor

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

For his son, a former president of the European Parliament, see José María Gil-Robles.José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones de León (Salamanca, 27 November 1898 – Madrid, 13 September 1980) was a Spanish politician, leader of the CEDA and a prominent figure in the period leading up to the Spanish Civil War.
He served as Minister of War from May to December 1935.
In the 1936 elections the CEDA was defeated, and support for Gil-Robles and his party evaporated.
As Civil War approached, Gil-Robles was unwilling to struggle with Francisco Franco for power and in April 1937 he announced the dissolution of CEDA, and went into exile.
Abroad, he negotiated with Spanish monarchists to try to arrive at a common strategy for taking power in Spain.
In 1968 he was named a professor of the University of Oviedo and published his book No fue posible la paz ('Peace Was Not Possible').
He was a member of the International Tribunal at the Hague.
After the death of Franco and the end of his regime, Gil-Robles became one of the leaders of the "Spanish Christian Democracy" party, which however failed to win support in the Spanish general elections in 1977.