Baldomero Argente
{{short description|Spanish politician (1877–1965)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
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|office = Minister of Supply
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|term_start = December 1918
|term_end = February 1919
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|predecessor = {{ill|Pablo Garnica y Echevarría|es|lt=Pablo Garnica}}
|successor = {{ill|Leonardo Rodríguez Díaz|es}}
|birth_date = 6 February 1877
|birth_place = Province of Granada, Spain
|death_date = 28 September 1965
|death_place = Madrid, Spain
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|nationality = Spanish
|party = Liberal Party (romanonista)
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|occupation = Journalist, 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"),{{Cite web|url=https://www.dip-badajoz.es/cultura/archivo/historico_diputados/consulta_ficha.php?id=358|title=Argente del Castillo, Baldomero|publisher={{ill|Provincial Deputation of Badajoz|es|Diputación Provincial de Badajoz|lt=Diputación Provincial de Badajoz}}}}{{Sfn|Arco|1918|p=558}}{{Sfn|Cuenca Toribio|Miranda García|1992|p=114}} he was the natural son of a priest, and was raised by his aunt.{{Sfn|Cuenca Toribio|Miranda García|1992|p=105}}
He took baccalaureate studies in Granada.{{Sfn|Arco|1918|p=558}} He began university studies in Law in Valencia, ending them in Manila, earning the licentiate degree in 1896.{{Sfn|Arco|1918|p=558}} He served as lecturer in Mechanics at a school in the Philippines.{{Sfn|Arco|1918|p=558}} He also worked as lead writer for the Diario de Manila and as editor of El Porvenir de Bisayas.{{Sfn|Arco|1918|p=558}} He served as volunteer in a cavalry regiment, fighting against the insurgent tagalos.{{Sfn|Arco|1918|p=558}} Following the loss of the Philippines at the 1898 Spanish–American War, Argente returned to Mainland Spain by mid 1899.{{Sfn|Arco|1918|p=558}}
José Francos Rodríguez appointed him as ed-in-chief of El Globo.{{Sfn|Arco|1918|p=558}} He took an interest in the reading of books on Economy, Administration and Sociology, becoming an adept of the theories of Henry George.{{Sfn|Arco|1918|p=558}} Translator of the American economist's works,{{Sfn|Martín Rodríguez|2000|p=246}} Argente had a central role in the dissemination of the ideas of georgism in Spain.{{sfn|Perdices de Blas|2015|p=68}}
Argente opened a law firm in Madrid, and was appointed as substitute prosecutor of the Audiencia of Madrid.{{Sfn|Arco|1918|p=559}} He did not stop writing books and collaborating in newspapers, such as {{ill|Diario Universal|es|Diario Universal|lt=Diario Universal}}, Heraldo de Madrid, and El Imparcial,{{Sfn|Arco|1918|p=559}} as well as magazines,{{Sfn|Arco|1918|p=559}} such as {{ill|Nuevo Mundo (periodical)|es|Nuevo Mundo (revista)|lt=Nuevo Mundo}}.{{Sfn|Urrutia León|1999|p=162}}
File:1919-02-18, Heraldo de Madrid, Artículos de primera necesidad, Tovar.jpg depicting Argente in 1919 as Minister of Supply throwing paper sheets, "In the absence of bread, good is my prose".]]
He was elected member of the Congress of Deputies in representation of Alcaraz (Albacete) at the 1910 election.{{Cite web|url=http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Iniciativas?_piref73_2148295_73_1335437_1335437.next_page=/wc/servidorCGI&CMD=VERLST&BASE=DIPH&FMT=DIPHXD1S.fmt&DOCS=1-1&DOCORDER=FIFO&OPDEF=Y&NUM1=&DES1=&QUERY=%287950%29.NDIP.|publisher=Congress of Deputies|title=Argente del Castillo, Baldomero. 46. Elecciones 8.5.1910}}{{Cite journal|url=http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000639573&page=4|journal=La Correspondencia de España|title=Candidatos a concejales. Baldomero Argente|volume=LXII|issue=19623|date=3 November 1911}} He was elected as Madrid municipal councillor at the {{ill|1911 Madrid City Council election|es|Anexo:Elecciones municipales de 1911 en Madrid|lt=1911 municipal election}} and was appointed as deputy major in 1912.{{Sfn|Soldevilla|1919|p=406}}{{Cite journal|url=http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0029759112&page=3|journal=Las Ocurrencias|issue=28|page=3|volume=I|title=Los nuevos concejales madrileños|issn=2444-6718}} He earned a parliamentary seat in representation of Las Palmas at the 1914, 1916, 1918, 1919,{{refn|group=n.|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.}} 1920 and 1923 elections,
- {{Cite web|url=http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Iniciativas?_piref73_2148295_73_1335437_1335437.next_page=/wc/servidorCGI&CMD=VERLST&BASE=DIPH&FMT=DIPHXD1S.fmt&DOCS=3-3&DOCORDER=FIFO&OPDEF=Y&NUM1=&DES1=&QUERY=%287950%29.NDIP.|publisher=Congreso de los Diputados|title=Argente del Castillo, Baldomero. 47. Elecciones 8.3.1914}}
- {{Cite web|url=http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Iniciativas?_piref73_2148295_73_1335437_1335437.next_page=/wc/servidorCGI&CMD=VERLST&BASE=DIPH&FMT=DIPHXD1S.fmt&DOCS=4-4&DOCORDER=FIFO&OPDEF=Y&NUM1=&DES1=&QUERY=%287950%29.NDIP.|publisher=Congreso de los Diputados|title=Argente del Castillo, Baldomero. 48. Elecciones 9.4.1916}}
- {{Cite web|url=http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Iniciativas?_piref73_2148295_73_1335437_1335437.next_page=/wc/servidorCGI&CMD=VERLST&BASE=DIPH&FMT=DIPHXD1S.fmt&DOCS=5-5&DOCORDER=FIFO&OPDEF=Y&NUM1=&DES1=&QUERY=%287950%29.NDIP.|publisher=Congreso de los Diputados|title=Argente del Castillo, Baldomero. 49. Elecciones 24.2.1918}}
- {{Cite web|url=http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Iniciativas?_piref73_2148295_73_1335437_1335437.next_page=/wc/servidorCGI&CMD=VERLST&BASE=DIPH&FMT=DIPHXD1S.fmt&DOCS=7-7&DOCORDER=FIFO&OPDEF=Y&NUM1=&DES1=&QUERY=%287950%29.NDIP.
|publisher=Congreso de los Diputados|title=Argente del Castillo, Baldomero. 50. Elecciones 1.6.1919}}
- {{Cite web|url=http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Iniciativas?_piref73_2148295_73_1335437_1335437.next_page=/wc/servidorCGI&CMD=VERLST&BASE=DIPH&FMT=DIPHXD1S.fmt&DOCS=8-8&DOCORDER=FIFO&OPDEF=Y&NUM1=&DES1=&QUERY=%287950%29.NDIP.|publisher=Congreso de los Diputados|title=Argente del Castillo, Baldomero. 51. Elecciones 19.12.1920}}
- {{Cite web|url=http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Iniciativas?_piref73_2148295_73_1335437_1335437.next_page=/wc/servidorCGI&CMD=VERLST&BASE=DIPH&FMT=DIPHXD1S.fmt&DOCS=9-9&DOCORDER=FIFO&OPDEF=Y&NUM1=&DES1=&QUERY=%287950%29.NDIP.
|publisher=Congreso de los Diputados|title=Argente del Castillo, Baldomero. 52. Elecciones 29.4.1923}} and as representative of Fregenal de la Sierra (Badajoz) at the 1919 election.{{Cite web|url=http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Iniciativas?_piref73_2148295_73_1335437_1335437.next_page=/wc/servidorCGI&CMD=VERLST&BASE=DIPH&FMT=DIPHXD1S.fmt&DOCS=6-6&DOCORDER=FIFO&OPDEF=Y&NUM1=&DES1=&QUERY=%287950%29.NDIP.
|publisher=Congreso de los Diputados|title=Argente del Castillo, Baldomero. 50. Elecciones 1.6.1919}}
A follower of the Count of Romanones, he was appointed as Minister of Supply in December 1918, only to leave the portfolio in February 1919.{{Cite web|url=http://humanidades.cchs.csic.es/ih/paginas/jrug/diccionario/gabinetes/m5_alfonso13.htm|publisher=CSIC|title=Reinado de Alfonso XIII. (25.11.1885/14.04.1931)}}
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).{{Sfn|Pérez Casanova|2015|pp=196; 296–297}}
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 {{ill|Eduardo Sanz Escartín|es|Eduardo Sanz y Escartín}}.{{Sfn|Yanguas Messía|1965|p=252}}
During the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, Argente served as member of the National Assembly and the Council of State.{{Cite web|url=http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Iniciativas?_piref73_2148295_73_1335437_1335437.next_page=/wc/servidorCGI&CMD=VERLST&BASE=DIPH&FMT=DIPHXD1S.fmt&DOCS=11-11&DOCORDER=FIFO&OPDEF=Y&NUM1=&DES1=&QUERY=%287950%29.NDIP.|publisher=Congreso de los Diputados|title=Argente del Castillo, Baldomero. 53. 12.9.1927}}
He died on 28 September 1965,{{Sfn|Yanguas Messía|1965|p=251}} in Madrid.{{Sfn|Cuenca Toribio|Miranda García|1992|p=114}}
References
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