Joaquín Sánchez de Toca

{{Short description|Spanish politician (1852–1942)}}

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{{family name hatnote|Sánchez de Toca|Calvo|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Joaquín Sánchez de Toca

| image = Sánchez Toca.JPG

| order = Prime Minister of Spain

| monarch = Alfonso XIII

| term_start = 20 July 1919

| term_end = 12 December 1919

| predecessor = Antonio Maura

| successor = Manuel Allendesalazar

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| monarch2 = Alfonso XIII

| office2 = President of the Senate of Spain

| predecessor2 = Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero

| termstart2 = 25 June 1915

| termend2 = 16 March 1916

| successor2 = Manuel García Prieto

| monarch3 = Alfonso XIII

| termend3 = 6 April 1923

| termstart3 = 15 December 1919

| predecessor3 = Manuel Allendesalazar

| successor3 = Count of Romanones

| office4 = Mayor of Madrid

| predecessor4 = Eduardo de Rojas Alonso

| termstart4 = 2 December 1896

| termend4 = 4 October 1897

| successor4 = Count of Romanones

| termstart5 = 7 May

| termend5 = 28 October 1907

| predecessor5 = Eduardo Dato

| successor5 = Count of Peñalver

| office6 = Minister of Agriculture, Industry, Commerce and Fine Arts of Spain

| monarch6 = Alfonso XIII

| 1blankname6 = Regent

| 1namedata6 = Maria Christina of Austria

| 2blankname6 = Prime Minister

| 2namedata6 = Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero

| termstart6 = 23 October 1900

| termend6 = 6 March 1901

| predecessor6 = Rafael Gasset

| successor6 = Miguel Villanueva y Gómez

| office7 = Minister of Grace and Justice of Spain

| monarch7 = Alfonso XIII

| primeminister7 = Antonio Maura

| predecessor7 = Francisco Guzmán y Carballeda

| termstart7 = 5 December 1904

| termend7 = 16 December 1904

| successor7 = Francisco Javier Ugarte Pagés

| office8 = Minister of the Navy of Spain

| monarch8 = Alfonso XIII

| primeminister8 = Francisco Silvela

| termstart8 = 6 December 1902

| termend8 = 20 July 1903

| predecessor8 = Duke of Veragua

| successor8 = Eduardo Cobían y Roffignac

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|birth_date = 24 September 1852

|birth_place = Madrid

|death_date = {{d-da|13 July 1942|24 September 1852}}

|death_place = Pozuelo de Alarcón

| signature= Firma de Joaquín Sánchez de Toca.svg

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Joaquín Sánchez de Toca y Calvo (24 September 1852 – 13 July 1942) was a Spanish conservative politician who served as Prime Minister in 1919.

Biography

Born in Madrid on 24 September 1852,{{Cite book|isbn=84-85559-79-7|publisher=Instituto de España|location=Madrid|year=2005|title=Académicos Numerarios del Instituto de España (1938-2004)|url=http://www.mecd.es/insde/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/academicos_1938-2004.pdf|page=11|access-date=2015-06-21|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104537/http://www.mecd.es/insde/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/academicos_1938-2004.pdf|url-status=dead}} he became Mayor of Madrid in 1896, and held the office until 1897.{{Cite web|publisher=Madrid City Council|title=Alcaldes de Madrid. 1842-1900|url=http://www.madrid.es/portales/munimadrid/es/Inicio/Buscador-Simple/Alcaldes-de-Madrid-1842-1900?vgnextfmt=default&vgnextoid=ab18b3dac3c8b010VgnVCM1000000b205a0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=8db7566813946010VgnVCM100000dc0ca8c0RCRD}}

He served as Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce from 23 October 1900 to 6 March 1901{{Cite web|title=Ministros y miembros de organismos de gobierno. Regencias, Juntas de Gobierno, etc (1808-2000)|url=http://humanidades.cchs.csic.es/ih/paginas/jrug/diccionario/ministros/minis_af.htm|publisher=Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales (CCHS) del CSIC}} during the Regency of Maria Christina of Austria. Already in the majority of Alfonso XIII of Spain, he served as Minister of the Navy (6 December 1902 – 20 July 1903) and as Minister of Justice (5 December 1903 – 16 December 1904) in the conservative governments of Francisco Silvela and Antonio Maura, respectively. He made a comeback as Mayor of Madrid in 1907.

In the later years of the constitutional period of the Alphonsine monarchy he was named Prime Minister replacing Antonio Maura. He led the cabinet from 20 July 1919 to 12 December 1919. He died on 13 July 1942 in Pozuelo de Alarcón.

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