Ricardo Samper

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ricardo Samper e Ibáñez (Valencia, 1881 - Ginebra, 1938) was a Spanish political figure during the Second Spanish Republic.

Samper served as Valencia mayor between 1920 and 1923. In 1931 he was elected as Member of the Parliament with Alejandro Lerroux's Radical Party. He served first as Minister of Labor and later as Minister of Industry.

On April 28th, 1934, he was appointed as President of the Government when Lerroux quit. Samper quit himself on October 24th, after losing CEDA's support. He served in the following government for one month, after which he quit politics.