Niceto Alcalá-Zamora

President of the Spanish Republic

6 July 1877 Priego de Cordoba, Spain

18 February 1949(1949-02-18) (71) Buenos Aires, Argentina

10 December 1931 – 7 April 1936

Spanish lawyer and politician In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alcalá-Zamora and the second or maternal family name is Torres. Niceto Alcalá-Zamora y Torres (6 July 1877 – 18 February 1949) was a Spanish lawyer and politician who served, briefly, as the first prime minister of the Second Spanish Republic, and then—from 1931 to 1936—as its president.