Spanish government meets under Dámaso Berenguer y Fusté

The new Spanish government meets under Dámaso Berenguer y Fusté (1873 – 1953) Spanish soldier and politician. From January 1919 to July 1922 he was the High Commissioner of Spanish Morocco. After planning an uprising, however, he was court-martialled and discharged from the service. He was saved, however, by 13 September 1923 coup d'état of Miguel Primo de Rivera. He was granted an amnesty and appointed military chief of the royal household. In January 1930, following the forced resignation of the dictator Primo de Rivera, King Alfonso XIII ordered Berenguer to form a government and restore a degree of normality to the country. As prime minister, Berenguer repealed some of the harsher measures introduced by Primo de Rivera.