According to British historian Gerald Brenan, "Spain needed radical reforms and he could only govern by the permission of the two most reactionary forces in the country—the Army and the Church."
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The young Miguel grew up as part of what Gerald Brenan called "a hard-drinking, whoring, horse-loving aristocracy" that ruled "over the most starved and down-trodden race of agricultural labourers in Europe." Studying history and engineering before deciding upon a military career, he won admission to the newly created General Academy in Toledo, and graduated in 1884.
Miguel Primo de Rivera (1870–1930), dictator of Spain from 23 September 1923 to 1930
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José Antonio Primo de Rivera (1903–1936), lawyer and son of Miguel Primo de Rivera, who founded the fascist-inspired party, Falange Español.