Juan Olazábal Ramery | |
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Born |
Juan Olazábal Ramery 1860 Irún, Spain |
Died | 1937 Bilbao, Spain |
Nationality | Spanish |
Occupation | journalist |
Known for | Politician |
Political party | , Comunión Tradicionalista-Integrista, Comunión Tradicionalista |
Juan Olazábal Ramery (1860–1937), was a Spanish Carlist politician.
Juan José León Félix Ramón Olazábal Ramery was born to a very distinguished Gipuzkoan dynasty, much branched and intemarried with a number of other well known local families. His father, Juan Antonio Olazábal Arteaga, held a number of estates in Eastern part of the province. Following his early death in 1867, Juan and his siblings were raised by their mother, Prudencia Ramery Zuzuarregui. At the outbreak of the Third Carlist War the family sought refuge in France. Following their return to Spain Juan was educated in the Jesuit college in Orduña, where he met and befriended Sabino Arana, to proceed with law studies in another Jesuit institute, Colegio del Pasaxe in the Galician A Guarda. He then moved to in Madrid, to graduate in 1885.
Though the family in some sources is described as Carlist, in fact its different branches adhered to different political options. Juan’s paternal uncle, Ramón Olazábal Arteaga, as coronel of miqueletes sided with the Isabelinos during the Third Carlist War, growing to commander of the entire formation and also the civil governor of Irun. On the other hand, Juan’s maternal uncle, Liborio Ramery Zuzuarregui, made his name as a Carlist politician, Gipzukoan deputy to the Cortes and a Traditionalist writer. A distant relative from paternal branch, Tirso de Olazábal y Lardizábal, became head of Gipuzkoan Carlism and one of the national party leaders. It was rather the influence of Juan’s maternal family, especially Liborio, which combined with the Jesuit education formed him as a Carlist. Juan Olazábal has never married and had no children. Some members of the Olazábal family were active as Carlist politicians in the early Francoist era, though they were very distant Juan’s relatives.