Marcelino Oreja Elósegui
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| Born |
Marcelino Oreja Elósegui 1894 Ibarrangelu |
| Died | 1934 Mondragón |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation | civil engineer |
| Known for | politician |
| Political party | Carlism |
Marcelino Oreja Elósegui (1894 - 1934) was a Spanish entrepreneur, Catholic activist and Carlist politician.
Marcelino Oreja Elósegui was descendant to a petty bourgeoisie Basque family, originating from the Gipuzkoan town of Orexa. His paternal grandfather was a physician. His father, Basilio Oreja Echaniz, settled in the Biscay Ibarrangelu and since the late 1870s also practiced as a doctor, in the early 20th century briefly serving also as a mayor. Marcelino's mother, Cecilia Elósegui Ayala, came from a distinguished and much branched Gipuzkoan family. His older brothers were active in the Vascongadas branch of Carlism during the late Restoration period already. Basilio died early. made his name as a physician and one of urology pioneers in Gipuzkoa.Ricardo became one of the Gipuzkoan party leaders; he was elected to the Cortes in 1920 and 1923, during the Primo de Rivera dictatorship serving as gobernador civil of the Santander province. Both were members of the Francoist Cortes in the 1950s and 1960s.
Marcelino Oreja was born to his parents rather late, much junior than his older brothers, and was brought up in a militantly Catholic ambience. He studied civil engineering and graduated as ingeniero de caminos, canales y puertos, in 1925 nominated “ingeniero en practicas”. He married Purificación Aguirre Isasi, descendant to a well-to-do Gipuzkoan family. Her father, Toribio Aguirre Ibarzabal, served as a Traditionalist officer during the Third Carlist War. He became a member of new Basque industrial elites as co-founder, one of major shareholders and directing manager of the metalworking company Union Cerrajera. The posthumous son of Marcelino and Purificación, Marcelino Oreja Aguirre, was a Francoist diplomat and later Christian-Democrat politician; in 2010 Juan Carlos de Borbon made him .
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