Víctor Pradera Larumbe
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| Born |
Juan Víctor Pradera Larumbe 1872 Pamplona |
| Died | 1936 San Sebastián |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Known for | Politician |
| Political party | Partido Católico Tradicionalista, Partido Social Popular, Comunión Tradicionalista |
Juan Víctor Pradera Larumbe (1872–1936) was a Spanish political theorist and a Carlist politician.
Víctor’s paternal family originated from France; his grandfather, Juan Pradera Martinena, lived in the Basque town of Sare (Labourd province), but moved across the Pyrenees and settled in Endara de Etxalar. Víctor’s father, Francisco Pradera Leiza, was an . As a youngster he emigrated to America and spent 16 years in Cuba; enriched, he returned to Navarre and married a pamplonesa, Filomena Larumbe, descendant to a petty bourgeoisie family. Her father, Ángel Larumbe Iturralde, sided with the legitimists during the First Carlist War and narrowly escaped execution, later to settle in Vera de Bidasoa and to practise as a notary. Juan Víctor was born as the first of four sons, Juan Víctor, Luis, Juan and Germán. In 1879 he moved with the family to San Sebastian following the professional lot of his father, who ran a commercial construction business.
Having obtained bachillerato in Instituto de San Sebastian in 1887 he spent a year in Bordeaux and then another one in Bilbao, studying at the Jesuit Deusto college and preparing for engineer studies. Having moved to Madrid Pradera entered Escuela de Ingenieros, exact year of his graduation is unknown. He returned to Gipuzkoa in 1897 and settled in Tolosa, engaged in the paper mill business of his father. Reportedly successful as a manager, Pradera later amalgamated the family enterprise into the Papelera Española trust of and became a shareholder of this company, involved in its activities until the early 20th century.
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