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| Canalejas y Méndez, José |
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(h s ´ känäl´häs  mn´dth) (KEY) , 1854–1912, Spanish politician. After holding several cabinet posts, he became premier in 1910. A democratic radical who hoped to reform the Liberal party, Canalejas entered office with a dynamic program that included curbing the power of the religious orders and breaking up the large estates. His firm measures against labor unrest alienated many of his left-wing supporters. Frequently regarded as the most promising liberal statesman of early 20th-century Spain, his career was cut short when he was assassinated by an anarchist. |
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