Juan Bravo Murillo

Bravo Murillo was born in Fregenal de la Sierra he studied law at the University of Salamanca and the University of Seville, obtaining his licentiate from Seville in 1825. He practiced law for a time in Seville. After the death of Fernando VII in 1833 he was named prosecutor of the Audiencia Provincial of Cádiz, a position he held for two years before moving to Madrid, where he co-published a journal called Boletín de Jurisprudencia. He was also a founder of the conservative newspaper El Porvenir. == Political career ==

He was elected a deputy (member of the lower house of Spain's parliament) in 1837 . In January 1847 he was named Minister of Grace and Justice He is responsible for founding Canal de Isabel II, the public company that still brings water to Madrid, the establishment of civil service exams (oposiciones), the introduction of the metric system into Spain in 1849, the Concordat of 1851 that settled differences between the Spanish government and the Holy See, He was also responsible for a variety of measures in his capacity as minister of finance, and founded what later became the Boletín Oficial del Estado, which remains the Spanish government's official gazette to this day. Second (reorganized) ministry • President: Juan Bravo Murillo • State: Manuel Pando Fernández de Pineda (Marquis of Miraflores); later Manuel Bertrán de Lis Ribes returned to the position. • Finance: Juan Bravo Murillo • Grace and Justice: Ventura González Romero • Governance: Manuel Bertrán de Lis Ribes, later Melchor Ordóñez and Cristóbal Bordíu • War: Francisco Alejandro Lersundi y Ormaechea, later Cayetano Urbina y Daoiz • Marine: Francisco Armero de Peñaranda (Marquess of Nervión), later Joaquín Ezpeleta y Enrile • Development: Fermín Arteta, later Mariano Miguel Reinoso Source: ==Notes==