Eduardo Dato Iradier

Eduardo Dato Iradier (born August 12, 1856, La Coruña, Spain—died March 8, 1921, Madrid) was a Spanish statesman, leader of the Conservative Party from 1913 to 1921, and three-time premier. He instituted various reforms but proved unable to deal effectively with unrest or to heal the divisions within his party. As undersecretary in the Home Office in 1892 and as minister in 1899, Dato sponsored a workers’ compensation act and bills to regulate female employment....