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Aranda, Pedro Pablo Abarca y Bolea, Conde de 1718-99
Spanish general and statesman
He was born in Siétamo. He was made ambassador to Poland in 1760, but in 1766 was recalled to Madrid and made Prime Minister to restore order after the Esquilache riots. He expelled the Jesuits, blamed for the insurrection, from Spain in 1767, but in 1773 fell from power and was sent to France as ambassador. Returning in 1787, he became Prime Minister again in 1792, but antagonized Manuel de Godoy, and died in Aragon in enforced retirement.
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