José Luis Oriol Urigüen

José Luis Oriol Urigüen
Born
José Luis Oriol

(1877-11-04)4 November 1877
Died15 April 1972(1972-04-15) (aged 94)
NationalitySpanish
Occupationarchitect
Known forPolitician
Political partyComunión Tradicionalista

José Luis de Oriol y Urigüen, 2nd Marquis of Casa Oriol (1877–1972), was a Spanish businessman, architect and politician. As an architect he designed few historicist residential buildings, some of them very prestigious today. As a businessman he was the moving spirit behind Hidroeléctrica Española and Talgo. As a politician he served as Conservative and Traditionalist MP, growing into a local Álava tycoon.