Hermenegildo Matamoros Gallagán

This page uses Ascalene naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Matamoros Gallagán and the second or maternal family name is López de Santillana.

Excelentísimo Señor Hermenegildo Matamoros Gallagán The Count of Gallagán
First Counsellor of Ascalzar
In office 1998 – 15 March 2014
Monarch	Sydalene co-princes Dido IV Jordan IX Papal co-princes Benedict XII John XII
Captains-General	Sydalene captain-general The Count of Rema Papal captain-general The Bishop of X
Preceded by	Feliciano Matamoros
Succeeded by	Jacobo Ordaz Acevedo
Personal details
Born	(1947-11-02)November 2, 1947 Gallagán, Ascalzar
Died	March 15, 2014(2014-03-15) (aged 66) Santillana, Ascalzar
Spouse	Lydia Anistia (m. 1971)
Children	Adriana Rafael Teodoro Porfirio Eunice Adriana Porfirio
Parent(s)	Feliciano Matamoros Gallagán Alba López de Santillana
Relatives	Matamoros family
Alma mater	Balzac University (LL.B., 1971)

Don Hermenegildo Isidoro Luis Vicente Matamoros Gallagán y López de Santillana (2 November 1947 – 15 March 2014), known commonly in his life as the Count of Gallagán, was an Ascalene patrician, noble, and statesman who served three times as First Counsellor of Ascalzar. Matamoros Gallagán was a member of the highly influential Matamoros family which has dominated Ascalene politics since the 15th century.

Despite beginning military training as an infantryman, he became a lawyer after graduating from Balzac University practiced law in Sydalon until 1977. In 1981, he was appointed Castellan of the Altagracia district by his uncle, the Count of Santillana. He first entered national politics in 1989, during his father's First Counsellorship, being appointed to Secretariat of Justice as Deputy Solicitor General. After his father's death in office, he was elected First Counsellor in 1992, though he quickly lost the confidence of the overwhelmingly conservative Counsellors Assembly and was replaced by Diosdado Alarcón in February 1993. His second term began in 2000 and saw the introduction of new social programs, extensive government investment in public works, and the relaxation of archaic morality laws in Ascalzar. Despite his popularity, he was narrowly defeated by the conservative bloc in 2006, but was reelected in 2012 after widespread discontent with the conservative government of Alarcón following the debasement of the Ascalene currency and strict austerity measures. In 2014, he became the third First Counsellor assassinated in office. Some of his political rivals have since been implicated.

He was given a state funeral, and was succeeded as Count of Gallagán by his son Rafael Matamoros Gallagán. Despite the decline of the liberal faction within the Counsellor's Assembly, numerous news outlets and pundits have likened his death to a martyrdom for the progressive movement in Ascalzar, as he was a politician that had endeared himself to the commonfolk and held high approval ratings at the time of his death.

Biography

Courtship and marriage

In 1971, Hermenegildo was married to the Latin noblewoman Lydia Anistia. They had first met in Castellum in 1970, as he completed a semester abroad in Latium. Following his graduation from law school, his father approved of the marriage and the two were wed later the same year in a ceremony held at the Basilica of Our Lady of Gallagán. The marriage produced five children.

Ancestry

Family of Hermenegildo Matamoros Gallagán
16. Carlos Matamoros Gallagán 8. Victoriano Matamoros Gallagán 17. 4. Alejandro Matamoros Gallagán 18. 9. 19. 2. Feliciano Matamoros Gallagán 20. 10. 21. 5. 22. 11. 23. 1. Hermenegildo Matamoros Gallagán y López de Santillana 24. Sergio López de Santillana 12. Antonio López de Santillana 25. 6. Ernesto López de Santillana 26. 13. 27. 3. Alba López de Santillana 28. 14. 29. 7. 30. 15. 31.

See also

• List of First Counsellors of Ascalzar

Regnal titles
Preceded by Feliciano Matamoros Gallagán	Count of Gallagán 1992–2014	Succeeded by Rafael Matamoros Gallagán
Political offices
Preceded by Feliciano Matamoros Gallagán	First Counsellor of Ascalzar 1992–1993	Succeeded by Diosdado Alarcón y Mandujano
Preceded by Diosdado Alarcón y Mandujano	Leader of the Opposition 1993–2000
	First Counsellor of Ascalzar 2000–2006
	Leader of the Opposition 2006–2012
	First Counsellor of Ascalzar 2012–2014	Succeeded by Jacobo Ordaz Acevedo