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When he was 12, he entered the Navy Academy in Ferrol. In 1906, he got the rank of midshipman and was appointed to a coast guard vessel ('Numancia') and later to a battleship ('Pelayo'). In 1908, he was promoted to sub-lieutenant, being appointed to different ships. In 1909, he was raised to the rank of chief of Engineers and lieutenant- colonel in 1921. In 1921, he became director of the shipyard of the Spanish Society of Naval Construction of Cartagena. Six years later, he came back to Ferrol, where he stayed until 1934. Then he moved to Madrid, where he filled the office of chief inspector of the Naval Construction. After leaving prison for having taken part on a strike, he sought asylum in an embassy when the Civil War broke out. When the Civil War broke out, he sided with Franco and reentered the Navy again. During the first Franco's government and in the government of 1944 he was nominated as Minister of Industry and Trade. In 1941, he was the first director of the National Institute of Industry.