Nicolas Pavia

Nicolas Valeriano Pavia Cuello (February 21, 1862 - August 20, 1918) was a Dalanic politician. He was an important politician during the early years of Dania.
== Early life ==
Pavia was born in Likavra, son of Anglo-Dalanic War general Hernando Pavia (1816-1879) and his third wife Johana Cuello (1830-1901). ,Contreras Desiderio (1964), Vida documentada de Nicolás Pavía. Hernando Pavia had commanded the 3rd regiment and fought in the lost battle of Robledo.
Pavia graduated from Escadi College in 1880, and from the Likavra Law School in 1884.
== Career ==
=== War of Independence ===
Pavia fought during the Second Dalanic War of Independence in the Dalanic Army under Lucho García. He served at the Siege of San Pedro and the battles of Narino and Coslada, eventually earning two promotions. It was in Coslada that Nicolas Pavia first met Hortun de Pedrosa.
=== Member of the House of Representatives ===
Pavia excepted the offer to become a member of first House of Representatives under the Maroto Government. Pavia allied with the Liberals and joined the Liberal Party in 1890. In the 1893 Dania general election, Pavia was elected to the House of Representatives for the Liberal Party.
=== Chairman of the Conservative Party ===
Nicolas Pavia co-founded the Conservative Party in 1899. The party split from the Liberal Party. Pavia became the chairman of party and was the most important politician in the party.Galán, Juan Manuel (1955), Partido Conservador. In 1911, Pavia stepped down as Party Chairman to became a minister in the Varas cabinet.
=== Minister of Justice and war period ===
Samuel Varas asked Pavia as the Minister of Justice in the new cabinet. Because a Party chair can not serve in the cabinet, he resigned as a Party chair of the Conservative Party. He took office as the new Minister of Justice on 1 June 1911. Pavia remained minister during the beginning of the first islandanic war, but he resigned on 2 April 1916 to make room for the War time cabinet.
After the war ended, Pavia was one of the main advisors of Varas during the congress in Estaux.
In May 1918, Pavia applied for Party Leader of the Conservative Party after Varas announced his resignation. Pavia was seen as the favourite by many.
== Death and legacy ==
Pavia died while on campaign for Party Leader of the Conservative Party in Esca on 20 August 1918, having suffered a stroke and pneumonia due to the worldwide influenza epidemic of that year.
== References ==
Category:1862 births
Category:1918 deaths
Category:Conservative Party politicians (Dania)
Category:19th-century Dalanic politicians
Category:20th-century Dalanic politicians
Category:Dalanic Ministers of Justice