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Francisco Silvela

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Francisco Silvela
Photograph by Kaulak
Prime Minister of Spain
In office
6 December 1902 – 20 July 1903
MonarchAlfonso XIII
RegentMaria Christina of Austria
Preceded byPráxedes Sagasta
Succeeded byRaimundo Fernández-Villaverde
In office
3 May 1899 – 22 October 1900
MonarchAlfonso XIII
RegentMaria Christina of Austria
Preceded byPráxedes Sagasta
Succeeded byMarcelo Azcárraga
Minister of Governance of Spain
In office
7 March – 9 June 1879
MonarchAlfonso XII
Prime MinisterArsenio Martínez-Campos
Preceded byFrancisco Romero Robledo
Succeeded byFrancisco Romero Robledo
In office
5 July 1890 – 23 Novemeber 1891
MonarchAlfonso XIII
RegentMaria Christina of Austria
Prime MinisterAntonio Cánovas del Castillo
Preceded byTrinitario Ruiz Capdepón
Succeeded byJosé Elduayen Gorriti
Minister of State of Spain
In office
4 March 1899 – 18 April 1900
MonarchAlfonso XIII
RegentMaria Christina of Austria
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byJuan Manuel Sánchez
Succeeded byVentura García-Sancho
Minister of Grace and Justice of Spain
In office
18 January 1884 – 27 November 1885
MonarchAlfonso XII
RegentMaria Christina of Austria
Prime MinisterAntonio Cánovas del Castillo
Preceded byAureliano Linares Rivas
Succeeded byManuel Alonso Martínez
Minister of the Navy of Spain
In office
18 April – 23 October 1900
MonarchAlfonso XIII
RegentMaria Christina of Austria
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byJosé Gómez-Imaz Simón
Succeeded byMarcelo Azcárraga Palmero
Under Secretary of the Governance
In office
27 January – 13 July 1875
MonarchAlfonso XII
Prime MinisterAntonio Cánovas del Castillo
Minister of GovernanceFrancisco Romero Robledo
Preceded byMariano Zacarías Cazurro y García
Succeeded byFrancisco Barca Corral
Seat K of the Real Academia Española
In office
30 April 1893 – 29 May 1905
Preceded byMariano Roca de Togores
Succeeded byCristóbal Pérez Pastor[a]
Personal details
Born
Francisco Silvela y Vielleuze

(1843-12-15)15 December 1843
Madrid, Spain
Died29 May 1905(1905-05-29) (aged 61)
Madrid, Spain
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Francisco Silvela y Le Vielleuze (15 December 1843, in Madrid[1] – 29 May 1905, in Madrid[2]) was a Spanish politician who became Prime Minister of Spain on 3 May 1899, succeeding Práxedes Mateo Sagasta. He served in this capacity until 22 October 1900. Silvela also served a second term from 6 December 1902 to 20 July 1903, in which he succeeded another one of Práxedes Mateo Sagasta's many separate terms as prime minister.[3]

Francisco Silvela belonged to the Conservative Party led by Antonio Cánovas del Castillo.[4] He was a Deputy in Parliament continously from 1876 to 1903, mostly representing Ávila, but for one term he served Pontevedra.[5] He became leader of the Party after the assassination of Cánovas in 1897.[6][7] His government concluded the German–Spanish Treaty (1899), selling the remainder of the Spanish East Indies.[8]

Silvela named the general Arsenio Linares y Pombo, who had fought in the Spanish–American War, Minister of War in 1900. He withdrew from politics in 1903 and appointed Antonio Maura as his successor. He died in Madrid in 1905.

Silvela was elected to seat K of the Real Academia Española, he took up his seat on 30 April 1893.[8]

Family

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Francisco Silvela married Amalia Loring y Heredia;[9] their children were Jorge and Tomas.

Political offices
Preceded by Minister of State
4 March 1899 – 18 April 1900
Succeeded by

Notes

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  1. ^ Pérez Pastor was elected for the position in 1905 but never took the seat

References

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  1. ^ Ruiz, Angel Salcedo y (1888). Francisco Silvela (in Spanish). F. Fê. p. 21. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  2. ^ Almagro, Melchor Fernández (1977). Historia del reinado de Alfonso XIII (in Spanish). Montaner y Simon. p. 65. ISBN 978-84-274-0379-6. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  3. ^ Balfour, Sebastian (1997). The End of the Spanish Empire, 1898-1923. Clarendon Press. pp. 57–61. ISBN 978-0-19-820507-4.
  4. ^ GOYANES, ENRIQUE SANCHEZ (31 December 1980). SISTEMA CONSTITUCIONAL ESPAÑOL (in Spanish). Ediciones Paraninfo, S.A. p. 138. ISBN 978-84-283-1062-8. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Buscador histórico - Congreso de los Diputados". www.congreso.es. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  6. ^ Calvo, Juan A.; Prado, Carlos Gómez del (1972). La veta hispana: panorama de la civilización española (in Spanish). Appleton-Century-Crofts. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-390-16378-3. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  7. ^ Jiménez-Landi, Antonio (1996). La Institución Libre de Enseñanza y su ambiente: Periodo escolar (1881-1907) (in Spanish). Edicions Universitat Barcelona. p. 335. ISBN 978-84-89365-98-8. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Francisco Silvela - letra K". Real Academia Española (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  9. ^ Uceta, Enrique Domínguez; Lopez, Mercedes Pelaez (February 2011). Málaga (in Spanish). Alhena Media. p. 19. ISBN 978-84-92963-26-3. Retrieved 28 December 2024.