Práxedes Mateo Sagasta

Práxedes Mariano Mateo Sagasta y Escolar (21 July 1825 – 5 January 1903) was a Spanish civil engineer and politician who served as Prime Minister on eight occasions between 1870 and 1902—always in charge of the Liberal Party—as part of the turno pacifico, alternating with the Conservative leader Antonio Cánovas. He was known as an excellent orator.


Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
Portrait of Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
Prime Minister of Spain
In office
7 March 1901  10 December 1902
Monarch
Preceded byMarcelo Azcárraga
Succeeded byFrancisco Silvela
In office
5 October 1897  7 March 1899
MonarchMaria Christina of Austria (regent)
Preceded byMarcelo Azcárraga
Succeeded byFrancisco Silvela
In office
13 December 1892  24 March 1895
MonarchMaria Christina of Austria (regent)
Preceded byAntonio Cánovas del Castillo
Succeeded byAntonio Cánovas del Castillo
In office
28 November 1885  8 July 1890
MonarchMaria Christina of Austria (regent)
Preceded byAntonio Cánovas del Castillo
Succeeded byAntonio Cánovas del Castillo
In office
10 February 1881  14 October 1883
MonarchAlfonso XII
Preceded byAntonio Cánovas del Castillo
Succeeded byJosé Posada Herrera
Personal details
Born(1825-07-21)21 July 1825
Torrecilla en Cameros, Logroño, Spain
Died(1903-01-05)5 January 1903 (aged 77)
Madrid, Spain
Resting placePantheon of Illustrious Men
NationalitySpanish
Political partyLiberal Party
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Biography

Mateo-Sagasta was born on 21 July 1825 at Torrecilla en Cameros, province of Logroño, Spain. As a member of the Progressive Party while a student at the Civil Engineering School of Madrid in 1848, Sagasta was the only one in the school who refused to sign a letter supporting Queen Isabel II.

After his studies, he took an active role in government. Sagasta served in the Spanish Cortes between 1854–1857 and 1858–1863. In 1866 he went into exile in France after a failed coup. After the Spanish Revolution of 1868, he returned to Spain to take part in the newly-created provisional government.

He served as Prime Minister of Spain during the Spanish–American War of 1898 when Spain lost its remaining colonies. Sagasta agreed to an autonomous constitution for both Cuba and Puerto Rico. Sagasta's political opponents saw his action as a betrayal of Spain and blamed him for the country's defeat in the war and the loss of its island territories in the Treaty of Paris of 1898. He continued to be active in politics for another four years.

Sagasta died on 5 January 1903 in Madrid at the age of 77.[1]

References

  1. "Obituary. Señor Práxedes Mateo Sagasta". Annual Register for 1903. Longmans, Green, and Co. 1904. p. 113.
Political offices
Preceded by
Luis González Bravo
Minister of Government
1868-1870
Succeeded by
Nicolás María Rivero
Preceded by
Juan de Zavala y de la Puente
Prime Minister of Spain
1874
Succeeded by
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Preceded by
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Prime Minister of Spain
1881-1883
Succeeded by
José Posada Herrera
Preceded by
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Prime Minister of Spain
1885-1890
Succeeded by
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Preceded by
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Prime Minister of Spain
1892-1895
Succeeded by
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Preceded by
Marcelo Azcárraga
Prime Minister of Spain
1897-1899
Succeeded by
Francisco Silvela
Preceded by
Marcelo Azcárraga
Prime Minister of Spain
1901-1902
Succeeded by
Francisco Silvela
Party political offices
Preceded by
Party created
Leader of the Liberal Party
1876–1902
Succeeded by
Eugenio Montero Ríos
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