Fernando León y Castillo
Fernando León y Castillo | |
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| Ambassador of Spain to France | |
| In office 1887–1918 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 30, 1842 Telde, Spain |
| Died | March 12, 1918 (aged 75) Biarritz, France |
Fernando León y Castillo, 1st Marquess of Muni (30 November 1842[1] – 12 March 1918[2][3]) was a Spanish politician and diplomat, he decided on an intervention of Spain and North Africa.
He went to Madrid and collaborated in liberal publications in the late years of the reign of Isabella II. From the Revolution of 1868, he was nominated a governor of Granada and Valencia.[4]
He was successively elected deputy and senator for the province of the Canary Islands, and in 1874 he was named the overseas sub-secretary.[5]
During the government of Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, he served as minister of overseas (1881–1883) and minister of the interior (1886–1887). In 1887, he was appointed ambassador to France until 1918. In 1900 he created Marquess of Muni for negotiating with France over the Spanish Guinea (present-day Equatorial Guinea) in the Treaty of Paris.[6]
He participated in the Algeciras Conference in 1906
References
- ^ Aguilar, Francisco Morales; Cubas, Agustín Millares (1886). Don Fernando de León y Castillo.-Don Benito Pérez Galdós (in Spanish). La Atlántida. p. 6. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
- ^ Revista Hidalguía número 325. Año 2007 (in Spanish). Ediciones Hidalguia. p. 810. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
- ^ "Excmo Senor". senado.es. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
- ^ Santos, Modesto Sánchez de los (1908). Las Cortes españolas, las de 1907 (in Spanish). Estab. tip. de A. Marzo. p. 129. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
- ^ Tinao, Luis Pablo Bourgón (1982). Los puertos francos y el régimen especial de Canarias (in Spanish). Instituto de Estudios de Administración Local. p. 38. ISBN 978-84-7088-316-3. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
- ^ "Fernando de León y Castillo". dbe.rah.es. Retrieved February 28, 2024.