Francisco Silvela

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]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Silvele and the second or maternal family name is Le Vielleuze.

The Most Excellent Francisco Silvela
Photograph by Kaulak
Prime Minister of Spain
In office 6 December 1902 – 20 July 1903
Monarch	Alfonso XIII
Regent	Maria Christina of Austria
Preceded by	Práxedes Sagasta
Succeeded by	Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde
In office 3 May 1899 – 22 October 1900
Monarch	Alfonso XIII
Regent	Maria Christina of Austria
Preceded by	Práxedes Sagasta
Succeeded by	Marcelo Azcárraga
Minister of Governance of Spain
In office 7 March – 9 June 1879
Monarch	Alfonso XII
Prime Minister	Arsenio Martínez-Campos
Preceded by	Francisco Romero Robledo
Succeeded by	Francisco Romero Robledo
In office 5 July 1890 – 23 Novemeber 1891
Monarch	Alfonso XIII
Regent	Maria Christina of Austria
Prime Minister	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Preceded by	Trinitario Ruiz Capdepón
Succeeded by	José Elduayen Gorriti
Minister of State of Spain
In office 4 March 1899 – 18 April 1900
Monarch	Alfonso XIII
Regent	Maria Christina of Austria
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Juan Manuel Sánchez
Succeeded by	Ventura García-Sancho
Minister of Grace and Justice of Spain
In office 18 January 1884 – 27 November 1885
Monarch	Alfonso XII
Regent	Maria Christina of Austria
Prime Minister	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Preceded by	Aureliano Linares Rivas
Succeeded by	Manuel Alonso Martínez
Minister of the Navy of Spain
In office 18 April – 23 October 1900
Monarch	Alfonso XIII
Regent	Maria Christina of Austria
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	José Gómez-Imaz Simón
Succeeded by	Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero
Under Secretary of the Governance
In office 27 January – 13 July 1875
Monarch	Alfonso XII
Prime Minister	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Minister of Governance	Francisco Romero Robledo
Preceded by	Mariano Zacarías Cazurro y García
Succeeded by	Francisco Barca Corral
Seat K of the Real Academia Española
In office 30 April 1893 – 29 May 1905
Preceded by	Mariano Roca de Togores
Succeeded by	Cristóbal Pérez Pastor[a]
Personal details
Born	Francisco Silvela y Vielleuze (1843-12-15)15 December 1843 Madrid, Spain
Died	29 May 1905(1905-05-29) (aged 61) Madrid, Spain
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Francisco Silvela belonged to the Conservative Party led by Antonio Cánovas del Castillo.^[4] He was a Deputy in Parliament continuously 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

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

Political offices
Preceded by The Duke of Almodóvar del Río	Minister of State 4 March 1899 – 18 April 1900	Succeeded by The Marquis of Aguilar de Campoo

Notes

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

References

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. "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.