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Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
The Most Excellent Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
Prime Minister of Spain
	In office; 7 March 1901 – 10 December 1902
Monarch	Alfonso XIII
Preceded by	Marcelo Azcárraga
Succeeded by	Francisco Silvela
	In office; 5 October 1897 – 7 March 1899
Monarch	Alfonso XIII
Preceded by	Marcelo Azcárraga
Succeeded by	Francisco Silvela
	In office; 13 December 1892 – 24 March 1895
Monarch	Alfonso XIII
Preceded by	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Succeeded by	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
	In office; 28 November 1885 – 8 July 1890
Monarch	Alfonso XIII (born 17 May 1886)
Regent	Maria Christina of Austria
Preceded by	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Succeeded by	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
	In office; 10 February 1881 – 14 October 1883
Monarch	Alfonso XII
Preceded by	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Succeeded by	José Posada Herrera
	In office; 29 June 1874 – 31 December 1874
President	Francisco Serrano
Preceded by	Juan de Zavala
Succeeded by	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
	In office; 21 December 1871 – 26 May 1872
Monarch	Amadeo I
Preceded by	José Malcampo
Succeeded by	Francisco Serrano
Minister of Governance of Spain
	In office; 8 October 1868 – 9 January 1870
Regent	Francisco Serrano
Prime Minister	Francisco Serrano ; Juan Prim
Preceded by	Luis González Bravo
Succeeded by	Nicolás María Rivero
	In office; 25 December 1870 – 24 July 1871
Monarch	Amadeo I
Regent	Francisco Serrano
Prime Minister	Juan Prim ; Juan Bautista Topete ; Francisco Serrano
Preceded by	Nicolás María Rivero
Succeeded by	Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla
Personal details
Born	21 July 1825; Torrecilla en Cameros, Logroño, Spain
Died	5 January 1903 (aged 77); Madrid, Spain
Resting place	Pantheon of Illustrious Men
Political party	Liberal Party
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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.

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. Mateo Sagasta agreed to an autonomous constitution for both Cuba and Puerto Rico. Mateo 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.

Mateo Sagasta's ministry lost a vote in the Cortes on 2 December 1902, he handed in his resignation to the King on the following day, and formally resigned on 10 December 1902.^[1]

Mateo Sagasta died just a month after his last resignation, on 5 January 1903 in Madrid at the age of 77.^[2]

References

^ "Latest intelligence - Resignation of Señor Sagasta". The Times. No. 36942. London. 4 December 1902. p. 5.
^ "Obituary. Señor Práxedes Mateo Sagasta". Annual Register for 1903. Longmans, Green, and Co. 1904. p. 113.

External links

U.S. Library of Congress Profile

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