Francisco Silvela

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

• Name — Francisco Silvela • Office — Prime Minister of Spain • Monarch — Alfonso XIII • Term Start — 6 December 1902 • Term End — 20 July 1903 • Predecessor — Práxedes Sagasta • Successor — Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde • Monarch1 — Alfonso XIII • Term Start1 — 3 May 1899 • Term End1 — 22 October 1900 • Predecessor1 — Práxedes Sagasta • Successor1 — Marcelo Azcárraga • Office8 — Seat K of the Real Academia Española • Term Start8 — 30 April 1893 • Term End8 — 29 May 1905 • Predecessor8 — Mariano Roca de Togores • Successor8 — Cristóbal Pérez Pastor • Born — 15 December 1843 • Birthplace — Madrid, Spain • Died — 29 May 1905 • Place of death — Madrid, Spain • Birth Name — Francisco Silvela y Vielleuze • Honorific Prefix — The Most Excellent • Monarch2 — Alfonso XII • Office7 — Under Secretary of the Governance • Predecessor7 — Mariano Zacarías Cazurro y García • Prime Minister7 — Antonio Cánovas del Castillo • 1blankname7 — Minister of Governance • 1namedata7 — Francisco Romero Robledo • Successor7 — Francisco Barca Corral • Term Start7 — 27 January • Term End7 — 13 July 1875 • 1blankname — Regent • 1namedata — Maria Christina of Austria • 1blankname1 — Regent • 1namedata1 — Maria Christina of Austria • Monarch3 — Alfonso XIII • Term Start2 — 7 March • Term End2 — 9 June 1879 • Prime Minister2 — Arsenio Martínez-Campos • Predecessor2 — Francisco Romero Robledo • Successor2 — Francisco Romero Robledo • Office2 — Minister of Governance of Spain • Monarch7 — Alfonso XII • Predecessor3 — Trinitario Ruiz Capdepón • Term Start3 — 5 July 1890 • Term End3 — 23 November 1891 • 1blankname3 — Regent • 2blankname3 — Prime Minister • 1namedata3 — Maria Christina of Austria • 2namedata3 — Antonio Cánovas del Castillo • Successor3 — José Elduayen Gorriti • Office4 — Minister of State of Spain • Monarch4 — Alfonso XIII • 1blankname4 — Regent • 1namedata4 — Maria Christina of Austria • 2blankname4 — Prime Minister • 2namedata4 — Himself • Predecessor4 — Juan Manuel Sánchez • Successor4 — Ventura García-Sancho • Term Start4 — 4 March 1899 • Term End4 — 18 April 1900 • Office5 — Minister of Grace and Justice of Spain • Monarch5 — Alfonso XII • 1blankname5 — Regent • 1namedata5 — Maria Christina of Austria • 2blankname5 — Prime Minister • 2namedata5 — Antonio Cánovas del Castillo • Term Start5 — 18 January 1884 • Term End5 — 27 November 1885 • Predecessor5 — Aureliano Linares Rivas • Successor5 — Manuel Alonso Martínez • Office6 — Minister of the Navy of Spain • Monarch6 — Alfonso XIII • 1blankname6 — Regent • 2blankname6 — Prime Minister • Term Start6 — 18 April • Term End6 — 23 October 1900 • 2namedata6 — Himself • Predecessor6 — José Gómez-Imaz Simón • Successor6 — Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero • 1namedata6 — Maria Christina of Austria