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Conservative Union (Spain)
The Conservative Union ( es, Unión Conservadora, UC) was a Spanish political party created in 1892 by Francisco Silvela Francisco Silvela y Le Vielleuze (15 December 1843, in Madrid – 29 May 1905, in Madrid) 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 ... as a split from the Liberal Conservative Party. In 1899 it merged again into the Liberal Conservative Party. Electoral performance Restoration Cortes References Conservative Party (Spain) Catholic political parties Defunct political parties in Spain Political parties established in 1892 Political parties disestablished in 1899 1892 establishments in Spain 1899 disestablishments in Spain Restoration (Spain) {{Spain-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Silvela
Francisco Silvela y Le Vielleuze (15 December 1843, in Madrid – 29 May 1905, in Madrid) 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. Francisco Silvela belonged to the Conservative Party led by Antonio Cánovas del Castillo. 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. Francisco Silvela named the general Arsenio Linares y Pombo, who had fought in the Spanish–American War, Minister of War in 1900. Francisco Silvela withdrew from politics in 1903 and appointed Antonio Maura as his successor. He died in Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish General Election, 1898
The 1898 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 27 March (for the Congress of Deputies) and on Sunday, 10 April 1898 (for the Senate of Spain, Senate), to elect the 8th Cortes Generales#Restoration (1874–1930), Cortes of the Restoration (Spain), Kingdom of Spain in the Restoration period. All 445 seats in the Congress of Deputies (plus two special districts) were up for election, as well as 180 of 360 seats in the Senate. The election was called amid a period of political unstability following the Assassination of Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, assassination of previous Prime Minister of Spain, prime minister Antonio Cánovas del Castillo on 8 August 1897 by Italian anarchist Michele Angiolillo and the brief premiership of Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero, Marcelo Azcárraga. Respecting the ''turno'' system, Queen Regent Maria Christina of Austria, Maria Christina appointed a new government under Liberal Party (Spain, 1880), Liberal leader Práxedes Mateo Sagasta on 4 October 189 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
