Práxedes Mariano Mateo Sagasta y Escolar (21 July 1825 – 5 January 1903) was a
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civil engineer and politician who served as
Prime Minister
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on eight occasions between 1870 and 1902—always in charge of the
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—as part of the ''
turno pacifico'', alternating with the
Conservative
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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
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. As a member of the
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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
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After his studies, he took an active role in government. Sagasta served in the
Spanish Cortes
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between 1854–1857 and 1858–1863. In 1866 he went into exile in France after a failed coup. After the
Spanish Revolution of 1868
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, 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
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of 1898 when Spain lost its remaining colonies. Sagasta agreed to an autonomous constitution for both
Cuba
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and
Puerto Rico
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. Sagasta's political opponents saw his action as a betrayal of
Spain
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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.
Sagasta′s ministry lost a vote in the
Cortes
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on 2 December 1902, he handed in his resignation to the King on the following day, and formally resigned on 10 December 1902.
Sagasta died just a month after his last resignation, on 5 January 1903 in
Madrid
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at the age of 77.
References
External links
U.S. Library of Congress Profile
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1825 births
1903 deaths
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