Fernando León y Castillo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish politician
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Place of Birth: Telde, Canary Islands, Spain
About Fernando León y Castillo
- Fernando León y Castillo, Marqués del Muni (Telde, Canary Islands, 1842 - Biarritz, France, 1918) was a Spanish politician and a diplomat, he decided on an intervention of Spain and North Africa. He went to Madrid and collaborated in liberal publications in the late years of Isabella II.
- From the Revolution of 1868, he was nominated a governor of Granada and Valencia. He was successively elected deputy and senator, in 1874 he was named the overseas sub-secretary. After the restoration with Sagasta as ministry of overseas (Prime Minister several times including 1881-1883 (1886–1887).
- In 1887, he became ambassador to France until 1918. He participated in the Algeciras Conference in 1906
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