Francisco Silvela y Le Vielleuze (15 December 1843 – 29 May 1905) was a Spanish

Spain

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 politician who became the president of Spain on May 3, 1899, succeeding Práxedes Mateo Sagasta

Práxedes Mateo Sagasta

Práxedes Mariano Mateo Sagasta y Escolar was a Spanish 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 Liberal-Conservative leader Antonio Cánovas...

. He served in this capacity until October 22, 1900.

Silvela also served a second term from December 6, 1902 to July 20, 1903, in which he succeeded another of Práxedes Mateo Sagasta's many separate terms as president.

Francisco Silvela belonged to the Conservative Party led by Antonio Cánovas del Castillo

Antonio Cánovas del Castillo

Antonio Cánovas del Castillo was a Spanish politician and historian known principally for his role in supporting the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy to the Spanish throne and for his death at the hands of an anarchist assassin, Michele Angiolillo.-Early career:Born in Málaga as the son of...

. He became leader of the Party after the assassination of Cánovas in 1897. He concluded the German-Spanish Treaty (1899)

German-Spanish Treaty (1899)

The German–Spanish Treaty of 1899 was a treaty between the German Empire and Kingdom of Spain, with the latter selling the remainder of its Pacific Ocean islands to Germany for 25 million pesetas or respectively 17 million Marks.-History:...

, selling the remainder of the Spanish East Indies

Spanish East Indies

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.

Francisco Silvela named the general Arsenio Linares y Pombo

Arsenio Linares y Pombo

Arsenio Linares y Pombo was a Spanish military man and government official. Born in Valencia, he earned the rank of lieutenant in 1868 and participated in operations against rebellions in Cuba, and in the Carlist Wars on mainland Spain...

, who had fought in the Spanish-American War

Spanish-American War

The Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, effectively the result of American intervention in the ongoing Cuban War of Independence...

, Minister of War in 1900.

Francisco Silvela withdrew from politics in 1903 and appointed Antonio Maura as his successor. He died in Madrid

Madrid

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 in 1905.



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