Ministry of Overseas (Spain) explained

Agency Name:Ministry of Overseas
Nativename A:Spanish; Castilian: Ministerio de Ultramar
Picture Width:250px
Picture Caption:Main headquarters from 1885 to 1889
Formed:1812
1863
Preceding1:Directorate-General for Overseas Governance
Dissolved:1814
1898
Jurisdiction:Government of Spain
Headquarters:Santa Cruz Palace (Madrid)
Region Code:ES
Agency Type:Ministry

The Ministry of Overseas, Ministry of Overseas Affairs, Ministry of Overseas Territories (Spanish Ministerio de Ultramar), or simply, Ultramar, was the ministerial department in charge of the direction of Spanish territories between 1863 and 1899. It administered the Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo and the Carolinas, Marianas and Palaos.

Prior to its establishment, the administration of the colonies was in charge of the Ministry of the Navy. By a royal decree of 20 May 1863 responsibility for the colonies was transferred to a new department. Following Spanish–American War of 1898, in which Spain lost the greater part of her colonial territory (Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines), and the sale of her remaining Pacific possessions to Germany by the treaty of 12 February 1899, the Overseas Ministry itself was suppressed in a royal decree of 20 April 1899.

The creation of a Spanish protectorate in Morocco in 1912, and the establishment of Spanish control over its Guinean possessions, a new colonial department, the Direccion General de Marruecos y Colonias (Directorate-General for Morocco and the Colonies), was set up in 1925. After recognizing the independence of Morocco in 1956, its name was changed to Direccion General de Plazas y Provincias Africanas (Directorate-General for African Territories and Provinces). In 1969, following the independence of Equatorial Guinea, its remit was once again reduced and it became the Direccion General de Promoción del Sahara (Directorate-General for Sahara Promotion), charged with the advancement of Spanish Sahara until 1975.

List of ministers

PeriodBeginningEndNameGovernment
Reign of
Isabella II
(1833–1868)
21 May 186318 July 1863José Gutiérrez de la ConchaManuel Pando Fernández de Pinedo
18 July 18631 August 1863Manuel Moreno López
1 August 18636 August 1863José Gutiérrez de la Concha
6 August 186329 November 1863Francisco Permanyer Tuyets
29 November 186317 January 1864José Gutiérrez de la Concha
17 January 18641 March 1864Alejandro de Castro CasalLorenzo Arrazola
1 March 186416 September 1864Diego López BallesterosAlejandro Mon y Menéndez
16 September 186421 June 1865Manuel Seijas LozanoRamón María Narváez
21 June 186510 July 1866Antonio Cánovas del CastilloLeopoldo O'Donnell
10 July 186627 October 1867Alejandro de Castro CasalRamón María Narváez
27 October 186723 April 1868Carlos Marfori y Callejas
23 April 186815 June 1868Carlos Marfori y CallejasLuis González Bravo
15 June 186819 September 1868Tomás Rodríguez Rubí
Junta Revolucionaria Interina
(1868–1871)
8 October 186818 June 1869Adelardo López de AyalaPascual Madoz Ibáñez
Joaquín Aguirre de la Peña
Francisco Serrano
18 June 18696 August 1869Juan Bautista TopeteJuan Prim
6 August 18692 April 1870Manuel Becerra y Bermúdez
2 April 187027 December 1870Segismundo Moret y Prendergast
27 December 18704 January 1871Adelardo López de AyalaJuan Bautista Topete
Reign of
Amadeo I
(1871–1873)
4 January 187124 July 1871Adelardo López de AyalaFrancisco Serrano
24 July 18715 October 1871Tomás MosqueraManuel Ruiz Zorrilla
5 October 187121 December 1871Víctor BalaguerJosé Malcampo
21 December 187120 January 1872Juan Bautista TopetePráxedes Mateo Sagasta
20 January 187226 May 1872Cristóbal Martín de Herrera
26 May 187213 June 1872Adelardo López de AyalaFrancisco Serrano
13 June 187221 December 1872Eduardo Gasset y ArtimeManuel Ruiz Zorrilla
21 December 187212 February 1873Tomás Mosquera
First Spanish Republic
(1873–1874)
12 February 187324 February 1873Nicolás SalmerónEstanislao Figueras
24 February 187311 June 1873José Cristóbal Sorní y Grau
11 June 187313 June 1873José Cristóbal Sorní y GrauFrancisco Pi i Margall
13 June 187319 July 1873Francisco Suñer
19 July 18734 September 1873Eduardo Palanca AsensiNicolás Salmerón
4 September 18733 January 1874Santiago Soler y PlaEmilio Castelar
3 January 187413 May 1874Tomás MosqueraFrancisco Serrano
Juan Zavala de la Puente
13 May 18743 September 1874Antonio Romero OrtizJuan Zavala de la Puente
3 September 187431 December 1874Antonio Romero OrtizPráxedes Mateo Sagasta
Reign of
Alfonso XII
(1874–1885)		31 December 1874 13 February 1875Adelardo López de AyalaAntonio Cánovas del Castillo
13 February 18752 December 1875Adelardo López de Ayala
2 December 187915 January 1877Adelardo López de Ayala
15 January 18778 March 1879Cristóbal Martín de Herrera
8 March 18799 December 1879Salvador AlbaceteArsenio Martínez-Campos
9 December 187923 March 1880José Elduayen GorritiAntonio Cánovas del Castillo
23 March 18808 February 1881Cayetano Sánchez Bustillo
8 February 18819 October 1883Fernando León y CastilloPráxedes Mateo Sagasta
9 October 188313 October 1883Gaspar Núñez de Arce
13 October 188318 January 1884Estanislao Suárez InclánJosé Posada Herrera
18 January 188427 November 1885Manuel Aguirre de TejadaAntonio Cánovas del Castillo
Regency of
Maria Christina of Austria
(1885–1902)		27 November 1885 10 October 1886Germán Gamazo CalvoPráxedes Mateo Sagasta
12 November 1887 14 June 1888Víctor Balaguer
14 June 1888 11 December 1888Trinitario Ruiz Capdepón
11 December 188821 January 1890Manuel Becerra y Bermúdez
21 January 1890 5 July 1890Manuel Becerra y Bermúdez
5 July 1890 23 November 1891Antonio María FabiéAntonio Cánovas del Castillo
23 November 1891 11 December 1892Francisco Romero Robledo
11 December 1892 12 March 1894Antonio Maura MontanerPráxedes Mateo Sagasta
12 March 1894 4 November 1894Manuel Becerra y Bermúdez
4 November 1894 23 March 1895Buenaventura Abarzuza Ferrer
23 March 18958 August 1897Tomás Castellano y VillarroyaAntonio Cánovas del Castillo
8 August 1897 4 October 1897Tomás Castellano y VillarroyaMarcelo Azcárraga
4 October 189718 May 1898Segismundo Moret y PrendergastPráxedes Mateo Sagasta
18 May 1898 7 March 1899Vicente Romero Girón
7 March 1899 20 April 1899Raimundo Fernández VillaverdeFrancisco Silvela

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