Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde | |
Office: | Prime Minister of Spain |
Term Start: | 27 January 1905 |
Term End: | 23 June 1905 |
Predecessor: | Marcelo Azcárraga |
Successor: | Eugenio Montero Ríos |
Monarch2: | Alfonso XIII |
Term Start2: | 20 July 1903 |
Term End2: | 5 Dec 1903 |
Predecessor2: | Francisco Silvela |
Successor2: | Antonio Maura |
Office3: | Seat g of the Real Academia Española |
Term Start3: | 23 November 1902 |
Term End3: | 15 July 1905 |
Predecessor3: | Vicente Barrantes Moreno |
Successor3: | Francisco Rodríguez Marín |
Birth Date: | 20 January 1848 |
Birth Place: | Madrid, Spain |
Death Place: | Madrid, Spain |
Birthname: | Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde y García del Rivero |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Honorific Prefix: | The Most Excellent |
Don Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde y García del Rivero, iure uxoris Marquess of Pozo Rubio, (20 January 1848 - 15 July 1905) was a Spanish statesman.
Born in Madrid, Raimundo Fernandez Villaverde graduated at age 21 from the Central University of Madrid in Law Studies. He later became Professor of this university after receiving the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.[1]
He joined the Conservative Party and was elected to the Spanish Parliament in 1872 as representative for Caldas.On 31 March 1884, he was appointed civil governor of Madrid.
From 1880 to his death, he held various government ministries including Finance, Justice and Interior, became President of Parliament, and was twice Prime Minister.
He is credited with the economic reforms passed in 1899 and 1900 that stabilised the nation's economy after the loss of the last Spanish colonies in the Americas and the Pacific Ocean.