Práxedes Mateo Sagasta

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José Malcampo
Succeeded by	Francisco Serrano
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Born	(1825-07-21)21 July 1825 Logroño, Spain
Died	(1903-01-05)5 January 1903 (aged 77) Madrid, Spain
Resting place	Pantheon of Illustrious Men
Political party	Liberal Party
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Práxedes Mariano Mateo Sagasta y Escolar (21 July 1825 – 5 January 1903) was a

He served as Prime Minister of Spain during the Spanish–American War of 1898 when Spain lost its remaining colonies. Mateo Sagasta agreed to an autonomous constitution for both Cuba and Puerto Rico. Mateo Sagasta's political opponents saw his action as a betrayal of Spain 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.

Mateo Sagasta's ministry lost a vote in the Cortes on 2 December 1902, he handed in his resignation to the King on the following day, and formally resigned on 10 December 1902.^[1]

Mateo Sagasta died just a month after his last resignation, on 5 January 1903 in Madrid at the age of 77.^[2]

See also

• Regency of Maria Christina of Austria
• Reign of Alfonso XIII

References

External links

• U.S. Library of Congress Profile