Ministry of Overseas (Spain)

The Ministry of Overseas (Ministerio de Ultramar) was the ministerial department in charge of the direction of the Spanish colonies.

History

The department was created in 1863. Until that moment the administration of the colonies was in charge of the Ministry of the Navy. By Royal Decree of May 20, 1863 there was created the department of Overseas in charge of the administration of the Spanish colonies. It was kept until it was suppressed by means of Royal Decree of April 20, 1899 due to the lack of attributions after the colonial losses as consequence of the Spanish–American War of 1898.

List of Ministers

Period Beginning End Name Government
Reign of
Isabella II
(1833–1868)
21 May 1863 18 July 1863 José Gutiérrez de la Concha Manuel Pando Fernández de Pinedo
18 July 1863 1 August 1863 Manuel Moreno López
1 August 1863 6 August 1863 José Gutiérrez de la Concha
6 August 1863 29 November 1863 Francisco Permanyer Tuyets
29 November 1863 17 January 1864 José Gutiérrez de la Concha
17 January 1864 1 March 1864 Alejandro de Castro Casal Lorenzo Arrazola
1 March 1864 16 September 1864 Diego López Ballesteros Alejandro Mon y Menéndez
16 September 1864 21 June 1865 Manuel Seijas Lozano Ramón María Narváez
21 June 1865 10 July 1866 Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Leopoldo O'Donnell
10 July 1866 27 October 1867 Alejandro de Castro Casal Ramón María Narváez
27 October 1867 23 April 1868 Carlos Marfori
23 April 1868 15 June 1868 Carlos Marfori Luis González Bravo
15 June 1868 19 September 1868 Tomás Rodríguez Rubí
Junta Revolucionaria Interina
(1868–1871)
8 October 1868 18 June 1869 Adelardo López de Ayala Pascual Madoz Ibáñez
Joaquín Aguirre de la Peña
Francisco Serrano
18 June 1869 6 August 1869 Juan Bautista Topete Juan Prim
6 August 1869 2 April 1870 Manuel Becerra y Bermúdez
2 April 1870 27 December 1870 Segismundo Moret y Prendergast
27 December 1870 4 January 1871 Adelardo López de Ayala Juan Bautista Topete
Reign of
Amadeo I
(1871–1873)
4 January 1871 24 July 1871 Adelardo López of Ayala Francisco Serrano
24 July 1871 5 October 1871 Tomás Mosquera Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla
5 October 1871 21 December 1871 Víctor Balaguer José Malcampo
21 December 1871 20 January 1872 Juan Bautista Topete Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
20 January 1872 26 May 1872 Cristóbal Martín de Herrera
26 May 1872 13 June 1872 Adelardo López de Ayala Francisco Serrano
13 June 1872 21 December 1872 Eduardo Gasset y Artime Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla
21 December 1872 12 February 1873 Tomás Mosquera
First Spanish Republic
(1873–1874)
12 February 1873 24 February 1873 Nicolás Salmerón Estanislao Figueras
24 February 1873 11 June 1873 José Cristóbal Sorní y Grau
11 June 1873 13 June 1873 José Cristóbal Sorní y Grau Francisco Pi i Margall
13 June 1873 19 July 1873 Francisco Suñer
19 July 1873 4 September 1873 Eduardo Palanca Asensi Nicolás Salmerón
4 September 1873 3 January 1874 Santiago Soler Emilio Castelar
3 January 1874 13 May 1874 Tomás Mosquera Francisco Serrano
Juan Zavala de la Puente
13 May 1874 3 September 1874 Antonio Romero Ortiz Juan Zavala de la Puente
3 September 1874 31 December 1874 Antonio Romero Ortiz Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
Reign of
Alfonso XII
(1874–1885)		 31 December 1874 13 February 1875 Adelardo López of Ayala Antonio Cánovas ofl Castillo
13 February 1875 2 December 1875 Adelardo López de Ayala
2 December 1879 15 January 1877 Adelardo López of Ayala
15 January 1877 8 March 1879 Cristóbal Martín de Herrera
8 March 1879 9 December 1879 Salvador Albacete Arsenio Martínez-Campos
9 December 1879 23 March 1880 José Elduayen Gorriti Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
23 March 1880 8 February 1881 Cayetano Sánchez Bustillo
8 February 1881 9 October 1883 Fernando León y Castillo Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
9 October 1883 13 October 1883 Gaspar Núñez de Arce
13 October 1883 18 January 1884 Estanislao Suárez Inclán José Posada
18 January 1884 27 November 1885 Manuel Aguirre de Tejada Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Regency of
Maria Christina of Austria
(1885–1902)		 27 November 1885 10 October 1886 Germán Gamazo Calvo Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
12 November 1887 14 June 1888 Víctor Balaguer
14 June 1888 11 December 1888 Trinitario Ruiz Capdepón
11 December 1888 21 January 1890 Manuel Becerra y Bermúdez
21 January 1890 5 July 1890 Manuel Becerra y Bermúdez
5 July 1890 23 November 1891 Antonio María Fabié Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
23 November 1891 11 December 1892 Francisco Romero Robledo
11 December 1892 12 March 1894 Antonio Maura Montaner Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
12 March 1894 4 November 1894 Manuel Becerra y Bermúdez
4 November 1894 23 March 1895 Buenaventura Abarzuza Ferrer
23 March 1895 8 August 1897 Tomás Castellano y Villarroya Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
8 August 1897 4 October 1897 Tomás Castellano y Villarroya Marcelo Azcárraga
4 October 1897 18 May 1898 Segismundo Moret y Prendergast Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
18 May 1898 7 March 1899 Vicente Romero Girón
7 March 1899 20 April 1899 Raimundo Fernández Villaverde Francisco Silvela

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