[1] As an older man, he had a successful political career, holding several important positions in the Spanish government, such as Minister of Industry and Commerce.
[4] Despite some encouraging first steps in the white club, he followed the Giralt brothers (Armando and José) and Antonio Neyra when they decided to leave Madrid in 1907 to join its city rivals Español de Madrid,[2][6] with whom he reached back-to-back Copa del Rey finals (1909 and 1910) which ended in losses to Club Ciclista and FC Barcelona, losing the latter despite a brace from his younger brother Vicente.
[8] According to the Mundo Deportivo issue of 24 March 1910, the then 24-year-old Buylla was a right back of 79 kilos in weight and 1,83 meters tall, and he was described as being "without a doubt one of the best players on the [Espanyol] team".
[citation needed] With the arrival of the Second Spanish Republic in 1931, he was appointed special commissioner and chargé d'affaires in Paris, and then returned to Tangier before making the leap to Geneva.
[2][4] After a brief stay at the Lisbon consulate, on 19 February 1936, he was appointed Minister of Industry and Commerce in the governments of Manuel Azaña, Santiago Casares Quiroga, Diego Martínez Barrio, and José Giral.
[2][4] When the Popular Front won the February 1936 elections, he was appointed the Minister of Industry and Commerce, a position he held for a few months until 4 September of the same year when the first government of Francisco Largo Caballero was formed.