Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde

Don Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde y García del Rivero, iure uxoris Marquess of Pozo Rubio, (20 January 1848 – 15 July 1905) was a Spanish statesman.

[1] He joined the Conservative Party and was elected to the Spanish Parliament in 1872 as representative for Caldas.

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.

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Depicted in a 1900 cartoon, by Joaquín Xaudaró .