Ramón de Santillán

Ramón de Santillán González (30 August 1791 – October 19, 1863) was a Spanish statesman who served as Minister of Finance and First Governor of the Bank of Spain.

[2] He enlisted in 1809 as a corporal[3] in the army led by the priest Jerónimo Merino fighting for Spanish independence.

[4] Nonetheless, in 1825 he was hired by the Ministry of Finance, and in the 1830s occupied responsible positions under Juan Álvarez Mendizábal.

Despite being removed as minister, he remained at the ministry,[3] where he worked with the Progressive finance ministers Agustín Fernández Gamboa and Pedro Surrá y Rull and later with their Moderate Party successor Juan José García Carrasco Romero, as well as with colleagues Alejandro Mon y Menéndez and Pita Pizarro.

[10] In 1854, months before the end of the década moderada, Santillán was dismissed for refusing the demands of the Spanish Treasury.