Arsenio Martínez Campos

Prime Minister of Spain

Arsenio Martínez y Campos 14 December 1831 Segovia, Spain

23 September 1900 Zarauz, Spain

7 March 1879 – 9 December 1879

Spanish general and politician Arsenio Martínez-Campos y Antón, born Martínez y Campos (Segovia, Spain, 14 December 1831 – Zarauz, Spain, 23 September 1900), was a Spanish officer who rose against the First Spanish Republic in a military revolution in 1874 and restored Spain's Bourbon dynasty. Later, he became Captain-General of Cuba. The soldier and politician took part in wars in Africa, Mexico and Cuba and in the Third Carlist War.