Modesto Cortázar y Leal de Ibarra, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Modesto Cortázar y Leal de Ibarra

Spanish politician and lawyer

Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1783

Place of Birth: Briviesca, Castile and León, Spain

Date of Death: 25-Jan-1862

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Modesto Cortázar y Leal (Briviesca (Burgos), 15 June 1783 – Madrid, 25 January 1862) was a Spanish politician and Prime Minister. Cortázar was a member of the Progressive Party in Spain. When the government of Valentín Ferraz y Barrau fell on 28 August 1840, he was appointed by Regent María Cristina de Borbón to form a government in which he became acting Prime Minister and also held the post of Minister of Justice.
After 2 weeks, he was replaced by Vicente Sancho y Cobertores. During the Década Moderada, he became in January 1847 President of the Congress of Deputies and in September 1847 Foreign minister in the cabinet of Florencio García Goyena.