Laureano Figuerola y Ballester (4 July 1816, Calaf - 28 February 1903, Madrid) was a Spanish lawyer, economist and politician who served as the Ministro de Hacienda y Administraciones PĂşblicas (now the Ministro de EconomĂa, Industria y Competitividad) during the Sexenio Democrático.
He is best known for officially establishing the peseta as Spain's currency.