Estanislao Figueras

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Figueras and the second or maternal family name is Moragas.

Estanislao Figueras y de Moragas (Catalan: Estanislau Figueras i de Moragas [əstənizˈlaw fiˈɣeɾəs]; 13 November 1819 – 11 November 1882) was a Spanish politician who served as the first President of the First Spanish Republic from 12 February to 11 June 1873.

Estanislao Figueras
President of the Executive Power
In office 11 February 1873 – 11 June 1873
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Amadeo I (King of Spain)
Succeeded by	Francisco Pi y Margall
Prime Minister of Spain
In office 11 February 1873 – 11 June 1873
President	Himself
Preceded by	Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla
Succeeded by	Francisco Pi y Margall
Personal details
Born	(1819-11-13)13 November 1819 Barcelona, Spain
Died	11 November 1882(1882-11-11) (aged 62) Madrid, Spain
Political party	Progressist (1848–1849) Democratic (1849–1868) Democratic Federal Republican (1868–1880) Organic Federal Republican (1880–1882)

Figueras was born in Barcelona.

He led the Republican Party after Queen Isabella II was overthrown in 1868. He briefly became president after King Amadeo abdicated. He was succeeded as president by Francisco Pi y Margall. After the 1875 restoration of the monarchy he withdrew from public life.

He died in Madrid in 1882 at the age of 62.

He is famous for having said, after one more fruitless Council of Ministers: "Gentlemen, I can not stand this anymore. I will be frank to you: I am up to my bollocks of all of us."

Portrait of Figueras

References

• Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed
• Sánchez-Solís, Manuel (2009). El republicanismo y el federalismo español del siglo XIX: la búsqueda de un nuevo orden político y social al servicio de los ciudadanos. Centro de Investigación y Estudios Republicanos. p. 204. ISBN 9788461294497.