Eleuterio Delgado

Eleuterio Delgado y Martín was a Spanish lawyer and politician, briefly Minister of Finance during the reign of Alfonso XIII.

Biography

Delgado was born on 18 April 1852 in Sangarcía, province of Segovia. After studying Law in Madrid, he obtained the post of state attorney in León, Bilbao and Ávila.
He was elected as member of the Spanish Congress in the 1901 election for the district of Viveiro, and re-elected there in the 1903 election; Then in 1905 he was elected for Riaza, and was elected for the third and last time for Viveiro in the 1907 election.
He served as Minister of Finance from 30 November to 4 December 1906 in the Segismundo Moret cabinet.
He died on 13 April 1908 in Madrid.