Fernando León y Castillo

Fernando León y Castillo, 1st Marquess of Muni was a Spanish politician and diplomat, he decided on an intervention of Spain and North Africa.
He went to Madrid and collaborated in liberal publications in the late years of the reign of Isabella II. From the Revolution of 1868, he was nominated a governor of Granada and Valencia.
He was successively elected deputy and senator for the province of the Canary Islands, and in 1874 he was named the overseas sub-secretary.
During the government of Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, he served as minister of overseas and minister of the interior. In 1887, he was appointed ambassador to France until 1918. In 1900 he created Marquess of Muni for negotiating with France over the Spanish Guinea in the Treaty of Paris.
He participated in the Algeciras Conference in 1906