Fernando León y Castillo

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

Fernando León y Castillo, Marqués del Muni (Telde, Canary Islands, November 30, 1842^[1] - Biarritz, France, March 12, 1918^[2][3]) was a Spanish politician and diplomat, he decided on an intervention of Spain and North Africa.

Fernando León y Castillo
ambassador to France
In office 1887–1918
Personal details
Born	November 30, 1842 Telde, Canary Islands
Died	March 12, 1918 Biarritz, France

He went to Madrid and collaborated in liberal publications in the late years of Isabella II. From the Revolution of 1868, he was nominated a governor of Granada and Valencia.^[4]

He was successively elected deputy and senator for the province of the Canary Islands, and in 1874 he was named the overseas sub-secretary.^[5]

After the restoration with Sagasta as ministry of overseas (Prime Minister several times including 1881-1883 (1886–1887). In 1887, he became ambassador to France until 1918. In 1900 he was granted the title of Marquis of Muni for negotiating with France over the Spanish Guinea (present-day Equatorial Guinea) in the Treaty of Paris.^[6]

He participated in the Algeciras Conference in 1906