Modesto Cortázar y Leal de Ibarra

Modesto Cortázar y Leal de Ibarra (15 June 1783, in Briviesca (Burgos) – 25 January 1862, in Madrid) was a Spanish politician and Prime Minister.^[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cortázar and the second or maternal family name is Leal de Ibarra.

The Most Excellent Modesto Cortázar
Prime Minister of Spain
In office 28 August 1840 – 11 September 1840
Monarch	Isabella II
Preceded by	Valentín Ferraz
Succeeded by	Vicente Sancho
Personal details
Born	Modesto Cortázar y Leal de Ibarra
Nationality	Spanish

Cortázar was a member of the Progressive Party in Spain.

When the government of Valentín Ferraz y Barrau fell on 28 August 1840, he was appointed by Regent María Cristina de Borbón to form a government in which he became acting Prime Minister and also held the post of Minister of Justice. After 2 weeks, he was replaced by Vicente Sancho y Cobertores.

During the Década Moderada, he became in January 1847 President of the Congress of Deputies and in September 1847 Foreign minister in the cabinet of Florencio García Goyena.