First Secretary of State of Spain

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The First Secretary of State of Spain was the chief ministerial office of the Spanish monarchy, effectively serving as the kingdom’s principal political and diplomatic leader during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government office
ministerial position
appliesToJurisdiction Spanish monarchy
appointedBy King of Spain
country Spain
governmentBranch executive branch of Spain
hierarchicalLevel senior ministerial office
historicalContext Bourbon monarchy
surface form: Bourbon monarchy in Spain

Enlightenment-era reforms in Spain
Peninsular War
surface form: Napoleonic era in Spain
historicalFunction advising the monarch on state affairs
coordination of royal councils
management of international treaties
inception late 18th century
jurisdiction Spanish Empire
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
nativeLabel Primer Secretario de Estado
officeHolderRole chief minister
principal diplomatic leader
principal political leader
officeScope diplomacy
domestic political coordination
foreign policy
officeType cabinet-level position
partOf Council of State of Spain
central government of the Spanish monarchy
positionHeldBy Antonio Porlier y Sopranis
Eugenio de Llaguno y Amírola
Francisco de Saavedra
José Moñino y Redondo, Count of Floridablanca
José de Mazarredo
Manuel Godoy
surface form: Manuel de Godoy

Pedro de Cevallos
surface form: Pedro Cevallos Guerra

Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, Count of Aranda
Pedro de Cevallos
surface form: Pedro de Cevallos (statesman)

Pedro de Lerena
precededBy First Secretary of State of Spain self-linksurface differs
surface form: Secretary of State and of the Dispatches of Spain
replacedBy President of the Council of Ministers of Spain
residence Madrid
responsibleFor colonial administration coordination
relations with European powers
seat Spanish royal court
surface form: Royal Court of Spain
significantPeriod early 19th century
late 18th century
status historical office
subordinateTo King of Spain
timePeriod Ancien Régime in Spain

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Manuel Godoy positionHeld First Secretary of State of Spain
Zenón de Somodevilla, Marqués de la Ensenada positionHeld First Secretary of State of Spain
this entity surface form: Secretary of State of Spain
First Secretary of State of Spain precededBy First Secretary of State of Spain self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Secretary of State and of the Dispatches of Spain