# Ministry of Overseas (Spain)

The Ministry of Overseas, Ministry of Overseas Affairs, Ministry of Overseas Territories (Spanish Ministerio de Ultramar), or simply, Ultramar, was the ministerial department in charge of the direction of Spanish territories between 1863 and 1899. It administered the Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo and the Carolinas, Marianas and Palaos.
Prior to its establishment, the administration of the colonies was in charge of the Ministry of the Navy. By a royal decree of 20 May 1863 responsibility for the colonies was transferred to a new department. Following Spanish–American War of 1898, in which Spain lost the greater part of her colonial territory (Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines), and the sale of her remaining Pacific possessions to Germany by the treaty of 12 February 1899, the Overseas Ministry itself was suppressed in a royal decree of 20 April 1899.
The creation of a Spanish protectorate in Morocco in 1912, and the establishment of Spanish control over its Guinean possessions, a new colonial department, the Direccion General de Marruecos y Colonias (Directorate-General for Morocco and the Colonies), was set up in 1925. After recognizing the independence of Morocco in 1956, its name was changed to Direccion General de Plazas y Provincias Africanas (Directorate-General for African Territories and Provinces). In 1969, following the independence of Equatorial Guinea, its remit was once again reduced and it became the Direccion General de Promoción del Sahara (Directorate-General for Sahara Promotion), charged with the advancement of Spanish Sahara until 1975.

## List of ministers

| Period | Beginning | End | Name | Government |
| Reign of Isabella II (1833–1868) |
| Reign of Isabella II (1833–1868) | 21 May 1863 | 18 July 1863 | José Gutiérrez de la Concha | Manuel Pando Fernández de Pinedo |
| Reign of Isabella II (1833–1868) | 18 July 1863 | 1 August 1863 | Manuel Moreno López | Manuel Pando Fernández de Pinedo |
| Reign of Isabella II (1833–1868) | 1 August 1863 | 6 August 1863 | José Gutiérrez de la Concha | Manuel Pando Fernández de Pinedo |
| Reign of Isabella II (1833–1868) | 6 August 1863 | 29 November 1863 | Francisco Permanyer Tuyets | Manuel Pando Fernández de Pinedo |
| Reign of Isabella II (1833–1868) | 29 November 1863 | 17 January 1864 | José Gutiérrez de la Concha | Manuel Pando Fernández de Pinedo |
| Reign of Isabella II (1833–1868) | 17 January 1864 | 1 March 1864 | Alejandro de Castro Casal | Lorenzo Arrazola |
| Reign of Isabella II (1833–1868) | 1 March 1864 | 16 September 1864 | Diego López Ballesteros | Alejandro Mon y Menéndez |
| Reign of Isabella II (1833–1868) | 16 September 1864 | 21 June 1865 | Manuel Seijas Lozano | Ramón María Narváez |
| Reign of Isabella II (1833–1868) | 21 June 1865 | 10 July 1866 | Antonio Cánovas del Castillo | Leopoldo O'Donnell |
| Reign of Isabella II (1833–1868) | 10 July 1866 | 27 October 1867 | Alejandro de Castro Casal | Ramón María Narváez |
| Reign of Isabella II (1833–1868) | 27 October 1867 | 23 April 1868 | Carlos Marfori y Callejas | Ramón María Narváez |
| Reign of Isabella II (1833–1868) | 23 April 1868 | 15 June 1868 | Carlos Marfori y Callejas | Luis González Bravo |
| Reign of Isabella II (1833–1868) | 15 June 1868 | 19 September 1868 | Tomás Rodríguez Rubí | Luis González Bravo |
| Junta Revolucionaria Interina (1868–1871) |
| Junta Revolucionaria Interina (1868–1871) | 8 October 1868 | 18 June 1869 | Adelardo López de Ayala | Pascual Madoz Ibáñez Joaquín Aguirre de la Peña Francisco Serrano |
| Junta Revolucionaria Interina (1868–1871) | 18 June 1869 | 6 August 1869 | Juan Bautista Topete | Juan Prim |
| Junta Revolucionaria Interina (1868–1871) | 6 August 1869 | 2 April 1870 | Manuel Becerra y Bermúdez | Juan Prim |
| Junta Revolucionaria Interina (1868–1871) | 2 April 1870 | 27 December 1870 | Segismundo Moret y Prendergast | Juan Prim |
| Junta Revolucionaria Interina (1868–1871) | 27 December 1870 | 4 January 1871 | Adelardo López de Ayala | Juan Bautista Topete |
| Reign of Amadeo I (1871–1873) |
| Reign of Amadeo I (1871–1873) | 4 January 1871 | 24 July 1871 | Adelardo López de Ayala | Francisco Serrano |
| Reign of Amadeo I (1871–1873) | 24 July 1871 | 5 October 1871 | Tomás Mosquera | Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla |
| Reign of Amadeo I (1871–1873) | 5 October 1871 | 21 December 1871 | Víctor Balaguer | José Malcampo |
| Reign of Amadeo I (1871–1873) | 21 December 1871 | 20 January 1872 | Juan Bautista Topete | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta |
| Reign of Amadeo I (1871–1873) | 20 January 1872 | 26 May 1872 | Cristóbal Martín de Herrera | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta |
| Reign of Amadeo I (1871–1873) | 26 May 1872 | 13 June 1872 | Adelardo López de Ayala | Francisco Serrano |
| Reign of Amadeo I (1871–1873) | 13 June 1872 | 21 December 1872 | Eduardo Gasset y Artime | Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla |
| Reign of Amadeo I (1871–1873) | 21 December 1872 | 12 February 1873 | Tomás Mosquera | Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla |
| First Spanish Republic (1873–1874) |
| First Spanish Republic (1873–1874) | 12 February 1873 | 24 February 1873 | Nicolás Salmerón | Estanislao Figueras |
| First Spanish Republic (1873–1874) | 24 February 1873 | 11 June 1873 | José Cristóbal Sorní y Grau | Estanislao Figueras |
| First Spanish Republic (1873–1874) | 11 June 1873 | 13 June 1873 | José Cristóbal Sorní y Grau | Francisco Pi i Margall |
| First Spanish Republic (1873–1874) | 13 June 1873 | 19 July 1873 | Francisco Suñer | Francisco Pi i Margall |
| First Spanish Republic (1873–1874) | 19 July 1873 | 4 September 1873 | Eduardo Palanca Asensi | Nicolás Salmerón |
| First Spanish Republic (1873–1874) | 4 September 1873 | 3 January 1874 | Santiago Soler y Pla | Emilio Castelar |
| First Spanish Republic (1873–1874) | 3 January 1874 | 13 May 1874 | Tomás Mosquera | Francisco Serrano Juan Zavala de la Puente |
| First Spanish Republic (1873–1874) | 13 May 1874 | 3 September 1874 | Antonio Romero Ortiz | Juan Zavala de la Puente |
| First Spanish Republic (1873–1874) | 3 September 1874 | 31 December 1874 | Antonio Romero Ortiz | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta |
| Reign of Alfonso XII (1874–1885) | 31 December 1874 | 12 September 1875 | Adelardo López de Ayala | Antonio Cánovas del Castillo |
| Reign of Alfonso XII (1874–1885) | 12 September 1875 | 2 December 1875 | Adelardo López de Ayala | Joaquín Jovellar |
| Reign of Alfonso XII (1874–1885) | 2 December 1875 | 15 January 1877 | Adelardo López de Ayala | Antonio Cánovas del Castillo |
| Reign of Alfonso XII (1874–1885) | 15 January 1877 | 8 March 1879 | Cristóbal Martín de Herrera | Antonio Cánovas del Castillo |
| Reign of Alfonso XII (1874–1885) | 8 March 1879 | 9 December 1879 | Salvador Albacete | Arsenio Martínez-Campos |
| Reign of Alfonso XII (1874–1885) | 9 December 1879 | 23 March 1880 | José Elduayen Gorriti | Antonio Cánovas del Castillo |
| Reign of Alfonso XII (1874–1885) | 23 March 1880 | 8 February 1881 | Cayetano Sánchez Bustillo | Antonio Cánovas del Castillo |
| Reign of Alfonso XII (1874–1885) | 8 February 1881 | 9 October 1883 | Fernando León y Castillo | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta |
| Reign of Alfonso XII (1874–1885) | 9 October 1883 | 13 October 1883 | Gaspar Núñez de Arce | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta |
| Reign of Alfonso XII (1874–1885) | 13 October 1883 | 18 January 1884 | Estanislao Suárez Inclán | José Posada Herrera |
| Reign of Alfonso XII (1874–1885) | 18 January 1884 | 27 November 1885 | Manuel Aguirre de Tejada | Antonio Cánovas del Castillo |
| Regency of Maria Christina of Austria (1885–1902) | 27 November 1885 | 10 October 1886 | Germán Gamazo Calvo | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta |
| Regency of Maria Christina of Austria (1885–1902) | 12 November 1887 | 14 June 1888 | Víctor Balaguer | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta |
| Regency of Maria Christina of Austria (1885–1902) | 14 June 1888 | 11 December 1888 | Trinitario Ruiz Capdepón | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta |
| Regency of Maria Christina of Austria (1885–1902) | 11 December 1888 | 21 January 1890 | Manuel Becerra y Bermúdez | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta |
| Regency of Maria Christina of Austria (1885–1902) | 21 January 1890 | 5 July 1890 | Manuel Becerra y Bermúdez | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta |
| Regency of Maria Christina of Austria (1885–1902) | 5 July 1890 | 23 November 1891 | Antonio María Fabié | Antonio Cánovas del Castillo |
| Regency of Maria Christina of Austria (1885–1902) | 23 November 1891 | 11 December 1892 | Francisco Romero Robledo | Antonio Cánovas del Castillo |
| Regency of Maria Christina of Austria (1885–1902) | 11 December 1892 | 12 March 1894 | Antonio Maura Montaner | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta |
| Regency of Maria Christina of Austria (1885–1902) | 12 March 1894 | 4 November 1894 | Manuel Becerra y Bermúdez | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta |
| Regency of Maria Christina of Austria (1885–1902) | 4 November 1894 | 23 March 1895 | Buenaventura Abarzuza Ferrer | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta |
| Regency of Maria Christina of Austria (1885–1902) | 23 March 1895 | 8 August 1897 | Tomás Castellano y Villarroya | Antonio Cánovas del Castillo |
| Regency of Maria Christina of Austria (1885–1902) | 8 August 1897 | 4 October 1897 | Tomás Castellano y Villarroya | Marcelo Azcárraga |
| Regency of Maria Christina of Austria (1885–1902) | 4 October 1897 | 18 May 1898 | Segismundo Moret y Prendergast | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta |
| Regency of Maria Christina of Austria (1885–1902) | 18 May 1898 | 7 March 1899 | Vicente Romero Girón | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta |
| Regency of Maria Christina of Austria (1885–1902) | 7 March 1899 | 20 April 1899 | Raimundo Fernández Villaverde | Francisco Silvela |