José López Domínguez

José López Domínguez, (Marbella, 29 November 1829 – Madrid, 17 October 1911), was a Spanish military and politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain between 6 July and 30 November 1906.

En 1854, as a lieutenant of the artillery, he participated in the pronunciamiento de Leopoldo O'Donnell. He was sent as observer to the Crimean War and the Second Italian War of Independence. In 1859 - 1860 he fought in the Spanish-Moroccan War and reached the rank of Colonel.

He joined the Liberal Union Party, and was elected as deputy several times. Related to general Serrano, he participated with him in the Revolution of 1868 and the Battle of Alcolea, in which the loyalists under Manuel Pavía were defeated. López Dominguez was promoted to General.

In 1871, he became Mariscal de campo and personal military advisor to King Amadeo I of Spain.
In 1873, he was appointed commander of the Army of the North against the Carlists in the Third Carlist War, But in the same year, he was asked by Emilio Castelar to lay siege to Carthagena, where the Cantonal Revolution had broken out. He had the city intensively bombarded and on 12 January 1874 Cartagena was retaken. He then returned to the North and liberated Bilbao, which was under siege by the Carlists.

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