Jose María Moscoso de Altamira Quiroga, Count of Fontao

José María Moscoso of Altamira Quiroga, Count of Fontao (Mondonedo, May 25 of 1788 - Madrid, March 1 of 1854) was a Spanish politician.

Born José María Moscoso and Quiroga (the "Altamira" would be added later to his name), his father was the Hidalgo Don Jose Maria Moscoso and Miranda, VII Señor (Lord) of Fontao, and his mother Doña María del Carmen Quiroga and Quindós, daughter of the Señor of Herves and granddaughter of the III Marquis of San Saturnino.

Begun the War of Spanish Independence in 1808, he was appointed representative of the nobility of Lugo at the congress of La Coruna gathered due to the French invasion and later commander in the militia of Mondonedo. After the war, he was elected of that city, and yet during the Trienio Liberal, President of the Parliament on 1 June 1821. On 28 February 1822 was named Minister of the Interior of the Peninsula at the Government of Francisco Martinez de la Rosa. Moscoso was dismissed after one year. With the restoration of the absolute monarchy in 1823 the king Fernando VII ordered his exile in Lugo. The death of the King and the rise to power of the moderate liberals, their fellow comrades, facilitated his rehabilitation and the Queen Regent Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies appointed him Minister of Fomento General Minister replacing Javier de Burgos. He was dismissed a year after having developed huge road projects in Galicia and Aragon.

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