Fernando Primo de Rivera

Fernando Primo de Rivera (1831 — 1921) was a Spanish politician, and soldier.

He served in several wars, including the 1848 and 1866 Madrid insurrections and the second Carlista War. When forces under his command in the second Carlist War captured Estella, he was named Marquess of Estella. He was the Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines from 1880 to 1883. In 1897, he again became the Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines. He temporarily suspended hostilities in the Philippine Revolution through negotiations with Emilio Aguinaldo in the Pact of Biak-na-Bato and acted briefly as Governor-General of the Philippines. He was also the uncle of Miguel Primo de Rivera, the Spanish dictator.

Preceded by Rafael Rodríguez Arias	Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines 1880-1883	Succeeded by Emilio Molíns
Preceded by José de Lachambre	Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines 1897-1898	Succeeded by Basilio Augustín

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