Laureano Figuerola

Laureano Figuerola y Ballester (4 July 1816, in Calaf – 28 February 1903, in Madrid) was a Spanish lawyer, economist and politician who served as the Ministro de Hacienda y Administraciones Públicas (now the Ministro de Economía, Industria y Competitividad) during the Sexenio Democrático. He is best known for officially establishing the peseta as Spain's currency.

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