Francisco de Lersundi y Hormaechea

{{Short description|Spanish noble and politician}}

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| office = Prime Minister of Spain

| monarch = Isabella II

| term_start = 14 April 1853

| term_end = 19 September 1853

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| predecessor = Federico Roncali

| successor = Luis José Sartorius

| birth_date = 28 January 1817

| birth_place = Valencia, Spain

| death_date = 17 November 1874 (aged 57)

| death_place = Bayonne, France

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| honorific_prefix = The Most Excellent

| monarch2 = Isabella II

| office2 = Minister of War of Spain

| predecessor2 = Rafael Aristégui y Vélez

| primeminister2 = Juan Bravo Murillo

| termend2 = 16 January 1852

| termstart2 = 6 February 1851

| successor2 = Joaquín Ezpeleta Enrile

| monarch3 = Isabella II

| predecessor3 = Juan de Lara

| successor3 = Anselmo Blaser

| termstart3 = 14 April

| termend3 = 19 September 1853

| primeminister3 = Himself

| monarch4 = Isabella II

| predecessor4 = José Gutiérrez de la Concha

| successor4 = José María Marchessi y Oleaga

| termstart4 = 17 January

| termend4 = 1 March 1864

| primeminister4 = Lorenzo Arrazola

| office5 = Minister of the Navy of Spain

| monarch5 = Isabella II

| primeminister5 = Ramón María Narváez

| predecessor5 = Pedro Bayarri

| successor5 = José María de Bustillo Gómez de Barreda

| office6 = Governor of Cuba

| monarch6 = Isabella II

| monarch7 = Isabella II

| termstart5 = 12 October

| termend5 = 15 October 1856

| termstart6 = 30 May

| termend6 = 3 November 1866

| termstart7 = 21 December 1867

| termend7 = 4 January 1869

| predecessor6 = Domingo Dulce

| successor6 = Joaquín del Manzano

| predecessor7 = Blas Villate

| successor7 = Domingo Dulce

| 1blankname6 = Minister of Overseas

| 1blankname7 = Regent

| 1namedata6 = Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Alejandro de Castro y Casal

| 1namedata7 = Francisco Serrano

| 2blankname7 = Prime Minister

| 2namedata7 = Luis González Bravo
José Gutiérrez de la Concha
Francisco Serrano

| primeminister6 = Leopoldo O'Donnell
Ramon María Narváez

| 3blankname7 = Minister of Overseas

| 3namedata7 = Carlos Marfori y Callejas
Tomás Rodríguez Rubí
José Nacarino Bravo (as interim)
Adelardo López de Ayala

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Francisco de Lersundi y Hormaechea (28 January 1817 in Valencia, Spain{{cite book |last1=Martínez |first1=María Lara |title=El reinado de Isabel II a través de sus protagonistas. |date=14 February 2007 |publisher=Liceus, Servicios de Gestió |isbn=978-84-9822-592-1 |page=14 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AcBbQZpQUc8C&dq=Francisco+Lersundi+%2228+de+enero+de+1817%22&pg=PA13 |access-date=21 August 2024 |language=es}} – 17 November 1874 in Bayonne, France{{cite book |title=Revista internacional de los estudios vascos |date=1924 |publisher=Société des études Basques "Eusko-Ikaskuntza" |page=155 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q1sXoyizkokC&dq=Francisco+Lersundi+%2217+de+noviembre+de+1874%22&pg=PA155 |access-date=21 August 2024 |language=es}}) was a Spanish noble and politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain in 1853 and held other important offices such as Captain General of Cuba from 1866 to 1869. While he served as Prime Minister, he also simultaneously was the Minister of War.{{cite web |title=Francisco Lersundi Ormaechea |url=https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/12031/francisco-lersundi-ormaechea |website=dbe.rah.es |access-date=21 August 2024}}

He was appointed a senator for life in 1853.{{cite web |title=LERSUNDI Y ORMAECHEA, FRANCISCO DE |url=https://www.senado.es/web/conocersenado/senadohistoria/senado18341923/senadores/fichasenador/index.html?id1=1581 |website=www.senado.es |access-date=21 August 2024 |language=es}}