List of Prime Ministers of Spain
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Kingdom of Spain (1705–1873)
Secretaries of the Universal Bureau
| Picture | Name | From | Until | Monarch (Reign) |
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| Pedro Fernández del Campo y Angulo, Marquis of Mejorada |
11 July 1705 | 15 April 1714 | King Philip V (1700–1724) |
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| Manuel de Vadillo y Velasco | 15 April 1714 | 30 November 1714 | ||
| José de Grimaldo y Gutiérrez de Solórzano Marquis of Grimaldo (1st time) |
30 November 1714 | 14 January 1724 | ||
| Juan Bautista de Orendáin y Azpilicueta (1st time) |
14 January 1724 | 4 September 1724 | King Louis I (1724) |
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| José de Grimaldo y Gutiérrez de Solórzano Marquis of Grimaldo (2nd time) |
4 September 1724 | 12 December 1725 | King Philip V (1724–1746) |
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| Juan Guillermo Ripperdá Duke and Baron of Ripperdá |
12 December 1725 | 14 April 1726 | ||
| José de Grimaldo y Gutiérrez de Solórzano Marquis of Grimaldo (3rd time) |
14 April 1726 | 1 October 1726 | ||
| Juan Bautista de Orendáin y Azpilicueta Marquis of La Paz (2nd time) |
1 October 1726 | 21 November 1734 |
First Secretaries of State
| Picture | Name | From | Until | Monarch (Reign) |
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| José de Patiño y Rosales | 21 November 1734 | 3 November 1736 | King Philip V (1724–1746) |
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| Sebastián de la Cuadra y Llerena 1st Marquis of Villarías |
26 November 1736 | 4 December 1746 | ||
| José de Carvajal y Lancaster | 4 December 1746 | 9 April 1754 | King Ferdinand VI (1746–1759) |
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| Fernando de Silva Mendoza y Toledo Duke of Huéscar |
9 April 1754 | 15 May 1754 | ||
| Ricardo Wall y Devreux | 15 May 1754 | 10 August 1759 | ||
| 10 August 1759 | 9 October 1763 | King Charles III (1759–1788) |
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| Pablo Jerónimo de Grimaldi y Pallavicini Duke of Grimaldi |
9 October 1763 | 19 February 1777 | ||
| José Moñino y Redondo Count of Floridablanca |
19 February 1777 | 14 December 1788 | ||
| 14 December 1788 | 28 February 1792 | King Charles IV (1788–1808) |
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| Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea y Ximénez de Urrea Count of Aranda Acting First Secretary of State |
28 February 1792 | 15 November 1792 | ||
| Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria Duke of Alcudia |
15 November 1792 | 28 March 1798 | ||
| Francisco Saavedra de Sangronis Acting First Secretary of State until 6 September 1798 |
30 March 1798 | 21 February 1799 | ||
| Mariano Luis de Urquijo y Muga Acting First Secretary of State |
12 February 1799 | 13 December 1799 | ||
| Pedro Cevallos Guerra (1st time) |
13 December 1799 | 3 March 1808 | ||
| Gonzalo O'Farrill y Herrera Acting First Secretary of State |
3 March 1808 | 19 March 1808 | ||
| Pedro Cevallos Guerra (2nd time) |
19 March 1808 | 7 July 1808 | King Ferdinand VII (1808) |
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| Mariano Luis de Urquijo y Muga (2nd time) |
7 July 1808 | 27 June 1813 | King Joseph I (1808–1813) |
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| Juan O'Donoju O'Ryan Acting First Secretary of State |
10 October 1813 | 17 October 1813 | ||
| Fernando de Laserna Acting First Secretary of State |
17 October 1813 | 3 December 1813 | ||
| José Luyando Acting First Secretary of State |
3 December 1813 | 4 May 1814 | King Ferdinand VII (1813–1833) |
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| José Miguel de Carvajal-Vargas y Manrique de Lara Duke of San Carlos |
4 May 1814 | 15 November 1814 | ||
| Pedro Cevallos Guerra (3rd time) |
15 November 1814 | 24 January 1816 | ||
| Juan Esteban Lozano de Torres | 24 January 1816 | 26 January 1816 | ||
| Pedro Cevallos Guerra (4th time) |
26 January 1816 | 30 October 1816 | ||
| José García de León y Pizarro | 30 October 1816 | 14 September 1818 | ||
| Carlos Martínez de Irujo y Tacón Marquis of Casa Irujo Acting First Secretary of State |
14 September 1818 | 12 June 1819 | ||
| Manuel González Salmón y Gómez de Torres Acting First Secretary of State |
12 June 1819 | 12 September 1819 | ||
| Joaquín José Melgarejo y Saurín Duke of San Fernando de Quiroga |
12 September 1819 | 18 March 1820 | ||
| Juan Jabat Aztal Acting First Secretary of State |
18 March 1820 | |||
| Evaristo Pérez de Castro y Brito | 18 March 1820 | 2 March 1821 | ||
| Joaquín Anduaga Cuenca Acting First Secretary of State |
2 March 1821 | 23 April 1821 | ||
| Francisco de Paula Escudero Acting First Secretary of State |
23 April 1821 | |||
| Eusebio Bardají y Azara | 23 April 1821 | 8 January 1822 | ||
| Ramón López Pelegrín Acting First Secretary of State |
8 January 1822 | 24 January 1822 | ||
| José Gabriel de Silva y Bazán Marquis of Santa Cruz |
24 January 1822 | 30 January 1822 | ||
| Ramón López Pelegrín Acting First Secretary of State |
30 January 1822 | 28 February 1822 | ||
| Francisco Martínez de la Rosa | 28 February 1822 | 5 August 1822 | ||
| Evaristo Fernández San Miguel y Valledor Acting First Secretary of State from 28 February 1822 |
5 August 1822 | 25 April 1823 | ||
| José Manuel Vadillo Acting First Secretary of State |
25 April 1823 | 7 May 1823 | ||
| Santiago Usoz y Mozi Acting First Secretary of State |
7 May 1823 | 13 May 1823 | ||
| José María Pando de la Riva y Ramírez de Laredo | 13 May 1823 | 29 August 1823 | ||
| Luis María de Salazar y Salazar Acting First Secretary of State |
29 August 1823 | 4 September 1823 | ||
| Juan Antonio Yandiola Garay Acting First Secretary of State |
4 September 1823 | 6 September 1823 | ||
| José Luyando (2nd time) |
6 September 1823 | 1 October 1823 | ||
| Víctor Damián Sáez y Sánchez-Mayor Acting First Secretary of State until 7 August 1823 (counter-government until 1 October 1823.) |
25 April 1823 | 2 December 1823 | ||
| Carlos Martínez de Irujo y Tacón Marquis of Casa Irujo (2nd time) |
2 December 1823 | 18 January 1824 | ||
| Narciso Fernández de Heredia y Begines de los Ríos Count of Ofalia |
18 January 1824 | 11 July 1824 | ||
| Luis María de Salazar y Salazar Acting First Secretary of State |
11 July 1824 | |||
| Francisco Cea Bermúdez (1st time) |
11 July 1824 | 24 October 1825 | ||
| Pedro Alcantara Álvarez de Toledo y Salm Salm Duke of the Infantado |
24 October 1825 | 19 August 1826 | ||
| Manuel González Salmón y Gómez de Torres Acting First Secretary of State until 15 October 1830 |
19 August 1826 | 20 January 1832 | ||
| Francisco Tadeo Calomarde y Arría Acting First Secretary of State |
20 January 1832 | 22 February 1832 | ||
| Antonio de Saavedra y Frígola, conde de Alcudia Acting First Secretary of State |
22 February 1832 | 1 October 1832 | ||
| José Cafranga Costilla Acting First Secretary of State |
1 October 1832 | 29 November 1832 | ||
| Francisco Cea Bermúdez (2nd time) |
29 November 1832 | 15 January 1834 | ||
Prime Ministers (Presidents of the Council of Ministers)
Political Persuasion: Moderate Progressive Liberal Union Radical Democratic| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political Party | Government | Monarch (Reign) |
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| Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo | 15 January 1834 | 7 June 1835 | Moderate Royalist | Martínez de la Rosa | Queen Dowager Maria Christina Regent for Queen Isabella II (1833–1840) |
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| José María Queipo de Llano Ruiz de Saravia, 7th Count of Toreno | 7 June 1835 | 14 September 1835 | Toreno | ||||
| Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel (rejected his nomination, staying as the Spanish ambassador in London.) |
14 September 1835 | 25 September 1835 | Progressive | Álava | |||
| Juan Álvarez Mendizábal | 25 September 1835 | 15 May 1836 | Mendizábal | ||||
| Francisco Javier Isturiz y Montero (1st time) |
15 May 1836 | 14 August 1836 | Moderate | Isturiz I | |||
| José María Calatrava y Peinado | 14 August 1836 | 18 August 1837 | Progressive | Calatrava | |||
| Baldomero Espartero, Count of Luchana (1st time) |
18 August 1837 | 18 October 1837 | Espartero I | ||||
| Eusebio Bardají y Azara | 18 October 1837 | 16 December 1837 | Moderate | Bardají | |||
| Narciso de Heredia y Begines de los Ríos, Count of Ofalia | 16 December 1837 | 6 September 1838 | Heredia | ||||
| Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 14th Duke of Frías | 6 September 1838 | 9 December 1838 | Frías | ||||
| Isidro de Alaix Fábregas Acting Prime Minister |
9 December 1838 | 3 February 1839 | — | ||||
| Evaristo Pérez de Castro y Brito | (9 December 1838) 3 February 1839 |
18 July 1840 | Pérez de Castro | ||||
| Antonio González y González (1st time) |
20 July 1840 | 12 August 1840 | Progressive | González I | |||
| Valentín Ferraz y Barrau | 12 August 1840 | 28 August 1840 | Ferraz | ||||
| Modesto Cortázar Acting Prime Minister |
29 August 1840 | 11 September 1840 | — | ||||
| Vicente Sancho y Cobertores | 11 September 1840 | 16 September 1840 | Sancho | ||||
| Baldomero Espartero, Duke of la Victoria (2nd time) |
16 September 1840 | 10 May 1841 | Progressive | Espartero II | Baldomero Espartero Regent for Queen Isabella II (1840–1843) |
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| Joaquín María de Ferrer y Cafranga | 10 May 1841 | 20 May 1841 | Ferrer | ||||
| Antonio González y González (2nd time) |
20 May 1841 | 17 June 1842 | González II | ||||
| José Ramón Rodil y Campillo, Marquis of Rodil | 17 June 1842 | 9 May 1843 | Rodil | ||||
| Joaquín María López y López (1st time) |
9 May 1843 | 19 May 1843 | López I | ||||
| Álvaro Gómez Becerra | 19 May 1843 | 23 July 1843 | Gómez Becerra | ||||
| Joaquín María López y López (2nd time) |
23 July 1843 | 20 November 1843 | López II | Queen Isabella II (1833/1843–1868) |
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| Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz | 20 November 1843 | 5 December 1843 | Olózaga | ||||
| Luis González-Bravo y López de Arjona (1st time) |
5 December 1843 | 3 May 1844 | Moderate | González-Bravo | |||
| Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia (1st time) |
3 May 1844 | 12 February 1846 | Moderate | Década Moderada | |||
| Manuel de Pando, 6th Marquis of Miraflores (1st time) |
12 February 1846 | 16 March 1846 | |||||
| Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia (2nd time) |
16 March 1846 | 5 April 1846 | |||||
| Francisco Javier Isturiz y Montero (2nd time) |
5 April 1846 | 28 January 1847 | |||||
| Carlos Martínez de Irujo Marquis of Casa Irujo, Duke of Sotomayor |
28 January 1847 | 28 March 1847 | |||||
| Joaquín Francisco Pacheco y Gutiérrez Calderón | 28 March 1847 | 31 August 1847 | |||||
| José de Salamanca y Mayol | 31 August 1847 | 12 September 1847 | |||||
| Florencio García Goyena | 12 September 1847 | 4 October 1847 | |||||
| Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia (3rd time) |
4 October 1847 | 19 October 1849 | |||||
| Serafín María de Sotto, 3rd Count of Clonard (appointment revoked before he could take office.) |
19 October 1849 | 20 October 1849 | |||||
| Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia (4th time) |
20 October 1849 | 14 January 1851 | |||||
| Juan Bravo Murillo | 14 January 1851 | 14 December 1852 | |||||
| Federico de Roncali, 1st Count of Alcoy | 14 December 1852 | 14 April 1853 | |||||
| Francisco de Lersundi y Hormaechea | 14 April 1853 | 19 September 1853 | |||||
| Luis José Sartorius, 1st Count of San Luis | 19 September 1853 | 17 July 1854 | |||||
| Fernando Fernández de Córdova | 17 July 1854 | 18 July 1854 | |||||
| Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas | 18 July 1854 | 19 July 1854 | |||||
| Baldomero Espartero, Duke of la Victoria (3rd time) |
19 July 1854 | 14 July 1856 | Progressive | Bienio progresista | |||
| Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris (1st time) |
14 July 1856 | 12 October 1856 | Liberal Union | O'Donnell I | |||
| Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia (5th time) |
12 October 1856 | 15 October 1857 | Moderate | Narváez V | |||
| Francisco Armero y Peñaranda, 1st Marquis of Nervión | 15 October 1857 | 14 January 1858 | Nervión | ||||
| Francisco Javier Isturiz y Montero (3rd time) |
14 January 1858 | 30 June 1858 | Isturiz III | ||||
| Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris (2nd time) |
30 June 1858 | 2 March 1863 | Liberal Union | O'Donnell II O'Donnell III |
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| Manuel de Pando, 6th Marquis of Miraflores (2nd time) |
2 March 1863 | 17 January 1864 | Moderate | Miraflores II | |||
| Lorenzo Arrazola y García | 17 January 1864 | 1 March 1864 | Arrazola | ||||
| Alejandro Mon y Menéndez | 1 March 1864 | 16 September 1864 | Moderate | Mon | |||
| Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia (6th time) |
16 September 1864 | 21 June 1865 | Moderate | Narváez VI | |||
| Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris (3rd time) |
21 June 1865 | 10 July 1866 | Liberal Union | O'Donnell IV | |||
| Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia (7th time) |
10 July 1866 | 23 April 1868 | Moderate | Narváez VII | |||
| Luis González-Bravo y López de Arjona (2nd time) |
23 April 1868 | 19 September 1868 | Moderate | González-Bravo II | |||
| José Gutiérrez de la Concha, 1st Marquis of Havana | 19 September 1868 | 30 September 1868 | Moderate | Havana | |||
| Pascual Madoz Ibáñez Acting Prime Minister |
30 September 1868 | 3 October 1868 | Progressive | — | No formal Head of State |
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| Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, 1st Duke of La Torre (1st time) |
3 October 1868 | 18 June 1869 | Liberal Union | Serrano I | |||
| General Juan Prim y Prats, 1st Marquis of Los Castillejos | 18 June 1869 | 27 December 1870 (assassinated: died 30 December 1870) |
Progressist Liberal | Prim | Regent Francisco Serrano y Domínguez (1869–1870) |
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| Juan Bautista Topete y Carballo Acting Prime Minister |
27 December 1870 | 4 January 1871 | Liberal Union | — | King Amadeo (1870–1873) |
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| Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, 1st Duke of La Torre (2nd time) |
4 January 1871 | 24 July 1871 | Serrano II | ||||
| Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla (1st time) |
24 July 1871 | 5 October 1871 | Radical Democratic Party | Ruiz Zorrilla I | |||
| José Malcampo y Monge, 3rd Marquis of San Rafael | 5 October 1871 | 21 December 1871 | Democratic | Malcampo | |||
| Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1st time) |
21 December 1871 | 26 May 1872 | Progressist Liberal | Sagasta I | |||
| Juan Bautista Topete y Carballo Acting Prime Minister |
26 May 1872 | 4 June 1872 | Liberal Union | — | |||
| Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, 1st Duke of La Torre (3rd time) |
4 June 1872 | 13 June 1872 | Serrano III | ||||
| Fernando Fernández de Córdova, 2nd Marquis of Mendigorría Acting Prime Minister |
13 June 1872 | 16 June 1872 | Radical Democratic Party | — | |||
| Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla (2nd time) |
16 June 1872 | 12 February 1873 | Radical Democratic Party | Ruiz Zorrilla II | |||
List of officeholders
First Spanish Republic (1873–1874) |
| Federal Republican Unitary Republican Constitutional | |||||||||
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| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office
Electoral mandates |
Days (Years and days) |
Other ministerial offices held during tenure | Party | Government | President (Term) |
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President of the Executive Power of the Spanish Republic | |||||||||
| The Most Excellent Estanislao Figueras[I] (1819–1882) |
11 February 1873 |
11 June 1873 |
120 days | Federal Republican |
Figueras I Figueras II Figueras III Figueras IV |
President of the Executive Power of the Spanish Republic (1873–1874) |
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| The Most Excellent Francesc Pi i Margall (1824–1901) |
11 June 1873 |
18 July 1873 |
37 days | Federal Republican |
Pi y Margall | ||||
| The Most Excellent Nicolás Salmerón (1838–1908) |
18 July 1873 |
7 September 1873 |
51 days | Federal Republican |
Salmerón | ||||
| The Most Excellent Emilio Castelar (1832–1899) |
7 September 1873 |
3 January 1874 |
118 days | Unitary Republican |
Castelar | ||||
| The Most Excellent Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre (1810–1885) |
3 January 1874 |
26 February 1874 |
54 days | Constitutional (Conservative) |
Serrano V | ||||
President of the Council of Ministers | |||||||||
| The Most Excellent Juan Zavala y de la Puente, 1st Marquess of Sierra Bullones (1804–1879) |
26 February 1874 |
29 June 1874 |
123 days | Constitutional (Conservative) |
Zavala I Zavala II |
Francisco Serrano (1874) |
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| The Most Excellent Práxedes Mateo Sagasta[III] (1825–1903) |
29 June 1874 |
31 December 1874 |
185 days | Constitutional (Progressive) |
Sagasta III Sagasta IV |
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Kingdom of Spain (Restoration; 1874–1931) | |||||||||
| Conservative Liberal Fusionist/Liberal Dynastic Left Conservative Union Liberal Democrats Maurist Military Patriotic Union Monarchists | |||||||||
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Term of office
Electoral mandates |
Days (Years and days) |
Other ministerial offices held during tenure | Party | Government | Monarch (Rule) |
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President of the Council of Ministers | |||||||||
| The Most Excellent Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828–1897) |
31 December 1874 |
12 September 1875 |
255 days | Conservative | Cánovas I | Alfonso XII (1874–1885) |
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| The Most Excellent Joaquín Jovellar (1819–1892) |
12 September 1875 |
2 December 1875 |
81 days | Conservative | Jovellar | ||||
| The Most Excellent Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828–1897) |
2 December 1875 |
7 March 1879 |
3 years, 94 days | Conservative | Cánovas II | ||||
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| The Most Excellent Arsenio Martínez Campos (1831–1900) |
7 March 1879 |
9 December 1879 |
277 days | Conservative | Martínez Campos | ||||
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| The Most Excellent Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828–1897) |
9 December 1879 |
8 February 1881 |
1 year, 61 days | Conservative | Cánovas III | ||||
| The Most Excellent Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1825–1903) |
8 February 1881 |
13 October 1883 |
2 years, 247 days | Liberal Fusionist | Sagasta V | ||||
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| The Most Excellent José Posada Herrera (1814–1885) |
13 October 1883 |
18 January 1884 |
97 days | Dynastic Left | Posada Herrera | ||||
| The Most Excellent Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828–1897) |
18 January 1884 |
27 November 1885 |
1 year, 313 days | Conservative | Cánovas IV | ||||
| 1884 | |||||||||
| The Most Excellent Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1825–1903) |
27 November 1885 |
5 July 1890 |
4 years, 220 days | Liberal | Sagasta VI Sagasta VII Sagasta VIII Sagasta IX |
Maria Christina (1886–1902) Regent for Alfonso XIII |
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| 1886 | |||||||||
| The Most Excellent Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828–1897) |
5 July 1890 |
11 December 1892 |
2 years, 159 days | Conservative | Cánovas V Cánovas VI |
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| The Most Excellent Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1825–1903) |
11 December 1892 |
23 March 1895 |
2 years, 102 days | Liberal | Sagasta X Sagasta XI Sagasta XII |
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| 1893 | |||||||||
| The Most Excellent Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828–1897) |
23 March 1895 |
8 August 1897† |
2 years, 138 days | Conservative | Cánovas VII | ||||
| 1896 | |||||||||
| The Most Excellent Marcelo Azcárraga[VIII] (1832–1915) |
8 August 1897 |
21 August 1897 |
57 days | Conservative | |||||
| 21 August 1897 |
4 October 1897 |
Azcárraga I | |||||||
| The Most Excellent Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1825–1903) |
4 October 1897 |
4 March 1899 |
1 year, 151 days | Liberal | Sagasta XIII Sagasta XIV |
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| 1898 | |||||||||
| The Most Excellent Francisco Silvela (1843–1905) |
4 March 1899 |
23 October 1900 |
1 year, 233 days | Conservative Union |
Silvela I Silvela II |
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| 1899 | |||||||||
| The Most Excellent Marcelo Azcárraga (1832–1915) |
23 October 1900 |
6 March 1901 |
134 days | Conservative | Azcárraga II | ||||
| The Most Excellent Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1825–1903) |
6 March 1901 |
6 December 1902 |
1 year, 275 days | Liberal | Sagasta XV Sagasta XVI Sagasta XVII Sagasta XVIII |
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| 1901 | Alfonso XIII (1902–1931) |
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| The Most Excellent Francisco Silvela (1843–1905) |
6 December 1902 |
20 July 1903 |
226 days | Conservative | Silvela III | ||||
| 1903 | |||||||||
| The Most Excellent Raimundo Fernández Villaverde (1848–1905) |
20 July 1903 |
5 December 1903 |
138 days | Conservative | Villaverde I | ||||
| The Most Excellent Antonio Maura (1853–1925) |
5 December 1903 |
16 December 1904 |
1 year, 11 days | Conservative | Maura I | ||||
| The Most Excellent Marcelo Azcárraga (1832–1915) |
16 December 1904 |
27 January 1905 |
42 days | Conservative | Azcárraga III | ||||
| The Most Excellent Raimundo Fernández Villaverde (1848–1905) |
27 January 1905 |
23 June 1905 |
147 days | Conservative | Villaverde II | ||||
| The Most Excellent Eugenio Montero Ríos (1832–1914) |
23 June 1905 |
1 December 1905 |
161 days | Liberal | Montero Ríos Montero Ríos II |
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| 1905 | |||||||||
| The Most Excellent Segismundo Moret (1833–1913) |
1 December 1905 |
6 July 1906 |
217 days | Liberal | Moret I | ||||
| The Most Excellent José López Domínguez (1829–1911) |
6 July 1906 |
30 November 1906 |
147 days | Liberal | López Dominguez | ||||
| The Most Excellent Segismundo Moret (1833–1913) |
30 November 1906 |
4 December 1906 |
4 days | Liberal | Moret II | ||||
| The Most Excellent Antonio Aguilar y Correa, 8th Marquess of la Vega de Armijo (1824–1908) |
4 December 1906 |
25 January 1907 |
52 days | Liberal | Aguilar y Correa | ||||
| The Most Excellent Antonio Maura (1853–1925) |
25 January 1907 |
21 October 1909 |
2 years, 269 days | Conservative | Maura I (Long) | ||||
| 1907 | |||||||||
| The Most Excellent Segismundo Moret (1833–1913) |
21 October 1909 |
9 February 1910 |
111 days | Liberal | Moret III | ||||
| The Most Excellent José Canalejas (1854–1912) |
9 February 1910 |
12 November 1912† |
2 years, 277 days | Liberal | Canalejas I Canalejas II Canalejas III |
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| 1910 | |||||||||
| The Most Excellent Manuel García Prieto, 1st Marquess of Alhucemas‡ (1859–1938) |
12 November 1912 |
14 November 1912 |
2 days | Liberal | |||||
| The Most Excellent Álvaro Figueroa y Torres, 1st Count of Romanones (1863–1950) |
14 November 1912 |
27 October 1913 |
347 days | Liberal | Romanones I Romanones II |
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| The Most Excellent Eduardo Dato (1856–1921) |
27 October 1913 |
9 December 1915 |
2 years, 43 days | Conservative | Dato I | ||||
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| The Most Excellent Álvaro Figueroa y Torres, 1st Count of Romanones (1863–1950) |
9 December 1915 |
19 April 1917 |
1 year, 131 days | Liberal | Romanones III (Li.–Li.D.) |
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| 1916 | |||||||||
| The Most Excellent Manuel García Prieto, 1st Marquess of Alhucemas (1859–1938) |
19 April 1917 |
11 June 1917 |
53 days | Liberal Democrats |
García Prieto I | ||||
| The Most Excellent Eduardo Dato (1856–1921) |
11 June 1917 |
3 November 1917 |
145 days | Conservative | Dato II | ||||
| The Most Excellent Manuel García Prieto, 1st Marquess of Alhucemas (1859–1938) |
3 November 1917 |
22 March 1918 |
139 days | Liberal Democrats |
García Prieto II (Li.D.–Li.r.–Ma.–Ci.) |
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| The Most Excellent Antonio Maura (1853–1925) |
22 March 1918 |
9 November 1918 |
232 days | Maurist | Maura III (Li.–Co.) |
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| 1918§ | |||||||||
| The Most Excellent Manuel García Prieto, 1st Marquess of Alhucemas (1859–1938) |
9 November 1918 |
5 December 1918 |
26 days | Liberal Democrats |
García Prieto III (Li.D.–Li.r.–IL) |
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| The Most Excellent Álvaro Figueroa y Torres, 1st Count of Romanones (1863–1950) |
5 December 1918 |
15 April 1919 |
131 days | Liberal | Romanones IV | ||||
| The Most Excellent Antonio Maura (1853–1925) |
15 April 1919 |
20 July 1919 |
96 days | Maurist | Maura IV (Ma.–Ci.–Li.r.) |
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| The Most Excellent Joaquín Sánchez de Toca (1852–1942) |
20 July 1919 |
12 December 1919 |
145 days | Conservative | Sánchez de Toca | ||||
| 1919§ | |||||||||
| The Most Excellent Manuel Allendesalazar (1856–1923) |
12 December 1919 |
5 May 1920 |
145 days | Conservative | Allendesalazar I (Co.–Li.D.–Li.r.–IL) |
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| The Most Excellent Eduardo Dato (1856–1921) |
5 May 1920 |
8 March 1921† |
307 days | Conservative | Dato III | ||||
| 1920§ | |||||||||
| The Most Excellent Gabino Bugallal, 2nd Count of Bugallal‡ (1861–1932) |
8 March 1921 |
13 March 1921 |
5 days | Conservative | |||||
| The Most Excellent Manuel Allendesalazar (1856–1923) |
13 March 1921 |
14 August 1921 |
154 days | Conservative | Allendesalazar II | ||||
| The Most Excellent Antonio Maura (1853–1925) |
14 August 1921 |
8 March 1922 |
206 days | Maurist | Maura V (Ma.–Co.–Li.r.–Ci.) |
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| The Most Excellent José Sánchez-Guerra (1859–1935) |
8 March 1922 |
7 December 1922 |
274 days | Conservative | Sánchez-Guerra (Co.–Ma.) |
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| The Most Excellent Manuel García Prieto, 1st Marquess of Alhucemas (1859–1938) |
7 December 1922 |
15 September 1923 |
282 days | Liberal Democrats |
García Prieto IV (Li.D.–Li.r.–IL) |
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| 1923 | |||||||||
| The Most Excellent Miguel Primo de Rivera, 2nd Marquess of Estella (1870–1930) |
15 September 1923 |
3 December 1925 |
6 years, 137 days |
|
Military | Military Directory | |||
| 3 December 1925 |
30 January 1930 |
Patriotic Union | Civil Directory | ||||||
| The Most Excellent Dámaso Berenguer, 1st Count of Xauen (1873–1953) |
30 January 1930 |
18 February 1931 |
1 year, 19 days | Military | Berenguer | ||||
| The Most Excellent Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas (1860–1933) |
18 February 1931 |
14 April 1931 |
55 days | Monarchist | Aznar-Cabañas | ||||
Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939) | |||||||||
| DLR AR PRR Independent IR UR PSOE | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office
Electoral mandates |
Days (Years and days) |
Other ministerial offices held during tenure | Party | Government | President (Term) |
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President of the Provisional Government | |||||||||
| The Most Excellent Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1877–1949) |
14 April 1931 |
14 October 1931 |
183 days | DLR | 1st Provisional (Republicans) |
President of the Provisional Government (1931) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Most Excellent Manuel Azaña (1880–1940) |
14 October 1931 |
16 December 1931 |
63 days | AR | 2nd Provisional (Republicans) |
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| 1931 | |||||||||
President of the Council of Ministers | |||||||||
| The Most Excellent Manuel Azaña (1880–1940) |
Reformist Biennium | 1 year, 270 days | AR | Azaña II Azaña III (Rep.–Soc.) |
Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1931–1936) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 December 1931 |
12 September 1933 |
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| The Most Excellent Alejandro Lerroux (1864–1949) |
12 September 1933 |
9 October 1933 |
27 days | PRR | Lerroux I (Rad.–Rep.–Nac.) |
||||
| The Most Excellent Diego Martínez Barrio (1883–1962) |
9 October 1933 |
16 December 1933 |
68 days | PRR | Martínez Barrio I (Rad.–Rep.–Nac.) |
||||
| The Most Excellent Alejandro Lerroux (1864–1949) |
Conservative Biennium | 133 days | PRR | Lerroux II Lerroux III (Radicals) |
|||||
| 16 December 1933 |
28 April 1934 |
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| 1933 | |||||||||
| The Most Excellent Ricardo Samper (1881–1938) |
Conservative Biennium | 159 days | PRR | Samper (Radicals) |
|||||
| 28 April 1934 |
4 October 1934 |
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| The Most Excellent Alejandro Lerroux (1864–1949) |
Conservative Biennium | 356 days | PRR | Lerroux IV (Rad.–CEDA) |
|||||
| 4 October 1934 |
3 April 1935 |
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| 3 April 1935 |
6 May 1935 |
Lerroux V (Radicals) |
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| 6 May 1935 |
25 September 1935 |
Lerroux VI (Rad.–CEDA) |
|||||||
| The Most Excellent Joaquín Chapaprieta (1871–1951) |
25 September 1935 |
14 December 1935 |
80 days | Independent | Chapaprieta I Chapaprieta II (Rad.–CEDA) |
||||
| The Most Excellent Manuel Portela Valladares (1867–1952) |
14 December 1935 |
19 February 1936 |
67 days | Independent | Portela I Portela II |
||||
| The Most Excellent Manuel Azaña (1880–1940) |
19 February 1936 |
10 May 1936 |
81 days | IR | Azaña IV (Popular Front) |
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| 1936 | |||||||||
| The Most Excellent Augusto Barcía Trelles‡ (1881–1961) |
10 May 1936 |
13 May 1936 |
3 days | IR | Manuel Azaña (1936–1939) |
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| The Most Excellent Santiago Casares Quiroga (1884–1950) |
13 May 1936 |
19 July 1936 |
67 days | IR | Casares Quiroga (Popular Front) |
||||
| The Most Excellent Diego Martínez Barrio (1883–1962) |
19 July 1936 |
19 July 1936 |
0 days | UR | Martínez Barrio II (Popular Front) |
||||
| The Most Excellent José Giral (1879–1962) |
Civil War (1936) | 47 days | IR | Giral (Popular Front) |
|||||
| 19 July 1936 |
4 September 1936 |
||||||||
| The Most Excellent Francisco Largo Caballero (1869–1946) |
Civil War (1936 · 1937) | 255 days | PSOE | Largo Caballero I Largo Caballero II (Popular Front) |
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| 4 September 1936 |
17 May 1937 |
||||||||
| The Most Excellent Juan Negrín (1892–1956) |
Civil War (1937 · 1938–39) | 1 year, 318 days | PSOE | Negrín I Negrín II (Popular Front) |
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| 17 May 1937 |
31 March 1939 |
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Francoist Spain (1936–1975) | |||||||||
| No party National Movement | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office
Electoral mandates |
Days (Years and days) |
Other ministerial offices held during tenure | Party | Government | Head of State (Term) |
||
President of the Government | |||||||||
| His Excellency Generalissimo Francisco Franco (1892–1975) |
Dictatorship | 35 years, 131 days | No party (Links to military and National Movement) |
Franco I Franco II Franco III Franco IV Franco V Franco VI Franco VII Franco VIII |
Francisco Franco (1936–1975) |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 January 1938 |
11 June 1973 |
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| The Most Excellent Luis Carrero Blanco (1904–1973) |
11 June 1973 |
20 December 1973† |
192 days | National Movement |
Carrero Blanco | ||||
| The Most Excellent Torcuato Fernández-Miranda‡ (1915–1980) |
20 December 1973 |
29 December 1973 |
9 days | National Movement |
|||||
| The Most Excellent Carlos Arias Navarro (1908–1989) |
29 December 1973 |
11 December 1975 |
1 year, 347 days | National Movement |
Arias Navarro | ||||
Kingdom of Spain (1975–present) | |||||||||
| National Movement UCD PSOE PP | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office
Electoral mandates |
Days (Years and days) |
Other ministerial offices held during tenure | Party | Government | Monarch (Rule) |
||
President of the Government | |||||||||
| The Most Excellent Carlos Arias Navarro (1908–1989) |
11 December 1975 |
1 July 1976 |
203 days | National Movement |
Arias Navarro | Juan Carlos I (1975–2014) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Most Excellent Fernando de Santiago‡ |
1 July 1976 |
3 July 1976 |
2 days | National Movement |
|||||
| The Most Excellent Adolfo Suárez (1932–2014) |
3 July 1976 |
4 July 1977 |
4 years, 237 days | National Movement |
Suárez I | ||||
| 4 July 1977 |
25 February 1981 |
UCD | Suárez II Suárez III |
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| The Most Excellent Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo (1926–2008) |
25 February 1981 |
1 December 1982 |
1 year, 279 days | UCD | Calvo-Sotelo | ||||
| The Most Excellent Felipe González (born 1942) |
1 December 1982 |
4 May 1996 |
13 years, 155 days | PSOE | González I González II González III González IV |
||||
| The Most Excellent José María Aznar (born 1953) |
4 May 1996 |
17 April 2004 |
7 years, 348 days | PP | Aznar I Aznar II |
||||
| The Most Excellent José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (born 1960) |
16 April 2004 |
21 December 2011 |
7 years, 249 days | PSOE | Zapatero I Zapatero II |
||||
| The Most Excellent Mariano Rajoy[XXXII] (born 1955) |
Premiership | 5 years, 313 days | PP | Rajoy I Rajoy II |
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| 21 December 2011 |
Incumbent | ||||||||
| Felipe VI (2014–present) |
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Timeline

Notes
- ^† Died in office.
- ^§ Hung parliament.
- ^‡ Acting Prime Minister.
- Served as acting President of the Government from 21 December 2015 to 31 October 2016.

