List of female ministers of Spain

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María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, Elena Salgado, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, Carmen Calvo, Nadia Calviño and María Jesús Montero are the women that have been deputy prime minister of Spain, highest-ranking position held by a woman in Spain to date. Since 2011, all deputy prime ministers of Spain have been female.

The Spanish government has had 61 women as ministers throughout history. Only one woman, Federica Montseny, has held the post of minister before the current democratic period, becoming one of the first female ministers in the whole Europe. The second government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (PSOE) was the first to achieve full equality, with the same number of male and female ministers.^[1] The second government of Pedro Sánchez holds the record for the biggest amount of female ministers, with 14, whilst his first government became the first one to have more women than men.^[2]

Equality Minister Bibiana Aído was the youngest female minister to be elected for a ministry at the age of 31, whilst Education minister Isabel Celaá was the oldest female minister to be elected for a ministry, at the age of 69.

Political party table

Female ministers

Second Spanish Republic

Minister		Ministry	Tenure		Party	Prime Minister
	Federica Montseny	Ministry of Health and Social Policy	4 November 1936	17 May 1937	CNT	Francisco Largo Caballero

Current democratic period (since 1978)

  refers to the first woman in that specific ministry.

  refers to current ministers of the Government.

Minister		Ministry	Tenure		Party		Prime Minister
	Soledad Becerril	Ministry of Culture	2 December 1981	3 December 1982		UCD		Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo
	Rosa Conde	Spokesperson of the Government	7 July 1988	14 July 1993		PSOE		Felipe González
	Matilde Fernández	Ministry of Social Affairs	7 July 1988	14 July 1993		PSOE		Felipe González
	Ángeles Amador	Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs	14 July 1993	6 May 1996		Independent		Felipe González
	Carmen Alborch	Ministry of Culture	14 July 1993	4 May 1996		PSOE		Felipe González
	Cristina Alberdi	Ministry of Social Affairs	13 July 1993	5 May 1996		PSOE		Felipe González
	Margarita Mariscal de Gante	Ministry of Justice	6 May 1996	28 April 2000		PP		José María Aznar
	Loyola de Palacio	Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries	6 May 1996	30 April 1999		PP		José María Aznar
	Esperanza Aguirre	Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports	5 May 1996	19 January 1999		PP		José María Aznar
	Isabel Tocino	Ministry of the Environment	6 May 1996	27 April 2000		PP		José María Aznar
	Pilar del Castillo	Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport	27 April 2000	18 April 2004		PP		José María Aznar
	Anna Birulés	Ministry of Science and Technology	28 April 2000	10 July 2002		Independent		José María Aznar
	Celia Villalobos	Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality	27 April 2000	10 July 2002		PP		José María Aznar
	Ana Pastor	Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality	10 July 2002	18 April 2004		PP		José María Aznar
		Ministry of Development	22 December 2011	19 July 2016				Mariano Rajoy
	Ana Palacio	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	20 July 2002	18 April 2004		PP		José María Aznar
	Julia García-Valdecasas	Ministry of Public Administration	3 September 2003	18 April 2004		PP		José María Aznar
	Elvira Rodríguez	Ministry of the Environment	28 February 2003	18 April 2004		PP		José María Aznar
	María Teresa Fernández de la Vega	First Deputy Prime Minister	18 April 2004	21 October 2010		PSOE		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
		Ministry of the Presidency	18 April 2004	21 October 2010
	Mª Jesús San Segundo	Ministry of Education and Science	18 April 2004	11 April 2006		PSOE		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
	Magdalena Álvarez	Ministry of Development	28 April 2004	7 April 2009		PSOE		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
	Elena Espinosa	Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	18 April 2004	13 April 2008		PSOE		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
		Minister of Rural and Marine Environment	14 April 2008	20 October 2010
	Cristina Narbona	Ministry of the Environment	18 April 2004	14 April 2008		PSOE		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
	Carmen Calvo	Ministry of Culture	18 April 2004	9 July 2007		PSOE		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
		First Deputy Prime Minister	7 June 2018	12 July 2021				Pedro Sánchez
		Ministry of the Presidency, Relations with the Cortes and Equality	7 June 2018	13 January 2020
		Ministry of the Presidency, Relations with the Cortes and Democratic Memory	13 January 2020	12 July 2021
	Elena Salgado	Ministry of Health	18 April 2004	9 July 2007		PSOE		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
		Ministry of Public Administrations	9 July 2007	7 April 2009
		Second Deputy Prime Minister	7 April 2009	11 July 2011
		Ministry of Economy and Finance	7 April 2009	21 December 2011
		First Deputy Prime Minister	11 July 2011	21 December 2011
	María Antonia Trujillo	Ministry of Housing	18 April 2004	9 July 2007		PSOE		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
	Carme Chacón	Ministry of Housing	9 July 2007	11 April 2008		PSC		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
		Ministry of Defence	14 April 2008	22 December 2011
	Mercedes Cabrera	Ministry of Education and Science	11 April 2006	14 April 2008		PSOE		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
		Ministry of Education, Social Policy and Sports	14 April 2008	7 April 2009
	Cristina Garmendia	Ministry of Science and Innovation	14 April 2008	22 December 2011		Independent		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
	Beatriz Corredor	Ministry of Housing	14 April 2008	20 October 2010		PSOE		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
	Bibiana Aído	Ministry of Equality	14 April 2008	20 October 2010		PSOE		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
	Ángeles González-Sinde	Ministry of Culture	7 April 2009	22 December 2011		PSOE		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
	Trinidad Jiménez	Ministry of Health and Social Policy	7 April 2009	21 October 2010		PSOE		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
		Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation	21 October 2010	22 December 2011
	Rosa Aguilar	Minister of Rural and Marine Environment	21 October 2010	22 December 2011		PSOE		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
	Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría	Spokesperson of the Government	21 December 2011	3 November 2016		PP		Mariano Rajoy
		First Deputy Prime Minister	21 December 2011	7 June 2018
		Ministry of the Presidency	21 December 2011	7 June 2018
		Ministry of Territorial Administrations	3 November 2016	7 June 2018
	Fátima Báñez	Ministry of Employment and Social Security	22 December 2011	1 June 2018		PP		Mariano Rajoy
	Ana Mato	Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality	22 December 2011	26 November 2014		PP		Mariano Rajoy
	Isabel García Tejerina	Ministry of Agriculture, Fishers, Food and Environment	28 April 2014	1 June 2018		PP		Mariano Rajoy
	María Dolores de Cospedal	Ministry of Defence	4 November 2016	1 June 2018		PP		Mariano Rajoy
	Dolors Montserrat	Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality	4 November 2016	1 June 2018		PP		Mariano Rajoy
	Margarita Robles	Ministry of Defence	7 June 2018	Incumbent		Independent		Pedro Sánchez
	Dolores Delgado	Ministry of Justice	7 June 2018	13 January 2020		Independent		Pedro Sánchez
	María Jesús Montero	Ministry of Finance	7 June 2018	12 June 2021		PSOE		Pedro Sánchez
			29 December 2023	Incumbent
		Spokesperson of the Government	13 January 2020	12 June 2021
		Ministry of Finance and Civil Service	12 June 2021	Incumbent
		Fourth Deputy Prime Minister	21 November 2023	29 December 2023
		First Deputy Prime Minister	29 December 2023	Incumbent
	Magdalena Valerio	Minister of Labour, Migration and Social Security	7 June 2018	13 January 2020		PSOE		Pedro Sánchez
	Isabel Celaá	Spokesperson of the Government	7 June 2018	13 January 2020		PSOE		Pedro Sánchez
		Ministry of Education and Vocational Training	7 June 2018	12 July 2021
	Meritxell Batet	Ministry of Territorial Policy and Civil Service	7 June 2018	20 May 2019		PSC		Pedro Sánchez
	Reyes Maroto	Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism	7 June 2018	28 March 2023		PSOE		Pedro Sánchez
	Carmen Montón	Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Welfare	7 June 2018	12 September 2018		PSOE		Pedro Sánchez
	María Luisa Carcedo	Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Welfare	12 September 2018	13 January 2020		PSOE		Pedro Sánchez
	Nadia Calviño	Ministry of Economy and Business	7 June 2018	13 January 2020		Independent		Pedro Sánchez
		Third Deputy Prime Minister	13 January 2020	31 March 2021
		Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation	13 January 2020	21 November 2023
		Second Deputy Prime Minister	31 March 2021	12 July 2021
		First Deputy Prime Minister	12 July 2021	29 December 2023
		Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business	21 November 2023	29 December 2023
	Teresa Ribera	Ministry for the Ecological Transition	7 June 2018	13 January 2020		PSOE		Pedro Sánchez
		Fourth Deputy Prime Minister	13 January 2020	12 July 2021
		Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge	13 January 2020	Incumbent
		Third Deputy Prime Minister	12 July 2021	Incumbent
	Arancha González Laya	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation	13 January 2020	12 July 2021		Independent		Pedro Sánchez
	Carolina Darias	Ministry of Territorial Policy and Civil Service of Spain	13 January 2020	27 January 2021		PSOE		Pedro Sánchez
		Ministry of Health	27 January 2021	28 March 2023
	Yolanda Díaz	Ministry of Labour and Social Economy	13 January 2020	Incumbent		PCE		Pedro Sánchez
		Third Deputy Prime Minister	31 March 2021	12 July 2021
		Second Deputy Prime Minister	12 July 2021	Incumbent
	Irene Montero	Ministry of Equality	13 January 2020	21 November 2023		Unidas Podemos		Pedro Sánchez
	Ione Belarra	Ministry of Social Rights and 2030 Agenda	31 March 2021	21 November 2023		Unidas Podemos		Pedro Sánchez
	Isabel Rodríguez García	Ministry of Territorial Policy	12 July 2021	21 November 2023		PSOE		Pedro Sánchez
		Spokesperson of the Government	12 July 2021	21 November 2023
		Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda	21 November 2023	Incumbent
	Pilar Llop	Ministry of Justice	12 July 2021	21 November 2023		PSOE		Pedro Sánchez
	Raquel Sánchez Jiménez	Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda	12 July 2021	21 November 2023		PSOE		Pedro Sánchez
	Pilar Alegría	Ministry of Education and Vocational Training	12 July 2021	21 November 2023		PSOE		Pedro Sánchez
		Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports	21 November 2023	Incumbent
		Spokesperson of the Government	21 November 2023	Incumbent
	Diana Morant	Ministry of Science and Innovation	12 July 2021	21 November 2023		PSOE		Pedro Sánchez
		Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities	21 November 2023	Incumbent
	Mónica García	Ministry of Health	21 November 2023	Incumbent		Más Madrid		Pedro Sánchez
	Ana Redondo	Ministry of Equality	21 November 2023	Incumbent		PSOE		Pedro Sánchez
	Elma Saiz	Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration	21 November 2023	Incumbent		PSOE		Pedro Sánchez
	Sira Rego	Ministry of Youth and Children	21 November 2023	Incumbent		United Left		Pedro Sánchez

Timeline since 1981

See also

• Politics of Spain
• Council of Ministers (Spain)

References