List of ministers of defence (Spain)

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This article is about Spanish defence ministers. For previous War/Army ministers, see
countersigned by the Prime MinisterTerm lengthNo term fixedPrecursorMinister of War
Minister of the Navy
Minister of the AirFormation17 May 1937First holderIndalecio Prieto
as Minister of National Defence

The minister of defence is the highest authority of Spain's Ministry of Defence, which is in charge of the preparation, development and execution of the defense policy determined by its government, as well as the management of the Military Administration.

List of officeholders

Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939)

See also: Second Spanish Republic
No. Portrait Name Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
Minister of National Defence
1 Indalecio Prieto
(1883–1962) 		17 May 1937 5 April 1938 323 days PSOE Negrín I
2 Juan Negrín
(1892–1956) 		5 April 1938 6 March 1939 360 days PSOE Negrín II

Francoist Spain (1936–1975)

See also: Francoist Spain
No. Portrait Name Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
Minister of National Defence
1 Fidel Dávila Arrondo
(1878–1962) 		31 January 1938 9 August 1939 360 days Military Franco I [1][2]
Split into Minister of the Army, Minister of the Navy and Minister of the Air

Kingdom of Spain (1975–present)

See also: Spain
No. Portrait Name Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
Minister of Defence
Reign of
Juan Carlos I
(1975–2014)
1 Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado
(1912–1995) 		4 July 1977 5 April 1979 1 year, 275 days Military Suárez II [3]
2 Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún
(1932–1991) 		6 April 1979 27 February 1981 1 year, 327 days UCD Suárez III [4]
3 Alberto Oliart
(1928–2021) 		26 February 1981 3 December 1982 1 year, 280 days UCD Calvo-Sotelo [5]
4 Narcís Serra
(born 1943) 		3 December 1982 12 March 1991 8 years, 99 days PSOE González I–II–III [6][7]
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5 Julián García Vargas
(born 1945) 		12 March 1991 3 July 1995 4 years, 113 days PSOE González III–IV [9][10]
6 Gustavo Suárez Pertierra
(born 1949) 		3 July 1995 5 May 1996 307 days PSOE González IV [11]
7 Eduardo Serra Rexach
(born 1946) 		5 May 1996 27 April 2000 3 years, 358 days Independent Aznar I [12]
8 Federico Trillo
(born 1952) 		28 April 2000 18 April 2004 3 years, 356 days PP Aznar II [13]
9 José Bono
(born 1950) 		18 April 2004 7 April 2006 1 year, 354 days PSOE Zapatero I [14]
10 José Antonio Alonso
(1960–2017) 		7 April 2006 14 April 2008 2 years, 7 days PSOE Zapatero I [15]
11 Carme Chacón
(1971–2017) 		14 April 2008[a] 22 December 2011 3 years, 252 days PSOE Zapatero II [17]
12 Pedro Morenés
(born 1948) 		22 December 2011 19 June 2014 2 years, 179 days Independent Rajoy I [18][19]
Reign of
Felipe VI
(2014–present)
12 Pedro Morenés
(born 1948) 		19 June 2014 4 November 2016 2 years, 138 days Independent Rajoy I [18][19]
13 María Dolores de Cospedal
(born 1965) 		4 November 2016 1 June 2018 1 year, 209 days PP Rajoy II [20]
14 Margarita Robles
(born 1956) 		7 June 2018 Incumbent 5 years, 327 days Independent Sánchez I–II–III [21][22][23]

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ^ Interior Minister Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba temporarily took over the defense portfolio when Chacón gave birth.[16]
References
  1. ^ Fuenterrebollo Gobiernos de Franco.
  2. ^ "Ley organizando la Administración Central del Estado" (pdf). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (467). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 5514–5515. 31 January 1938.
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  16. ^ Victoria Burnett (May 21, 2008), Spain’s Defense Minister Becomes a Mother The New York Times.
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