List of Prime Ministers of Spain

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The following is the list of those who have served as President of the Government (i.e., the Prime Minister) of Spain. It also includes similar offices presiding over the Council of Ministries since the position gained a significant power.

Contents 1 Secretarios del Despacho Universal (1705-1734) 1.1 Kingdom of Spain (1705-1734) 2 First Secretaries of State (1734-1834) 2.1 Kingdom of Spain (1734-1834) 3 Prime Ministers (Presidents of the Council of Ministers, 1834-Present) 3.1 Kingdom of Spain (1834-1873) 3.2 Spanish Revolution of 1868 3.3 First Spanish Republic (1873-1874) (also named Provisional Government) 3.4 Kingdom of Spain Restored (1874-1931) 3.5 Second Spanish Republic (1931-1939) 3.6 Heads of Government of the Nationalist Zone (Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939) and of the Spanish State (1939-1978) 3.7 Democratic Spain (1978-Present, Kingdom of Spain restored)

[edit] Secretarios del Despacho Universal (1705-1734)

[edit] Kingdom of Spain (1705-1734)

Name	Notes	From	Until	Head of State
Pedro Fernández del Campo y Angulo, marquis of Mejorada		July 11, 1705	April 15, 1714	King Philip V
Manuel de Vadillo y Velasco		April 15, 1714	November 30, 1714
José de Grimaldo y Gutiérrez de Solorzano, marquis of Grimaldo	1st time	November 30, 1714	January 14, 1724
Juan Bautista Orendayn y Azpilcueta	1st time	January 14, 1724	September 4, 1724	King Louis I
José de Grimaldo y Gutiérrez de Solorzano, marquis of Grimaldo	2nd time	September 4, 1724	December 12, 1725	King Philip V
Juan Guillermo Ripperda, baron of Ripperda		December 12, 1725	April 14, 1726
José de Grimaldo y Gutiérrez de Solorzano, marquis of Grimaldo	3rd time	April 14, 1726	October 1, 1726
Juan Bautista Orendayn y Azpilcueta, marquis of La Paz	2nd time	October 1, 1726	November 21, 1734

[edit] First Secretaries of State (1734-1834)

[edit] Kingdom of Spain (1734-1834)

Name	Notes	From	Until	Head of State
José de Patiño y Rosales		November 21, 1734	November 26, 1734	King Philip V
Sebastián de la Cuadra y Llerena, marquis of Villarias		November 26, 1734	December 4, 1746
José de Carvajal y Lancaster		December 4, 1746	April 9, 1754	King Ferdinand VI
Fernando de Silva y Álvarez de Toledo, duke of Hueścar		April 9, 1754	May 15, 1754
Ricardo Wall y Devreux		May 15, 1754
			October 9, 1763	King Charles III
Pablo Jerónimo de Grimaldi y Pallavicini, marquis of Grimaldi		October 9, 1763	February 19, 1777
José Moñino y Redondo, count of Floridablanca		February 19, 1777
			February 28, 1792	King Charles IV
Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea y Ximénez de Urrea, count of Aranda	Acting	February 28, 1792	November 15, 1792
Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria, duke of Alcudia		November 15, 1792	March 30, 1798
Francisco de Saavedra y Sangronis	Acting until Sep 6	March 30, 1798	February 21, 1799
Mariano Luis de Urquijo y Muga	Acting	February 12, 1799	December 13, 1799
Pedro Cevallos Guerra	1st time	December 13, 1799	March 3, 1808
Gonzalo O'Farrill y Herrera	Acting	March 3, 1808	March 19, 1808
Pedro Cevallos Guerra	2nd time	March 19, 1808	July 7, 1808	King Ferdinand VII
Mariano Luis de Urquijo y Muga	2nd time	July 7, 1808	June 27, 1813	King Joseph I
Juan O'Donoju O'Ryan	Acting	October 10, 1813	October 17, 1813
Fernando de Laserna	Acting	October 17, 1813	December 3, 1813
José Luyando	Acting	December 3, 1813	May 4, 1814	King Ferdinand VII
José Miguel de Carvajal Vargas y Manrique, duke of San Carlos		May 4, 1814	November 15, 1814
Pedro Cevallos Guerra	3rd time	November 15, 1814	January 24, 1816
Juan Esteban Lozano de Torres		January 24, 1816	January 26, 1816
Pedro Cevallos Guerra	4th time	January 26, 1816	October 30, 1816
José García de León y Pizarro		October 30, 1816	September 14, 1818
Carlos Martínez de Irujo y Tacón, marquis of Casa Irujo	Acting	September 14, 1818	June 12, 1819
Manuel González Salmón y Gómez de Torres	Acting	June 12, 1819	September 12, 1819
Joaquín José Melgarejo y Saurín, duke of San Fernando de Quiroga		September 12, 1819	March 18, 1820
Juan Jabat Aztal	Acting	March 18, 1820
Evaristo Pérez de Castro Brito		March 18, 1820	March 2, 1821
Joaquín Anduaga Cuenca	Acting	March 2, 1821	April 23, 1821
Francisco de Paula Escudero	Acting	April 23, 1821
Eusebio Bardají y Azara		April 23, 1821	January 8, 1822
Ramón López Pelegrín	Acting	January 8, 1822	January 24, 1822
José Gabriel de Silva y Bazán, marquis of Santa Cruz		January 24, 1822	January 30, 1822
Ramón López Pelegrín	Acting	January 30, 1822	February 28, 1822
Francisco Martínez de la Rosa		February 28, 1822	August 5, 1822
Evaristo Fernández San Miguel y Valledor	Acting from Feb 28	August 5, 1822	April 25, 1823
José Manuel Vadillo	Acting	April 25, 1823	May 7, 1823
Santiago Usoz y Mozi	Acting	May 7, 1823	May 13, 1823
José María Pando de la Riva y Ramírez de Laredo		May 13, 1823	August 29, 1823
Luis María de Salazar y Salazar	Acting	August 29, 1823	September 4, 1823
Juan Antonio Yandiola Garay	Acting	September 4, 1823	September 6, 1823
José Luyando	2nd time	September 6, 1823	October 1, 1823
Víctor Damián Sáez y Sánchez-Mayor	Acting until Aug 7 Counter-government until Oct 1	April 25, 1823	December 2, 1823
Carlos Martínez de Irujo y Tacón, marquis of Casa Irujo	2nd Time	December 2, 1823	January 18, 1824
Narciso de Heredia y Begines de los Ríos, conde de Ofalia		January 18, 1824	July 11, 1824
Luis María de Salazar y Salazar	Acting	July 11, 1824
Francisco Cea Bermúdez	1st time	July 11, 1824	October 24, 1825
Pedro Alcántara de Toledo y Salm-Salm, duque del Infantado		October 24, 1825	August 19, 1826
Manuel González Salmón y Gómez de Torres	Acting until October 15, 1830	August 19, 1826	January 20, 1832
Francisco Tadeo Calomarde y Arria	Acting	January 20, 1832	February 22, 1832
Antonio de Saavedra y Frígola, conde de Alcudia	Acting	February 22, 1832	October 1, 1832
José Cafranga Costilla	Acting	October 1, 1832	November 29, 1832
Francisco Cea Bermúdez	2nd time	November 29, 1832	January 15, 1834

[edit] Prime Ministers (Presidents of the Council of Ministers, 1834-Present)

[edit] Kingdom of Spain (1834-1873)

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Head of State
	Francisco Martínez de la Rosa	January 15, 1834	June 7, 1835	Moderate Royalist	Regent Queen Dowager Maria Christina on behalf of Queen Isabella II
	José María Queipo de Llano Ruiz de Saravia Count of Toreno	June 7, 1835	September 14, 1835
	Miguel Ricardo de Álava Esquivel Rejected his nomination, staying as the Spanish ambassador in London	September 14, 1835	September 25, 1835	Progressive
	Juan Álvarez Mendizabal	September 25, 1835	May 15, 1836
	Francisco Javier Isturiz y Montero Acting, 1st time	May 15, 1836	August 14, 1836	Moderate
	José María Calatrava Acting	August 14, 1836	August 18, 1837	Progressive
	Baldomero Espartero Count of Luchana 1st time	August 18, 1837	October 18, 1837
	Eusebio Bardají y Azara	October 18, 1837	December 16, 1837
	Narciso de Heredia y Begines de los Ríos Count of Ofalia	December 16, 1837	September 6, 1838
	Bernardino Fernández de Velasco Duke of Frías	September 6, 1838	December 9, 1838
	Isidro Alaix Acting	December 9, 1838
	Evaristo Pérez de Castro Brito	December 9, 1838	July 18, 1840	Moderate
	Antonio González y González 1st time	July 20, 1840	August 12, 1840	Progressive
	Valentín Ferraz y Barrau	August 12, 1840	August 28, 1840
	Modesto Cortázar Acting	August 29, 1840	September 11, 1840	Moderate
	Vicente Sancho	September 11, 1840	September 16, 1840
	Baldomero Espartero Duke of Victory 2nd time	September 16, 1840	May 10, 1841	Progressive	Regent Baldomero Espartero on behalf of Queen Isabella II
	Joaquín María Ferrer Cafranga	May 10, 1841	May 20, 1841
	Antonio González y González 2nd time	May 20, 1841	June 17, 1842
	José Ramón Rodil y Campillo Marquis of Rodil	June 17, 1842	May 9, 1843
	Joaquín María López 1st time	May 9, 1843	May 19, 1843
	Álvaro Gómez Becerra	May 19, 1843	July 23, 1843
	Joaquín María López 2nd time	July 23, 1843	November 20, 1843		Queen Isabella II
	Salustiano Olózaga	November 20, 1843	December 5, 1843
	Luis González Bravo 1st time	December 5, 1843	May 3, 1844	Moderate (Década Moderada)
	Ramón María Narváez Duke of Valencia 1st time	May 3, 1844	February 12, 1846
	Manuel Pando Fernández de Pinedo Marquis of Miraflores 1st time	February 12, 1846	March 16, 1846
	Ramón María Narváez Duke of Valencia 2nd time	March 16, 1846	April 5, 1846
	Francisco Javier Isturiz y Montero 2nd time	April 5, 1846	January 28, 1847
	Carlos Martínez de Irujo Marquis of Casa Irujo, Duke of Sotomayor	January 28, 1847	March 28, 1847
	Joaquín Francisco Pacheco y Gutiérrez Calderón	March 28, 1847	August 31, 1847
	José de Salamanca y Mayol	August 31, 1847	September 12, 1847
	Florencio García Goyena	September 12, 1847	October 4, 1847
	Ramón María Narváez Duke of Valencia 3rd time	October 4, 1847	October 19, 1849
	Serafín María de Sotto Count of Clonard Appointment revoked before he could take possession	October 19, 1849	October 20, 1849
	Ramón María Narváez Duke of Valencia 4th time	October 20, 1849	January 14, 1850
	Juan Bravo Murillo	January 14, 1850	December 14, 1852
	Federico Roncali Count of Alcoy	December 14, 1852	April 14, 1853
	Francisco de Lersundi y Ormaechea	April 14, 1853	September 19, 1853
	Luis José Sartorius Count of San Luis	September 19, 1853	July 17, 1854
	Fernando Fernández de Córdoba 1st time	July 17, 1854	July 18, 1854
	Ángel de Saavedra y Ramírez de Baquedano Duke of Rivas	July 18, 1854	July 19, 1854	Progressive
	Baldomero Espartero Duke of Victory 3rd time	July 19, 1854	July 14, 1856
	Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris 1st time	July 14, 1856	October 12, 1856	Unión Liberal
	Ramón María Narváez Duke of Valencia 5th time	October 12, 1856	October 15, 1857	Moderate
	Francisco Armero y Peñaranda Marquis of Nervión	October 15, 1857	January 14, 1858
	Francisco Javier Isturiz y Montero 3rd time	January 14, 1858	June 30, 1858
	Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris 2nd time	June 30, 1858	March 2, 1863	Unión Liberal
	Manuel Pando Fernández de Pinedo Marquis of Miraflores 2nd time	March 2, 1863	January 17, 1864	Moderate
	Lorenzo Arrazola García	January 17, 1864	March 1, 1864
	Alejandro Mon Menéndez	March 1, 1864	September 16, 1864	Unión Liberal
	Ramón María Narváez Duke of Valencia 6th time	September 16, 1864	June 21, 1865	Moderate
	Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris 3rd time	June 21, 1865	July 10, 1866	Unión Liberal
	Ramón María Narváez Duke of Valencia 7th time	July 10, 1866	April 23, 1868	Moderate
	Luis González Bravo 2nd time	April 23, 1868	September 19, 1868
	José Gutiérrez de la Concha	September 19, 1868	September 30, 1868

[edit] Spanish Revolution of 1868

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Head of State
	Pascual Madoz Ibáñez Acting	September 30, 1868	October 3, 1868		No formal Head of State
	Francisco Serrano y Domínguez Duke of La Torre, Count of San Antonio 1st time	October 3, 1868	June 18, 1869	Liberal Union
	General Juan Prim y Prats Marquis of Los Castillejos, Count of Reus, Viscount of Bruch	June 18, 1869	December 27, 1870	Progressist Liberal
	Juan Bautista Topete y Carballo Acting	December 27, 1870	January 4, 1871	Liberal Union	King Amadeo I
	Francisco Serrano y Domínguez Duke of La Torre, Count of San Antonio 2nd time	January 4, 1871	July 24, 1871	Liberal Union
	Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla 1st time	July 24, 1871	October 5, 1871	Democratic
	José Malcampo y Monge Marquis of San Rafael, Count of Jolo	October 5, 1871	December 21, 1871
	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta 1st time	December 12, 1871	May 26, 1872	Progressist Liberal
	Juan Bautista Topete y Carballo Acting	May 26, 1872	June 4, 1872	Liberal Union
	Francisco Serrano y Domínguez Duke of La Torre, Count of San Antonio 3rd time	June 4, 1872	June 13, 1872	Liberal Union
	Fernando Fernández de Córdoba Acting	June 13, 1872	June 16, 1872	Moderate Liberal
	Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla 2nd time	June 16, 1872	February 12, 1873	Democratic-Republican

[edit] First Spanish Republic (1873-1874) (also named Provisional Government)

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Leaning
	Estanislao Figueras y Moragas	February 12, 1873	June 11, 1873	Federal republican
	Francisco Pi y Margall	June 11, 1873	July 18, 1873
	Nicolás Salmerón Alonso	July 18, 1873	September 7, 1873	Moderate republican
	Emilio Castelar y Ripoll	September 7, 1873	January 4, 1874	Unitary republican
	Francisco Serrano y Domínguez 4th time	January 4, 1874	February 16, 1874	Conservative republican dictatorship
	Juan de Zavala y de la Puente	February 16, 1874	September 3, 1874
	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta 2nd time	September 3, 1874	December 30, 1874	Liberal

[edit] Kingdom of Spain Restored (1874-1931)

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Head of State
	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo 1st time	December 31, 1874	September 12, 1875	Conservative	King Alfonso XII
	Joaquín Jovellar y Soler	September 12, 1875	December 2, 1875
	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo 2nd time	December 2, 1875	March 7, 1879
	Arsenio Martínez Campos	March 7, 1879	December 9, 1879
	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo 3rd time	December 9, 1879	February 8, 1881
	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta 3rd time	February 8, 1881	October 13, 1883	Liberal
	José Posada Herrera	October 13, 1883	January 18, 1884
	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo 4th time	January 18, 1884	November 27, 1885	Conservative
	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta 4th time	November 27, 1885	July 5, 1890	Liberal	Regent Queen Dowager Maria Christina mother of King Alfonso XIII
	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo 5th time	July 5, 1890	December 11, 1892	Conservative
	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta 5th time	December 11, 1892	March 23, 1895	Liberal
	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo 6th time	March 23, 1895	August 8, 1897	Conservative
	Marcelo de Azcárraga y Palmero Acting until August 21,1st time	August 8, 1897	October 4, 1897
	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta 6th time	October 4, 1897	March 4, 1899	Liberal
	Francisco Silvela y de le Vielleuze 1st time	March 4, 1899	October 23, 1900	Conservative
	Marcelo de Azcárraga y Palmero 2nd time	October 23, 1900	March 6, 1901
	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta 7th time	March 6, 1901	December 6, 1902	Liberal
	Francisco Silvela y de le Vielleuze 2nd time	December 6, 1902	July 20, 1903	Conservative	King Alfonso XIII
	Raimundo Fernández Villaverde 1st time	July 20, 1903	December 5, 1903
	Antonio Maura y Montaner 1st time	December 5, 1903	December 16, 1904
	Marcelo de Azcárraga y Palmero 3rd time	December 16, 1904	January 27, 1905
	Raimundo Fernández Villaverde 2nd time	January 27, 1905	June 23, 1905
	Eugenio Montero Ríos	June 23, 1905	December 1, 1905	Liberal
	Segismundo Moret y Prendergast 1st time	December 1, 1905	July 6, 1906
	José López Domínguez	July 6, 1906	November 30, 1906
	Segismundo Moret y Prendergast 2nd time	November 30, 1906	December 4, 1906
	Antonio González de Aguilar y Correa Marquis of Vega de Armijo	December 4, 1906	January 25, 1907
	Antonio Maura y Montaner 2nd time	January 25, 1907	October 21, 1909	Conservative
	Segismundo Moret y Prendergast	October 21, 1909	February 9, 1910	Liberal
	José Canalejas y Méndez	February 9, 1910	November 12, 1912
	Manuel García Prieto Marquis of Alhucemas Acting, 1st time	November 12, 1912	November 14, 1912
	Álvaro Figueroa y Torres Mendieta Count of Romanones 1st time	November 14, 1912	October 27, 1913
	Eduardo Dato e Iradier 1st time	October 27, 1913	December 9, 1915	Conservative
	Álvaro Figueroa y Torres Mendieta Count of Romanones 2nd time	December 9, 1915	April 19, 1917	Liberal
	Manuel García Prieto Marquis of Alhucemas 2nd time	April 19, 1917	June 11, 1917	Liberal-Democratic
	Eduardo Dato e Iradier 2nd time	June 11, 1917	November 3, 1917	Conservative
	Manuel García Prieto Marquis of Alhucemas 3rd time	November 3, 1917	March 22, 1918	Liberal-Democratic (Concentration government)
	Antonio Maura y Montaner 3rd time	March 22, 1918	November 9, 1918	Conservative (Concentration government)
	Manuel García Prieto Marquis of Alhucemas 3rd time	November 9, 1918	December 5, 1918	Liberal-Democratic
	Álvaro Figueroa y Torres Mendieta Count of Romanones 3rd time	December 5, 1918	April 15, 1919	Liberal
	Antonio Maura y Montaner 4th time	April 15, 1919	July 20, 1919	Conservative (Concentration government)
	Joaquín Sánchez de Toca Calvo	July 20, 1919	December 12, 1919	Conservative
	Manuel Allendesalazar 1st time	December 12, 1919	May 5, 1920
	Eduardo Dato e Iradier 3rd time	May 5, 1920	March 8, 1921
	Gabino Bugallal Araujo Count of Bugallal Acting	March 8, 1921	March 13, 1921
	Manuel Allendesalazar 2nd time	March 13, 1921	August 14, 1921
	Antonio Maura y Montaner 5th time	August 14, 1921	March 8, 1922	Conservative (Concentration government)
	José Sánchez Guerra y Martínez	March 8, 1922	December 7, 1922	Conservative
	Manuel García Prieto Marquis of Alhucemas 5th time	December 7, 1922	September 15, 1923	Liberal-Democratic
	General Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja Army Captain General, Marquis of Estella and Ajdir Head of the Military Directory until December 3, 1925	September 15, 1923	January 30, 1930	Military Dictatorship
	Dámaso Berenguer Count of Xauén, Army General	January 30, 1930	February 18, 1931	Military "Dictablanda"
	Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas Navy Admiral	February 18, 1931	April 14, 1931

[edit] Second Spanish Republic (1931-1939)

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Head of State
	Niceto Alcalá-Zamora	April 14, 1931	October 14, 1931	PRC Provisional Government	No formal Head of State
	Manuel Azaña Díaz 1st time	October 14, 1931	September 12, 1933	AC	President Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
	Alejandro Lerroux García 1st time	September 12, 1933	October 8, 1933	PRR
	Diego Martínez Barrio	October 8, 1933	December 16, 1933	PRR
	Alejandro Lerroux García 2nd time	December 16, 1933	April 28, 1934	PRR
	Ricardo Samper e Ibáñez	April 28, 1934	October 4, 1934	PRR
	Alejandro Lerroux García 3rd time	October 4, 1934	September 25, 1935	PRR
	Joaquín Chapaprieta Torregrosa	September 25, 1935	December 14, 1935	Independent
	Manuel Portela Valladares	December 14, 1935	February 19, 1936	Independent
	Manuel Azaña Díaz 2nd time	February 19, 1936	May 10, 1936	Popular Front, IR
	Augusto Barcía Trelles Acting	May 10, 1936	May 13, 1936	Popular Front, IR	President Manuel Azaña
	Santiago Casares Quiroga	May 13, 1936	July 19, 1936	Popular Front, IR
	Diego Martínez Barrio Acting	July 19, 1936		Popular Front, UR
	José Giral Pereira	July 19, 1936	September 4, 1936	Popular Front, IR
	Francisco Largo Caballero	September 4, 1936	May 17, 1937	Popular Front, PSOE
	Juan Negrín López	May 17, 1937	March 31, 1939	Popular Front, PSOE

[edit] Heads of Government of the Nationalist Zone (Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939) and of the Spanish State (1939-1978)

Picture	Name	From	Until	Head of State
	Fidel Dávila Arrondo	October 3, 1936	June 3, 1937	Collegial by the Junta of Burgos
	Francisco Gómez Jordana	June 3, 1937	January 30, 1938
	Francisco Franco y Bahamonde	January 30, 1938	June 8, 1973	Caudillo Generalísimo and Dictator Francisco Franco
	Luis Carrero Blanco	June 9, 1973	December 20, 1973
	Torcuato Fernández-Miranda Acting	December 20, 1973	December 31, 1974
	Carlos Arias Navarro	December 31, 1974
			July 1, 1976	King Juan Carlos I
	Fernando de Santiago y Díaz Acting	July 1, 1976	July 3, 1976
	Adolfo Suárez González	July 15, 1976	December 29, 1978 Democratic Constitution enacted

[edit] Democratic Spain (1978-Present, Kingdom of Spain restored)

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Head of State
	Adolfo Suárez González	December 29, 1978	January 29, 1981	UCD	King Juan Carlos I
	Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo y Bustelo Acting until February 25, 1981	January 29, 1981	December 2, 1982
	Felipe González Márquez 4 terms: 1982, 1986, 1989 and 1993	December 2, 1982	May 5, 1996	PSOE
	José María Aznar López 2 terms: 1996 and 2000	May 5, 1996	April 17, 2004	PP
	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero 2 terms: 2004 and 2008	April 17, 2004	Incumbent Term expires in 2012	PSOE