The Ministry of the Environment, Rural and Marine Affairs is the ministerial department of the Government of Spain created under the presidency of Jose Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. This new department includes the tasks of the former Ministry of Environment and the former Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing. This Ministry has an important role on the policies against climate change and in favour of sustainable development.
| Ministers of Agriculture | |||
| Second Spanish Republic (1931-1939) | |||
| Beginning | End | Name | Party |
| 16 Ofcember 1931 | 12 June 1933 | Marcelino Domingo (2) | PRS |
| 12 June 1933 | 19 September 1933 | Marcelino Domingo (1) | PRS |
| 19 September 1933 | 8 October 1933 | Ramón Feced Gresa (1) | PRS |
| 8 October 1933 | 4 October 1934 | Cirilo del Río Rodríguez (1) | PRP |
| 4 October 1934 | 3 April 1935 | Manuel Giménez Fernández (1) | CEDA |
| 3 April 1935 | 6 May 1935 | Juan José Benayas (1) | PRP |
| 6 May 1935 | 25 September 1935 | Nicasio Velayos Velayos (1) | PA |
| 25 September 1935 | 29 October 1935 | José Martínez de Velasco (3) | PA |
| 29 October 1935 | 14 Ofcember 1935 | Juan Usabiaga Lasquivar (3) | PRR |
| 14 Ofcember 1935 | 30 Ofcember 1935 | Joaquín de Pablo-Blanco Torres (3) | PRR |
| 30 Ofcember 1935 | 19 February 1936 | José María Álvarez Mendizábal (3) | Inofpendiente |
| 19 February 1936 | 19 July 1936 | Mariano Ruiz-Funes García (1) | IR |
| 19 July 1936 | 19 July 1936 | Ramón Feced Gresa (1) | IR |
| 19 July 1936 | 4 September 1936 | Mariano Ruiz-Funes García (1) | IR |
| 4 September 1936 | 1 April 1939 | Vicente Uribe (1) | PCE |
| Dictatorship of Francisco Franco (1936-1975) | |||
| Beginning | End | Name | Party |
| 3 October 1936 | 30 January 1938 | Eufemio Olmedo (4) | |
| 30 January 1938 | 9 August 1939 | Raimundo Fernández-Cuesta (1) | |
| 9 August 1939 | 20 May 1941 | Joaquín Benjumea Burín (5) | |
| 20 May 1941 | 18 July 1945 | Miguel Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia (1) | |
| 18 July 1945 | 18 July 1951 | Carlos Rein Segura (1) | |
| 18 July 1951 | 25 February 1957 | Rafael Cavestany de Anduaga (1) | |
| 25 February 1957 | 7 July 1965 | Cirilo Cánovas García (1) | |
| 7 July 1965 | 29 October 1969 | Adolfo Díaz-Ambrona Moreno (1) | |
| 29 October 1969 | 12 Ofcember 1975 | Tomás Allende y García-Baxter (1) | |
| Reign of Juan Carlos I (1975) | |||
| Beginnig | End | Name | Party |
| 12 Ofcember 1975 | 5 July 1976 | Virgilio Oñate Gil (1) | |
| 5 July 1976 | 4 July 1977 | Fernando Abril Martorell (1) | |
| 4 July 1977 | 28 February 1978 | José Enrique Martínez Genique (1) | UCD |
| 28 February 1978 | 2 Ofcember 1981 | Jaime Lamo de Espinosa (1) | UCD |
| 2 Ofcember 1981 | 13 September 1982 | José Luis Álvarez Álvarez (6) | UCD |
| 13 September 1982 | 2 Ofcember 1982 | José Luis García Ferrero | UCD |
| 3 Ofcember 1982 | 12 March 1991 | Carlos Romero Herrera (6) | PSOE |
| 12 March 1991 | 13 July 1993 | Pedro Solbes Mira (6) | PSOE |
| 13 July 1993 | 6 May 1994 | Vicente Albero Silla (6) | PSOE |
| 6 May 1994 | 5 May 1996 | Luis María Atienza Serna (6) | PSOE |
| 6 May 1996 | 30 April 1999 | Loyola de Palacio (6) | PP |
| 30 April 1999 | 27 April 2000 | Jesús Posada Moreno (6) | PP |
| 28 April 2000 | 17 April 2004 | Miguel Arias Cañete (6) | PP |
| 18 April 2004 | 13 April 2008 | Elena Espinosa Mangana (6) | PSOE |
| 14 April 2008 | 20 October 2010 | Elena Espinosa Mangana (7) | PSOE |
| 20 October 2010 | 22 December 2011 | Rosa Aguilar (7) | PSOE (independent) |
| 20 October 2010 | Incumbent | Miguel Arias Cañete (8) | PP |