List of prime ministers of Spain

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.

Kingdom of Spain (1705–1873)

Secretaries of the Universal Bureau

Picture	Name	From	Until	Head of State (Term)
	Pedro Fernández del Campo y Angulo, Marquis of Mejorada	11 July 1705	15 April 1714	King Philip V (1700–1724)
	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) File:Luis I, rey de España.jpg
	José de Grimaldo y Gutiérrez de Solórzano Marquis of Grimaldo 2nd time	4 September 1724	12 December 1725	King Philip V (1724–1746)
	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 Orendáin y Azpilicueta Marquis of La Paz 2nd time	1 October 1726	21 November 1734

First Secretaries of State

Picture	Name	From	Until	Head of State (Term)
	José de Patiño y Rosales	21 November 1734	3 November 1736	King Philip V (1724–1746)
	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)
	Fernando de Silva Mendoza y Toledo Duke of Hueścar	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)
	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)
	Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea y Ximénez de Urrea Count of Aranda Acting	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 until 6 September 1798	30 March 1798	21 February 1799
	Mariano Luis de Urquijo y Muga Acting	12 February 1799	13 December 1799
	Pedro Cevallos Guerra 1st time	13 December 1799	3 March 1808
	Gonzalo O'Farrill y Herrera Acting	3 March 1808	19 March 1808
	Pedro Cevallos Guerra 2nd time	19 March 1808	7 July 1808	King Ferdinand VII (1808)
	Mariano Luis de Urquijo y Muga 2nd time	7 July 1808	27 June 1813	King Joseph I (1808–1813)
	Juan O'Donoju O'Ryan Acting	10 October 1813	17 October 1813
	Fernando de Laserna Acting	17 October 1813	3 December 1813
	José Luyando Acting	3 December 1813	4 May 1814	King Ferdinand VII (1813–1833)
	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	14 September 1818	12 June 1819
	Manuel González Salmón y Gómez de Torres Acting	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	18 March 1820
	Evaristo Pérez de Castro y Brito	18 March 1820	2 March 1821
	Joaquín Anduaga Cuenca Acting	2 March 1821	23 April 1821
	Francisco de Paula Escudero Acting	23 April 1821
	Eusebio Bardají y Azara	23 April 1821	8 January 1822
	Ramón López Pelegrín Acting	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	30 January 1822	28 February 1822
	Francisco Martínez de la Rosa	28 February 1822	5 August 1822
	Evaristo Fernández San Miguel y Valledor Acting from 28 February 1822	5 August 1822	25 April 1823
	José Manuel Vadillo Acting	25 April 1823	7 May 1823
	Santiago Usoz y Mozi Acting	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	29 August 1823	4 September 1823
	Juan Antonio Yandiola Garay Acting	4 September 1823	6 September 1823
	José Luyando 2nd time	6 September 1823	1 October 1823
	Víctor Damián Sáez y Sánchez-Mayor Acting 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	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 until 15 October 1830	19 August 1826	20 January 1832
	Francisco Tadeo Calomarde y Arría Acting	20 January 1832	22 February 1832
	Antonio de Saavedra y Frígola, conde de Alcudia Acting	22 February 1832	1 October 1832
	José Cafranga Costilla Acting	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:   No affiliation   Liberal conservative   Social democrat   Liberal progressive   Centrist   Military

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Head of State (Term)
	Francisco Martínez de la Rosa	15 January 1834	7 June 1835	Moderate Royalist	Queen Dowager Maria Christina Regent for Queen Isabella II (1833–1840)
	José María Queipo de Llano Ruiz de Saravia Count of Toreno	7 June 1835	14 September 1835
	Miguel Ricardo de Álava Esquivel Rejected his nomination, staying as the Spanish ambassador in London	14 September 1835	25 September 1835	Progressive
	Juan Álvarez Mendizabal	25 September 1835	15 May 1836
	Francisco Javier Isturiz y Montero Acting, 1st time	15 May 1836	14 August 1836	Moderate
	José María Calatrava Acting	14 August 1836	18 August 1837	Progressive
	Baldomero Espartero Count of Luchana 1st time	18 August 1837	18 October 1837
	Eusebio Bardají y Azara	18 October 1837	16 December 1837	Moderate
	Narciso de Heredia y Begines de los Ríos Count of Ofalia	16 December 1837	6 September 1838
	Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 14th Duke of Frías	6 September 1838	9 December 1838
	Isidro de Alaix Fábregas Acting	9 December 1838
	Evaristo Pérez de Castro Brito	9 December 1838	18 July 1840
	Antonio González y González 1st time	20 July 1840	12 August 1840	Progressive
	Valentín Ferraz y Barrau	12 August 1840	28 August 1840
	Modesto Cortázar Acting	29 August 1840	11 September 1840	Moderate
	Vicente Sancho	11 September 1840	16 September 1840
	Baldomero Espartero Duke of Victory 2nd time	16 September 1840	10 May 1841	Progressive	Baldomero Espartero Regent for Queen Isabella II (1840–1843)
	Joaquín María de Ferrer y Cafranga	10 May 1841	20 May 1841
	Antonio González y González 2nd time	20 May 1841	17 June 1842
	José Ramón Rodil y Campillo Marquis of Rodil	17 June 1842	9 May 1843
	Joaquín María López 1st time	9 May 1843	19 May 1843
	Álvaro Gómez Becerra	19 May 1843	23 July 1843
	Joaquín María López 2nd time	23 July 1843	20 November 1843		Queen Isabella II (1833/1843–1868)
	Salustiano Olózaga	20 November 1843	5 December 1843	Moderate
	Luis González Bravo 1st time	5 December 1843	3 May 1844	Progressive
	Ramón María Narváez Duke of Valencia 1st time	3 May 1844	12 February 1846	Moderate (Década Moderada)
	Manuel Pando Fernández de Pinedo Marquis of Miraflores 1st time	12 February 1846	16 March 1846
	Ramón María Narváez Duke of Valencia 2nd time	16 March 1846	5 April 1846
	Francisco Javier Isturiz y Montero 2nd time	5 April 1846	28 January 1847
File:Carlos mirujo sotomayor.jpg	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 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 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 Count of San Luis	19 September 1853	17 July 1854
	Fernando Fernández de Córdova	17 July 1854	18 July 1854
	Ángel de Saavedra y Ramírez de Baquedano Duke of Rivas	18 July 1854	19 July 1854
	Baldomero Espartero Duke of Victory 3rd time	19 July 1854	14 July 1856	Progressive
	Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris 1st time	14 July 1856	12 October 1856	Unión Liberal
	Ramón María Narváez Duke of Valencia 5th time	12 October 1856	15 October 1857	Moderate
	Francisco Armero y Peñaranda Marquis of Nervión	15 October 1857	14 January 1858
	Francisco Javier Isturiz y Montero 3rd time	14 January 1858	30 June 1858
	Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris 2nd time	30 June 1858	2 March 1863	Unión Liberal
	Manuel Pando Fernández de Pinedo Marquis of Miraflores 2nd time	2 March 1863	17 January 1864	Moderate
	Lorenzo Arrazola y García	17 January 1864	1 March 1864
	Alejandro Mon Menéndez	1 March 1864	16 September 1864	Unión Liberal
	Ramón María Narváez Duke of Valencia 6th time	16 September 1864	21 June 1865	Moderate
	Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris 3rd time	21 June 1865	10 July 1866	Unión Liberal
	Ramón María Narváez Duke of Valencia 7th time	10 July 1866	23 April 1868	Moderate
	Luis González Bravo 2nd time	23 April 1868	19 September 1868	Progressive
	José Gutiérrez de la Concha, 1st Marquis of Havana	19 September 1868	30 September 1868	Moderate
	Pascual Madoz Acting	30 September 1868	3 October 1868		No formal Head of State
	Francisco Serrano y Domínguez Duke of La Torre, Count of San Antonio 1st time	3 October 1868	18 June 1869	Liberal Union
	General Juan Prim y Prats Marquis of Los Castillejos, Count of Reus, Viscount of Bruch	18 June 1869	27 December 1870	Progressist Liberal	Regent Francisco Serrano y Domínguez (1869–1870)
File:Topete.jpg	Juan Bautista Topete y Carballo Acting	27 December 1870	4 January 1871	Liberal Union	King Amadeo (1870–1873)
	Francisco Serrano y Domínguez Duke of La Torre, Count of San Antonio 2nd time	4 January 1871	24 July 1871
	Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla 1st time	24 July 1871	5 October 1871	Democratic
	José Malcampo y Monge Marquis of San Rafael, Count of Jolo	5 October 1871	21 December 1871
	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta 1st time	12 December 1871	26 May 1872	Progressist Liberal
File:Topete.jpg	Juan Bautista Topete y Carballo Acting	26 May 1872	4 June 1872	Liberal Union
	Francisco Serrano y Domínguez Duke of La Torre, Count of San Antonio 3rd time	4 June 1872	13 June 1872
	Fernando Fernández de Córdova Acting	13 June 1872	16 June 1872	Moderate Liberal
	Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla 2nd time	16 June 1872	12 February 1873	Democratic-Republican

First Spanish Republic (1873–1874)

Prime Ministers (Presidents of the Provisional Government)

Political Persuasion:   No affiliation   Liberal conservative   Social democrat   Liberal progressive   Centrist   Military

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political leaning	Head of State (Term)
	Estanislao Figueras y Moragas	12 February 1873	11 June 1873	Federal republican	Prime Minister was also Head of State
	Francisco Pi y Margall	11 June 1873	18 July 1873
	Nicolás Salmerón Alonso	18 July 1873	7 September 1873	Moderate republican
	Emilio Castelar y Ripoll	7 September 1873	4 January 1874	Unitary republican
	Francisco Serrano y Domínguez 4th time	4 January 1874	26 February 1874	Conservative republican dictatorship
	Juan de Zavala y de la Puente	26 February 1874	3 September 1874
	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta 2nd time	3 September 1874	30 December 1874	Liberal

Kingdom of Spain (1874–1931)

Prime Ministers (Presidents of the Council of Ministers)

Political Persuasion:   No affiliation   Liberal conservative   Social democrat   Liberal progressive   Centrist   Military

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Head of State (Term)
	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo 1st time	31 December 1874	12 September 1875	Conservative	King Alfonso XII (1874–1885)
	Joaquín Jovellar y Soler	12 September 1875	2 December 1875
	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo 2nd time	2 December 1875	7 March 1879
	Arsenio Martínez Campos	7 March 1879	9 December 1879
	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo 3rd time	9 December 1879	8 February 1881
	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta 3rd time	8 February 1881	13 October 1883	Liberal
	José Posada Herrera	13 October 1883	18 January 1884
	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo 4th time	18 January 1884	27 November 1885	Conservative
	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta 4th time	27 November 1885	5 July 1890	Liberal	Queen Dowager Maria Christina Regent for King Alfonso XIII (1886–1902)
	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo 5th time	5 July 1890	11 December 1892	Conservative
	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta 5th time	11 December 1892	23 March 1895	Liberal
	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo 6th time	23 March 1895	8 August 1897	Conservative
	Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero Acting until 21 August, 1st time	8 August 1897	4 October 1897
	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta 6th time	4 October 1897	4 March 1899	Liberal
	Francisco Silvela y de le Vielleuze 1st time	4 March 1899	23 October 1900	Conservative
	Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero 2nd time	23 October 1900	6 March 1901
	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta 7th time	6 March 1901	6 December 1902	Liberal
	Francisco Silvela y de le Vielleuze 2nd time	6 December 1902	20 July 1903	Conservative	King Alfonso XIII (1886/1902–1931)
File:Raimundo fernandez villaverde.jpg	Raimundo Fernández Villaverde 1st time	20 July 1903	5 December 1903
	Antonio Maura y Montaner 1st time	5 December 1903	16 December 1904
	Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero 3rd time	16 December 1904	27 January 1905
File:Raimundo fernandez villaverde.jpg	Raimundo Fernández Villaverde 2nd time	27 January 1905	23 June 1905
	Eugenio Montero Ríos	23 June 1905	1 December 1905	Liberal
	Segismundo Moret y Prendergast 1st time	1 December 1905	6 July 1906
	José López Domínguez	6 July 1906	30 November 1906
	Segismundo Moret y Prendergast 2nd time	30 November 1906	4 December 1906
	Antonio González de Aguilar y Correa Marquis of Vega de Armijo	4 December 1906	25 January 1907
	Antonio Maura y Montaner 2nd time	25 January 1907	21 October 1909	Conservative
	Segismundo Moret y Prendergast 3rd time	21 October 1909	9 February 1910	Liberal
	José Canalejas y Méndez	9 February 1910	12 November 1912
	Manuel García Prieto Marquis of Alhucemas Acting, 1st time	12 November 1912	14 November 1912
File:Romanones.jpg	Álvaro Figueroa y Torres Mendieta Count of Romanones 1st time	14 November 1912	27 October 1913
	Eduardo Dato e Iradier 1st time	27 October 1913	9 December 1915	Conservative
File:Romanones.jpg	Álvaro Figueroa y Torres Mendieta Count of Romanones 2nd time	9 December 1915	19 April 1917	Liberal
	Manuel García Prieto Marquis of Alhucemas 2nd time	19 April 1917	11 June 1917	Liberal-Democratic
	Eduardo Dato e Iradier 2nd time	11 June 1917	3 November 1917	Conservative
	Manuel García Prieto Marquis of Alhucemas 3rd time	3 November 1917	22 March 1918	Liberal-Democratic (Concentration government)
	Antonio Maura y Montaner 3rd time	22 March 1918	9 November 1918	Conservative (Concentration government)
	Manuel García Prieto Marquis of Alhucemas 4th time	9 November 1918	5 December 1918	Liberal-Democratic
File:Romanones.jpg	Álvaro Figueroa y Torres Mendieta Count of Romanones 3rd time	5 December 1918	15 April 1919	Liberal
	Antonio Maura y Montaner 4th time	15 April 1919	20 July 1919	Conservative (Concentration government)
	Joaquín Sánchez de Toca Calvo	20 July 1919	12 December 1919	Conservative
	Manuel Allendesalazar 1st time	12 December 1919	5 May 1920
	Eduardo Dato e Iradier 3rd time	5 May 1920	8 March 1921
	Gabino Bugallal Araújo Count of Bugallal Acting	8 March 1921	13 March 1921
	Manuel Allendesalazar 2nd time	13 March 1921	14 August 1921
	Antonio Maura y Montaner 5th time	14 August 1921	8 March 1922	Conservative (Concentration government)
	José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez	8 March 1922	7 December 1922	Conservative
	Manuel García Prieto Marquis of Alhucemas 5th time	7 December 1922	15 September 1923	Liberal-Democratic
	General Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja Army Captain General, Marquis of Estella and Ajdir Head of the Military Directory until 3 December 1925	15 September 1923	30 January 1930	Military Dictatorship
	Dámaso Berenguer Count of Xauén, Army General	30 January 1930	18 February 1931	Military "Dictablanda"
	Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas Navy Admiral	18 February 1931	14 April 1931

Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939)

Prime Ministers (Presidents of the Council of Ministers)

Political Persuasion:   No affiliation   Liberal conservative   Social democrat   Liberal progressive   Centrist   Military

Picture		Name	From	Until	Political Party	Elected	Head of State (Term)
style="background:Template:Progressive Party (Spain)/meta/color;"|		Niceto Alcalá-Zamora	14 April 1931	14 October 1931	Liberal Republican Right Provisional Government	—	No formal Head of State
style="background:Template:Republican Action (Spain)/meta/color;"|		Manuel Azaña Díaz 1st time	14 October 1931	12 September 1933	Republican Action	1931	President Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1931–1936)
style="background:Template:Conservative Party (Spain)/meta/color;"|		Alejandro Lerroux García 1st time	12 September 1933	8 October 1933	Radical Republican	1933
style="background:Template:Conservative Party (Spain)/meta/color;"|		Diego Martínez Barrio	8 October 1933	16 December 1933
style="background:Template:Conservative Party (Spain)/meta/color;"|		Alejandro Lerroux García 2nd time	16 December 1933	28 April 1934
style="background:Template:Conservative Party (Spain)/meta/color;"|		Ricardo Samper e Ibáñez	28 April 1934	4 October 1934
style="background:Template:Conservative Party (Spain)/meta/color;"|		Alejandro Lerroux García 3rd time	4 October 1934	25 September 1935
		Joaquín Chapaprieta Torregrosa	25 September 1935	14 December 1935	Independent
		Manuel Portela Valladares	14 December 1935	19 February 1936	Independent
style="background:Template:Republican Action (Spain)/meta/color;"|		Manuel Azaña Díaz 2nd time	19 February 1936	10 May 1936	Republican Left Popular Front coalition	1936
style="background:Template:Republican Action (Spain)/meta/color;"|		Augusto Barcía Trelles Acting	10 May 1936	13 May 1936			President Manuel Azaña (1936–1939)
style="background:Template:Republican Action (Spain)/meta/color;"|		Santiago Casares Quiroga	13 May 1936	19 July 1936
style="background:Template:Republican Action (Spain)/meta/color;"|		Diego Martínez Barrio Acting	19 July 1936		Republican Union Popular Front coalition
style="background:Template:Republican Action (Spain)/meta/color;"|		José Giral Pereira	19 July 1936	4 September 1936	Republican Left Popular Front coalition
style="background:Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color;"|		Francisco Largo Caballero	4 September 1936	17 May 1937	Socialist Popular Front coalition
style="background:Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color;"|	File:Juan negrin.gif	Juan Negrín López	17 May 1937	1 April 1939

Spanish Republican government in exile (1939–1977)

Prime Ministers in exile

• Juan Negrín López (4 March 1939 – 17 August 1945)
• José Giral Pereyra (17 August 1945 – 9 February 1947)
• Rodolfo Llopis Ferrándiz (9 February 1947 – 8 August 1947)
• Álvaro de Albornoz y Liminiana (8 August 1947 – 13 August 1951)
• Félix Gordón Ordás (13 August 1951 – 9 May 1960)
• Emilio Herrera Linares (9 May 1960 – 28 February 1962)
• Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz y Menduiña (28 February 1962 – 28 February 1971)
• Fernando Valera Aparicio (28 February 1971 – 23 July 1977)

Francoist Spain (1936–1975)

Parties

  Military   FET–JONS

Portrait		Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Political Party	Legislature	Head of State (Term)
			Took office	Left office	Days
	File:Cabanellas-ferrer.jpg	Miguel Cabanellas (1872–1938)	23 July 1936	1 October 1936	70	Military	Spanish Civil War	National Defense Board (1936)
			During the civil war, Cabanellas was named head of the National Defense Board of the Nationalist side, being the most senior Army general at the moment, in place of José Sanjurjo who had died in a plane crash on 20 July.
		Fidel Dávila Arrondo (1878–1962)	3 October 1936	3 June 1937	243	Military		Caudillo Francisco Franco (1936–1975)
			After his naming as Generalissimo Franco established the State Technical Board and placed Dávila Arrondo at its head, with the purpose of giving representation to the political forces supporting the Nationalist faction. During his rule he would take command of the Spanish North Army and would participate in the War in the North.
	File:Conde de Jordana.jpg	Francisco Gómez-Jordana (1876–1944)	3 June 1937	31 January 1938	242	Military
			He served briefly in the post for 7 months between June 1937 and January 1938. He would be name Vice President of the first Franco Government to be formed in 1938.
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Falange/meta/color;" |		Francisco Franco (1892–1975)	31 January 1938	1 April 1939	12912	Falange (FET–JONS) Military
1 April 1939			8 June 1973	Franco's dictatorship
Main article: Francoist Spain § Francoism Became de facto dictator after winning the Spanish Civil War to the Second Spanish Republic, and was to rule Spain for 36 years until his death. He established an autocratic dictatorship and installed himself as head of state and government, with just one legal political party, the Phalanx. His early rule was characterized by harsh repression, though it began to grow less violent as time passed. On economic policy, it is to be noted the appointment of technocrats in 1959 to the government which, adopting a free market policy, resulted in the Spanish Miracle of the 1960s. His late rule was characterized by his own illness due to age, and the subsequent succession crisis that ensued as a result of his expected, imminent death. In 1969 he named Prince Juan Carlos de Bourbon as his heir apparent, with the title Prince of Spain. Franco died on 20 November 1975.
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Falange/meta/color;" |		Luis Carrero Blanco (1904–1973)	9 June 1973		20 December 1973†	194	Falange (FET–JONS) Military
He was named to the post by an ailing Franco in a move that was regarded to be intended to clear Franco's succession. He was assassinated by members of the group ETA only 6 months into office.
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Falange/meta/color;" |	File:Torcuato Fernández-Miranda.jpg	Torcuato Fernández-Miranda (1915–1980)	20 December 1973		31 December 1973	11	Falange (FET–JONS)
Served as interim Prime Minister for a few days after the assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco.
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Falange/meta/color;" |		Carlos Arias Navarro (1908–1989)	31 December 1973		20 November 1975	913	Falange (FET–JONS)
20 November 1975			1 July 1976	Transition period	King Juan Carlos I (1975–2014)
He was appointed to the office as a result of the assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco, after the interim premiership of Torcuato Fernández-Miranda. Contrary to political liberalization, he had to manage events such as the political outcry result from the garroting of Catalan anarchist Salvador Puig Antich and the Green March (1975), which displayed his weaknesses and eroded his authority. After Franco's death in 1975, his successor, King Juan Carlos I, instructed him to enact the first reforms for the regime's opening towards democracy. However, contrary to any change, he tried to continue Franco's late policies, resulting in a power struggle with the King that ended with his resignation.
		Fernando de Santiago y Díaz (1910–1994)	1 July 1976			3 July 1976	2	Military
			Served as interim Prime Minister for a few days after the resignation of Carlos Arias Navarro.

Modern democratic Spain (since 1975)

Prime Ministers (Presidents of the Government)

Parties

  UCD   PSOE   PP   Independent

Portrait		Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Political Party	Government	Legislature	Head of State (Term)
			Took office	Left office	Days
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:white;" |		Adolfo Suárez (1932–2014)	3 July 1976	13 July 1977	1698	Independent	Suárez I	Transition	King Juan Carlos I (1975–2014)
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;" |			13 July 1977	30 March 1979		UCD Union of the Democratic Centre	Suárez II	Const. (1977)
30 March 1979			25 February 1981	Suárez III			I (1979)
Appointed in 1976 by King Juan Carlos I after Arias Navarro's resignation, in 1977 he became the first democratically-elected PM in 40 years. His Political Reform Law allowed the country to steadily turn to a democracy from Franco's dictatorship system. Under his tenure the Spanish Constitution of 1978 was approved. He, however, had to deal with an economical downturn and an increase of political pressure on him after an attempted censure motion revealed his isolation in parliament. In 1981, he resigned as Prime Minister due to internal crisis, struggle and lack of support within his own party.
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;" |		Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo (1926–2008)	25 February 1981	2 December 1982	645	UCD Union of the Democratic Centre	Sotelo	I ( ···· )
He replaced Adolfo Suárez after his resignation. During his investiture voting in Congress on 23 February 1981, an attempted coup d'état was staged by the military, but failed and ended the following day. His short tenure saw the break up of his party, the UCD, culminating in a heavy defeat in the elections of 1982 and later disappearance.
rowspan=5 style="background:Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color; color:white;" |		Felipe González (1942–)	2 December 1982	24 July 1986	4902	PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	González I	II (1982)
24 July 1986			5 December 1989	González II			III (1986)
5 December 1989			9 July 1993	González III			IV (1989)
9 July 1993			4 May 1996	González IV			V (1993)
His thirteen-year term in office remains the longest serving period of an elected Spanish PM to date. During his successive governments Spain, the country was modernized, abortion was legalized, the education system was reorganized and the welfare state was established. The economy saw a liberalization and deregulation during this period, as well as a restructuring of the industrial sector. He also oversaw the first large-scale general strike against a sitting government in Spain since the transition (1988). In foreign policy, Spain became a member of the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1986, which eventually transformed into the European Union (EU) and signed the Maastricht Treaty (1992). When the PSOE did not gain a majority in the elections of 1993, González was forced to ally with CiU in order to maintain a workable majority, alliance which lasted until late 1995. The late years of his tenure were marked by the 1993 economic crisis and the eruption of corruption scandals such as his party's illegal financing scandal (Filesa) or the GAL.
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;" |		José María Aznar (1953–)	4 May 1996	26 April 2000	2904	PP People's Party	Aznar I	VI (1996)
26 April 2000			16 April 2004	Aznar II			VII (2000)
Aznar's tenure saw a period of economic recovery and growth, during which his government privatized a number of public enterprises. His government's actions include the abolition of the compulsory military service, the 1998 Land Law, banning of a number of political organizations related to ETA, the reform of university studies by decree or the application of a National Hydrological Plan, among others. One his most significant achievements in foreign policy was having Spain join the European single currency. He managed the 2002 Perejil Island crisis, as well as the commitment of troops to the war of Afghanistan, followed by controversial moves such as a reform of unemployment benefits resulting in the 2002 general strike, the management of the Prestige incident, the decision to enter the Iraq War and the handling of the 2004 Madrid train bombings crisis.
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color; color:white;" |		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (1960–)	16 April 2004	11 April 2008	2804	PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	Zapatero I	VIII (2004)
11 April 2008			20 December 2011	Zapatero II			IX (2008)
As PM, Zapatero pursued a policy of social issues, such as the legalisation of same-sex marriage or the adoption of a new, less-restrictive abortion law. Other political decisions, such as the withdrawal of troops from Iraq or peace talks with ETA also characterized his first term in office. His second term was marked by a particularly harsh economic and financial crisis, resulting in high unemployment rates and a large budget deficit, forcing Zapatero to adopt a series of austerity reforms, such as an overhaul of the labor market and the raising of the retirement age from 65 to 67, which cost him a general strike in 2010. The end of his tenure saw ETA announcing a "permanent end of armed activity", after years of police actions had weakened the group's ability to act.
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:People's Party (Spain)/meta/color; color:white;" |	File:Mariano Rajoy 2012 (cropped).JPG	Mariano Rajoy (1955–)	20 December 2011	Incumbent	4596	PP People's Party	Rajoy	X (2011)
Acceding the office of PM at the age of 56, Mariano Rajoy is the oldest person to be democratically elected to the post. His tenure has been marked by the 2008–14 Spanish financial crisis and the application of harsh austerity measures and spending cuts, as well as the adoption of a new labor law reform in early 2012 which resulted in 2 general strikes that year. The eruption of a major party illegal financing scandal involving senior party officials has further eroded his government's popularity. During his tenure, he has seen the Catalan question reaching the boiling point with support for independence soaring in the region, as well as the abdication of King Juan Carlos I.						King Felipe VI (2014–)

Living former Prime Ministers

There are three living former Spanish Prime Ministers:

• 
  Felipe González
  (born 1942) served 1982–1996
• 
  José María Aznar
  (born 1953) served 1996–2004
• 
  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero OIC
  (born 1960) served 2004–2011

The most recent former prime minister to die was Adolfo Suárez on 23 March 2014, aged 81.

See also

• Prime Minister of Spain
• List of Spanish monarchs
• List of heads of state of Spain
• President of the Republic (Spain)
• List of Spanish regents