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.

Kingdom of Spain (1705–1873)

Secretaries of the Universal Bureau

Picture	Name	From	Until	Monarch (Reign)
	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)
	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 de Orendáin y Azpilicueta Marquis of La Paz (2nd time)	1 October 1726	21 November 1734

First Secretaries of State

Picture	Name	From	Until	Monarch (Reign)
	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 First Secretary of State	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 First Secretary of State until 6 September 1798	30 March 1798	21 February 1799
	Mariano Luis de Urquijo y Muga Acting First Secretary of State	12 February 1799	13 December 1799
	Pedro Cevallos Guerra (1st time)	13 December 1799	3 March 1808
	Gonzalo O'Farrill y Herrera Acting First Secretary of State	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 First Secretary of State	10 October 1813	17 October 1813
	Fernando de Laserna Acting First Secretary of State	17 October 1813	3 December 1813
	José Luyando Acting First Secretary of State	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 First Secretary of State	14 September 1818	12 June 1819
	Manuel González Salmón y Gómez de Torres Acting First Secretary of State	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 First Secretary of State	18 March 1820
	Evaristo Pérez de Castro y Brito	18 March 1820	2 March 1821
	Joaquín Anduaga Cuenca Acting First Secretary of State	2 March 1821	23 April 1821
	Francisco de Paula Escudero Acting First Secretary of State	23 April 1821
	Eusebio Bardají y Azara	23 April 1821	8 January 1822
	Ramón López Pelegrín Acting First Secretary of State	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 First Secretary of State	30 January 1822	28 February 1822
	Francisco Martínez de la Rosa	28 February 1822	5 August 1822
	Evaristo Fernández San Miguel y Valledor Acting First Secretary of State from 28 February 1822	5 August 1822	25 April 1823
	José Manuel Vadillo Acting First Secretary of State	25 April 1823	7 May 1823
	Santiago Usoz y Mozi Acting First Secretary of State	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 First Secretary of State	29 August 1823	4 September 1823
	Juan Antonio Yandiola Garay Acting First Secretary of State	4 September 1823	6 September 1823
	José Luyando (2nd time)	6 September 1823	1 October 1823
	Víctor Damián Sáez y Sánchez-Mayor Acting First Secretary of State 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 First Secretary of State	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 First Secretary of State until 15 October 1830	19 August 1826	20 January 1832
	Francisco Tadeo Calomarde y Arría Acting First Secretary of State	20 January 1832	22 February 1832
	Antonio de Saavedra y Frígola, conde de Alcudia Acting First Secretary of State	22 February 1832	1 October 1832
	José Cafranga Costilla Acting First Secretary of State	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:   Moderate   Progressive   Liberal Union   Radical Democratic

Portrait		Name	Term of office		Political Party	Government	Monarch (Reign)
		Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo	15 January 1834	7 June 1835	Moderate Royalist	Martínez de la Rosa	Queen Dowager Maria Christina Regent for Queen Isabella II (1833–1840)
		José María Queipo de Llano Ruiz de Saravia, 7th Count of Toreno	7 June 1835	14 September 1835		Toreno
		Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel (rejected his nomination, staying as the Spanish ambassador in London.)	14 September 1835	25 September 1835	Progressive	Álava
		Juan Álvarez Mendizábal	25 September 1835	15 May 1836		Mendizábal
		Francisco Javier Isturiz y Montero (1st time)	15 May 1836	14 August 1836	Moderate	Isturiz I
		José María Calatrava y Peinado	14 August 1836	18 August 1837	Progressive	Calatrava
		Baldomero Espartero, Count of Luchana (1st time)	18 August 1837	18 October 1837		Espartero I
		Eusebio Bardají y Azara	18 October 1837	16 December 1837	Moderate	Bardají
		Narciso de Heredia y Begines de los Ríos, Count of Ofalia	16 December 1837	6 September 1838		Heredia
		Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 14th Duke of Frías	6 September 1838	9 December 1838		Frías
		Isidro de Alaix Fábregas Acting Prime Minister	9 December 1838	3 February 1839		—
		Evaristo Pérez de Castro y Brito	(9 December 1838) 3 February 1839	18 July 1840		Pérez de Castro
		Antonio González y González (1st time)	20 July 1840	12 August 1840	Progressive	González I
		Valentín Ferraz y Barrau	12 August 1840	28 August 1840		Ferraz
		Modesto Cortázar Acting Prime Minister	29 August 1840	11 September 1840		—
		Vicente Sancho y Cobertores	11 September 1840	16 September 1840		Sancho
		Baldomero Espartero, Duke of la Victoria (2nd time)	16 September 1840	10 May 1841	Progressive	Espartero II	Baldomero Espartero Regent for Queen Isabella II (1840–1843)
		Joaquín María de Ferrer y Cafranga	10 May 1841	20 May 1841		Ferrer
		Antonio González y González (2nd time)	20 May 1841	17 June 1842		González II
		José Ramón Rodil y Campillo, Marquis of Rodil	17 June 1842	9 May 1843		Rodil
		Joaquín María López y López (1st time)	9 May 1843	19 May 1843		López I
		Álvaro Gómez Becerra	19 May 1843	23 July 1843		Gómez Becerra
		Joaquín María López y López (2nd time)	23 July 1843	20 November 1843		López II	Queen Isabella II (1833/1843–1868)
		Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz	20 November 1843	5 December 1843		Olózaga
		Luis González-Bravo y López de Arjona (1st time)	5 December 1843	3 May 1844	Moderate	González-Bravo
		Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia (1st time)	3 May 1844	12 February 1846	Moderate	Década Moderada
		Manuel de Pando, 6th Marquis of Miraflores (1st time)	12 February 1846	16 March 1846
		Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia (2nd time)	16 March 1846	5 April 1846
		Francisco Javier Isturiz y Montero (2nd time)	5 April 1846	28 January 1847
		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, 1st 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, 1st 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, 1st Count of San Luis	19 September 1853	17 July 1854
		Fernando Fernández de Córdova	17 July 1854	18 July 1854
		Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas	18 July 1854	19 July 1854
		Baldomero Espartero, Duke of la Victoria (3rd time)	19 July 1854	14 July 1856	Progressive	Bienio progresista
		Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris (1st time)	14 July 1856	12 October 1856	Liberal Union	O'Donnell I
		Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia (5th time)	12 October 1856	15 October 1857	Moderate	Narváez V
		Francisco Armero y Peñaranda, 1st Marquis of Nervión	15 October 1857	14 January 1858		Nervión
		Francisco Javier Isturiz y Montero (3rd time)	14 January 1858	30 June 1858		Isturiz III
		Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris (2nd time)	30 June 1858	2 March 1863	Liberal Union	O'Donnell II O'Donnell III
		Manuel de Pando, 6th Marquis of Miraflores (2nd time)	2 March 1863	17 January 1864	Moderate	Miraflores II
		Lorenzo Arrazola y García	17 January 1864	1 March 1864		Arrazola
		Alejandro Mon y Menéndez	1 March 1864	16 September 1864	Moderate	Mon
		Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia (6th time)	16 September 1864	21 June 1865	Moderate	Narváez VI
		Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris (3rd time)	21 June 1865	10 July 1866	Liberal Union	O'Donnell IV
		Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia (7th time)	10 July 1866	23 April 1868	Moderate	Narváez VII
		Luis González-Bravo y López de Arjona (2nd time)	23 April 1868	19 September 1868	Moderate	González-Bravo II
		José Gutiérrez de la Concha, 1st Marquis of Havana	19 September 1868	30 September 1868	Moderate	Havana
		Pascual Madoz Ibáñez Acting Prime Minister	30 September 1868	3 October 1868	Progressive	—	No formal Head of State
		Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, 1st Duke of La Torre (1st time)	3 October 1868	18 June 1869	Liberal Union	Serrano I
		General Juan Prim y Prats, 1st Marquis of Los Castillejos	18 June 1869	27 December 1870 (assassinated: died 30 December 1870)	Progressist Liberal	Prim	Regent Francisco Serrano y Domínguez (1869–1870)
		Juan Bautista Topete y Carballo Acting Prime Minister	27 December 1870	4 January 1871	Liberal Union	—	King Amadeo (1870–1873)
		Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, 1st Duke of La Torre (2nd time)	4 January 1871	24 July 1871		Serrano II
		Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla (1st time)	24 July 1871	5 October 1871	Radical Democratic Party	Ruiz Zorrilla I
		José Malcampo y Monge, 3rd Marquis of San Rafael	5 October 1871	21 December 1871	Democratic	Malcampo
		Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1st time)	12 December 1871	26 May 1872	Progressist Liberal	Sagasta I
		Juan Bautista Topete y Carballo Acting Prime Minister	26 May 1872	4 June 1872	Liberal Union	—
		Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, 1st Duke of La Torre (3rd time)	4 June 1872	13 June 1872		Serrano III
		Fernando Fernández de Córdova, 2nd Marquis of Mendigorría Acting Prime Minister	13 June 1872	16 June 1872	Radical Democratic Party	—
		Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla (2nd time)	16 June 1872	12 February 1873	Radical Democratic Party	Ruiz Zorrilla II

First Spanish Republic (1873–1874)

Prime Ministers (Presidents of the Provisional Government)

Political Persuasion:   Federal Republican   Conservative faction   Constitutional

Portrait		Name	Term of office		Political Party	Government	Head of State (Term)
		Estanislao Figueras y Moragas	12 February 1873	11 June 1873	Democratic Federal Republican Party	Figueras	Prime Minister was also Head of State
		Francesc Pi i Margall	11 June 1873	18 July 1873		Pi i Margall
		Nicolás Salmerón Alonso	18 July 1873	7 September 1873		Salmerón
		Emilio Castelar y Ripoll	7 September 1873	4 January 1874		Castelar
		Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, 1st Duke of La Torre (4th time)	4 January 1874	26 February 1874	Conservative faction	Conservative republican dictatorship
		Juan de Zavala y de la Puente, 1st Marquis of Sierra Bullones	26 February 1874	3 September 1874
		Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (2nd time)	3 September 1874	30 December 1874	Constitutional Party	Sagasta II

Restoration Spain (1874–1931)

Parties

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party	Government	Legislature	Monarch (Reign)
			Took office	Left office	Days
		Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828–1897)	31 December 1874	10 January 1875	255	Alfonsine Party	Ministry-Regency	——	——
			10 January 1875	12 September 1875		Cánovas I	——	King Alfonso XII (1874–1885)
			First time. President of the Minister-Regency until King Alfonso XII's return from exile.
		Joaquín Jovellar (1819–1892)	12 September 1875	3 December 1875	82	Alfonsine Party	Jovellar	——
			Named to the post to organize the 1876 election.
		Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828–1897)	3 December 1875	15 February 1876	1191	Conservative Party	Cánovas II	——
			15 February 1876	8 March 1879		I (1876)
			Second time. Spanish Constitution of 1876. End of Third Carlist War. 1877 Electoral Law. 1878 Pact of Zanjón; end of Ten Years' War. 1878 Electoral Law.
		Arsenio Martínez Campos (1831–1900)	8 March 1879	1 June 1879	278	Conservative Party	Martínez Campos	I (——)
			1 June 1879	11 December 1879		II (1879)
			Proposed for the post by Cánovas del Castillo.
		Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828–1897)	11 December 1879	10 February 1881	427	Conservative Party	Cánovas III	II (——)
			Third time. Build up of Restoration system of turnismo.
		Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1825–1903)	10 February 1881	20 September 1881	976	Liberal Party	Sagasta I	II (——)
			20 September 1881	14 October 1883		III (1881)
			First time under Restoration system; third overall. First turno PM. 1882 Electoral Law. Advances in press freedom and labour movement claims.
		José Posada Herrera (1814–1885)	14 October 1883	20 January 1884	98	Dynastic Left	Posada	III (——)
			Resigned due to opposition from Sagasta's supporters.
		Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828–1897)	20 January 1884	20 May 1884	678	Conservative Party	Cánovas IV	III (——)
			20 May 1884	28 November 1885		IV (1884)
			Fourth time. Start of 1885 Caroline Crisis. 1885 Pact of El Pardo and subsequent death of King Alfonso XII.
		Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1825–1903)	28 November 1885	10 May 1886	1683	Liberal Party	Sagasta II	IV (——)	Queen Dowager Maria Christina Regent for King Alfonso XIII (1886–1902)
			10 May 1886	16 June 1888		V (1886)
			16 June 1888	12 December 1888			Sagasta III
			12 December 1888	22 January 1890			Sagasta IV
			22 January 1890	8 July 1890			Sagasta V
			Second time under Restoration system; fourth overall. Longest Restoration Legislature. End of 1885 Caroline Crisis. Abolition of slavery in Cuba. 1887 Law regulating right of association; legalization of trade unions. 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition. 1889 amnesty law for electoral crimes. 1890 Electoral Law.
		Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828–1897)	8 July 1890	2 March 1891	889	Conservative Party	Cánovas V	V (——)
			2 March 1891	24 November 1891		VI (1891)
			24 November 1891	13 December 1892			Cánovas VI
			Fifth time. Weyler campaign in Mindanao. Resigned after Silvela's rebellion.
		Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1825–1903)	13 December 1892	5 April 1893	831	Liberal Party	Sagasta VI	VI (——)
			5 April 1893	13 March 1894		VII (1893)
			13 March 1894	5 November 1894			Sagasta VII
			5 November 1894	24 March 1895			Sagasta VIII
			Third time under Restoration system; fifth overall. Start of Cuban War of Independence.
		Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828–1897)	24 March 1895	11 May 1896	868	Conservative Party	Cánovas VII	VII (——)
			11 May 1896	8 August 1897†		VIII (1896)
			Sixth time. 1896 Corpus procession bombing. Assassinated by Italian anarchist Michele Angiolillo.
		Marcelo Azcárraga (1832–1915)	8 August 1897	22 August 1897	58	Conservative Party	Cánovas VIII (interim)	VIII (——)
			22 August 1897	5 October 1897		Azcárraga I
			First time. Served as interim PM after Cánovas' assassination. Appointed officeholder as provisional PM on 22 August 1897.
		Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1825–1903)	5 October 1897	21 May 1898	518	Liberal Party	Sagasta IX	VIII (——)
			21 May 1898	7 March 1899		Sagasta X	IX (1898)
			Fourth time under Restoration system; sixth overall. Spanish–American War; 1898 Treaty of Paris. 1899 German–Spanish Treaty.
		Francisco Silvela (1843–1905)	7 March 1899	2 June 1899	596	Conservative Party	Silvela I	IX (——)
			2 June 1899	19 April 1900		X (1899)
			19 April 1900	24 October 1900			Silvela II
			First time. Regenerationist reforms. Issues with Public Treasury leading to government's downfall.
		Marcelo Azcárraga (1832–1915)	24 October 1900	7 March 1901	134	Conservative Party	Azcárraga II	X (——)
			Second time. Named to the post to organize the 1901 election.
		Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1825–1903)	7 March 1901	11 June 1901	643	Liberal Party	Sagasta XI	X (——)
			11 June 1901	20 March 1902		XI (1901)
			20 March 1902	17 May 1902			Sagasta XII
			17 May 1902	20 November 1902			Sagasta XIII	King Alfonso XIII (1886/1902–1931)
			20 November 1902	10 December 1902			Sagasta XIV
			Fifth time under Restoration system; seventh overall.
		Francisco Silvela (1843–1905)	10 December 1902	18 May 1903	223	Conservative Party	Silvela III	XI (——)
			18 May 1903	21 July 1903		XII (1903)
			Second time. Retirement from politics.
		Raimundo Fernández Villaverde (1848–1905)	21 July 1903	8 December 1903	140	Conservative Party	Villaverde I	XII (——)
			First time.
		Antonio Maura (1853–1925)	8 December 1903	17 December 1904	375	Conservative Party	Maura I	XII (——)
			First time. 1904 assassination attempt.
		Marcelo Azcárraga (1832–1915)	17 December 1904	28 January 1905	42	Conservative Party	Azcárraga III	XII (——)
			Third time.
		Raimundo Fernández Villaverde (1848–1905)	28 January 1905	24 June 1905	147	Conservative Party	Villaverde II	XII (——)
			Second time.
		Eugenio Montero Ríos (1832–1914)	24 June 1905	1 November 1905	162	Liberal Party	Montero I	XII (——)
			1 November 1905	3 December 1905		Montero II	XIII (1905)
			¡Cu-Cut! incident. King Alfonso XIII's lack of support on Montero's stance against the military prompted his resignation.
		Segismundo Moret (1833–1913)	3 December 1905	7 July 1906	216	Liberal Party	Moret I	XIII (——)
			First time. 1906 Jurisdiction Law. 1906 assassination attempt on King Alfonso XIII leading to his resignation.
		José López Domínguez (1829–1911)	7 July 1906	1 December 1906	147	Liberal Party	López Dominguez	XIII (——)
			After a little over four months into office, Moret forced his resignation.
		Segismundo Moret (1833–1913)	1 December 1906	5 December 1906	4	Liberal Party	Moret II	XIII (——)
			Second time. Papelito crisis; Subject to censure vote that led to his resignation.
		Antonio González de Aguilar (1824–1908)	5 December 1906	26 January 1907	52	Liberal Party	Aguilar	XIII (——)
			1907 budget.
		Antonio Maura (1853–1925)	26 January 1907	13 May 1907	1000	Conservative Party	Maura II	XIII (——)
			13 May 1907	22 October 1909		XIV (1907)
			Second time. "Long Government". 1907 Electoral Law. National Insurance Institute. Second Melillan campaign (1909). 1909 Tragic Week.
		Segismundo Moret (1833–1913)	22 October 1909	10 February 1910	111	Liberal Party	Moret III	XIV (——)
			Third time.
		José Canalejas (1854–1912)	10 February 1910	15 June 1910	1006	Liberal Party	Canalejas I	XIV (——)
			15 June 1910	3 January 1911		XV (1910)
			3 January 1911	4 April 1911			Canalejas II
			4 April 1911	12 November 1912†			Canalejas III
			Establishment of compulsory military service. 1910 limiting of religious congregation establishments by "Padlock Law". 1912 Spanish railway strike. Assassinated by Spanish anarchist Manuel Pardiñas.
		Manuel García Prieto (1859–1938)	12 November 1912	15 November 1912	3	Liberal Party	Canalejas III (interim)	XV (——)
			First time. Served as interim PM after Canalejas' assassination.
		Álvaro Figueroa (1863–1950)	15 November 1912	1 January 1913	347	Liberal Party	Figueroa I	XV (——)
			1 January 1913	28 October 1913		Figueroa II
			First time. 1912 French–Spanish Treaty; Spanish protectorate in Morocco.
		Eduardo Dato (1856–1921)	28 October 1913	2 April 1914	773	Conservative Party	Dato I	XV (——)
			2 April 1914	10 December 1915		XVI (1914)
			First time. Establishment of Catalan Management Community in 1913. Breakout of First World War in Europe.
		Álvaro Figueroa (1863–1950)	10 December 1915	10 May 1916	497	Liberal Party	Figueroa III	XVI (——)
			10 May 1916	20 April 1917		XVII (1916)
			Second time.
		Manuel García Prieto (1859–1938)	20 April 1917	12 June 1917	53	Liberal Democratic Party	García Prieto I	XVII (——)
			Second time.
		Eduardo Dato (1856–1921)	12 June 1917	4 November 1917	145	Conservative Party	Dato II	XVII (——)
			Second time. Spanish Crisis of 1917.
		Manuel García Prieto (1859–1938)	4 November 1917	23 March 1918	139	Liberal Democratic Party	García Prieto II	XVII (——)
			Third time.
		Antonio Maura (1853–1925)	23 March 1918	10 November 1918	232	Conservative Party	Maura III	XVIII (1918)
			Third time.
		Manuel García Prieto (1859–1938)	10 November 1918	6 December 1918	26	Liberal Democratic Party	García Prieto III	XVIII (——)
			Fourth time.
		Álvaro Figueroa (1863–1950)	6 December 1918	16 April 1919	131	Liberal Party	Figueroa IV	XVIII (——)
			Third time.
		Antonio Maura (1853–1925)	16 April 1919	21 July 1919	96	Conservative Party	Maura IV	XVIII (——)
			Fourth time.
		Joaquín Sánchez de Toca (1852–1942)	21 July 1919	13 December 1919	145	Conservative Party	Sánchez de Toca	XIX (1919)
			Tasked with forming a government after Maura's failure to form a national unity cabinet.
		Manuel Allendesalazar (1856–1923)	13 December 1919	6 May 1920	145	Conservative Party	Allendesalazar I	XIX (——)
			First time.
		Eduardo Dato (1856–1921)	6 May 1920	4 January 1921	306	Conservative Party	Dato III	XIX (——)
			4 January 1921	8 March 1921†		XX (1920)
			Third time. Start of Rif War. Assassinated by Spanish anarchist Pedro Mateu.
		Gabino Bugallal (1861–1932)	8 March 1921	14 March 1921	6	Conservative Party	Dato III (interim)	XX (——)
			Served as interim PM after Dato's assassination.
		Manuel Allendesalazar (1856–1923)	14 March 1921	15 August 1921	154	Conservative Party	Allendesalazar II	XX (——)
			Second time. 1921 Disaster of Annual.
		Antonio Maura (1853–1925)	15 August 1921	9 March 1922	206	Conservative Party	Maura V	XX (——)
			Fifth time.
		José Sánchez-Guerra (1859–1935)	9 March 1922	8 December 1922	274	Conservative Party	Sánchez-Guerra	XX (——)
			Picasso report.
		Manuel García Prieto (1859–1938)	8 December 1922	23 May 1923	282	Liberal Democratic Party	García Prieto IV	XX (——)
			23 May 1923	16 September 1923		XXI (1923)
			Fifth time. 1923 Primo de Rivera's coup d'etat.
		Miguel Primo de Rivera (1870–1930)	16 September 1923	4 December 1925	2329	Spanish Patriotic Union	Military Directory	Directory
			4 December 1925	31 January 1930		Civil Directory
			Military dictatorship. 1925 Alhucemas landing. 1926 coup d'etat attempt. 1929 Ibero-American Exposition. 1929 Barcelona International Exposition. 1929 economic crisis.
		Dámaso Berenguer (1873–1953)	31 January 1930	19 February 1931	384	Military	Berenguer	——
			Dictablanda. 1930 Pact of San Sebastián. 1930 Jaca Uprising.
		Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas (1860–1933)	19 February 1931	14 April 1931	54	Military	Aznar-Cabañas	——
			Dictablanda. 1931 municipal elections. Establishment of Second Spanish Republic and a Provisional Government.

Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939)

Parties

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party	Government	Legislature	President (Term)
			Took office	Left office	Days
		Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1877–1949)	15 April 1931	15 October 1931	183	Liberal Republican Right	Alcalá-Zamora	Provisional	——
			President of the Provisional Government. Writing of the Spanish Constitution of 1931. 1931 Burning of Convents.
		Manuel Azaña (1880–1940)	15 October 1931	17 December 1931	699	Republican Action	Azaña I	Provisional
			17 December 1931	13 June 1933		Azaña II	I (1931)	Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1931–1936)
			13 June 1933	13 September 1933		Azaña III
			1931–33 "Reformist Biennium". Spanish Constitution of 1931 adopted. 1932 coup d'état attempt. 1932 Catalonia Statute of Autonomy. 1933 Casas Viejas incident. Extension of suffrage to women in 1933. 1933 Law Confessions and Religious Congregations Law. Growing parliamentary opposition resulted in his dismissal by President Alcalá-Zamora.
		Alejandro Lerroux (1864–1949)	13 September 1933	9 October 1933	26	Radical Republican Party	Lerroux I	I (——)
			Named to the post after Azaña's resignation. Resigned after failing to form a stable government.
		Diego Martínez Barrio (1883–1962)	9 October 1933	17 December 1933	69	Radical Republican Party	Martínez Barrio I	I (——)
			Named to the post to organize the 1933 election.
		Alejandro Lerroux (1864–1949)	17 December 1933	4 March 1934	133	Radical Republican Party	Lerroux II	II (1933)
			4 March 1934	29 April 1934		Lerroux III
			Start of the 1933–35 "Conservative Biennium". Elected to the post after reaching a parliamentary agreement with the Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right (CEDA). Resigned after Alcalá-Zamora's refusal to sign an amnesty decree for the military personnel involved in the 1932 coupt d'etat attempt.
		Ricardo Samper (1881–1938)	29 April 1934	5 October 1934	159	Radical Republican Party	Samper	II (——)
			Succeeded Lerroux after his resignation. Served for a few months before the CEDA withdrew support from him because of his perceived weakness to deal with social problems.
		Alejandro Lerroux (1864–1949)	5 October 1934	4 April 1935	356	Radical Republican Party	Lerroux IV	II (——)
			4 April 1935	7 May 1935		Lerroux V
			7 May 1935	26 September 1935		Lerroux VI
			CEDA's entry into the government. Revolution of 1934, 1934 Asturian miners' strike and Events of October the 6th. Suspension of the Catalonia Statute of Autonomy. Resigned because of the 1935 Straperlo scandal.
		Joaquín Chapaprieta (1871–1951)	26 September 1935	15 December 1935	80	Independent	Chapaprieta	II (——)
			Succeeded Lerroux. Served for a few months before resigning as a result of the CEDA and the PRR withdrawing support from the government.
		Manuel Portela Valladares (1867–1952)	15 December 1935	31 December 1936	67	Independent	Portela I	II (——)
			31 December 1935	20 February 1936			Portela II
			Named to the post to organize the 1936 election.
		Manuel Azaña (1880–1940)	20 February 1936	8 April 1936	81	Republican Left	Azaña IV	III (1936)
			8 April 1936	11 May 1936		Azaña V
			Elected to the post after the Popular Front victory in the 1936 election. Left the office to become President of the Republic.
		Augusto Barcía Trelles (1881–1961)	11 May 1936	13 May 1936	2	Republican Left	Azaña V (interim)	III (——)	Manuel Azaña (1936–1939)
			Interim PM after Azaña's resignation.
		Santiago Casares Quiroga (1884–1950)	13 May 1936	19 July 1936	67	Republican Left	Casares Quiroga	III (——)
			Spanish coup of July 1936. Start of 1936–39 Spanish Civil War and 1936–37 Spanish Revolution. Resigned after not being able to acknowledge the threat of the coup in time.
		Diego Martínez Barrio (1883–1962)	19 July 1936	20 July 1936	1	Republican Union	Martínez Barrio II	III (——)
			Named to the post in order to convince coup leaders to stand down their weapons and surrender. Resigned after realizing that civil war was inevitable.
		José Giral (1879–1962)	20 July 1936	5 September 1936	47	Republican Left	Giral	III (——)
			1936 Siege of the Alcázas and Extremaduran and Gipuzkoa campaigns.
		Francisco Largo Caballero (1869–1946)	5 September 1936	5 November 1936	255	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	Caballero I	III (——)
			5 November 1936	18 May 1937		Caballero II
			1936 Siege of Madrid. 1937 Battles of Jarama and Guadalajara, Biscay Campaign, start of the War in the North. 1937 May Days.
		Juan Negrín (1892–1956)	18 May 1937	6 April 1938	682	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	Negrín I	III (——)
			6 April 1938	31 March 1939		Negrín II
			August Crisis. 1937 Battles of Belchite and Brunete. 1937 Asturias and Zaragoza Offensives. 1937–38 Battle of Teruel. 1938 Aragon and Levante Offensives. Thirteenth Points of Negrín. 1938 Battle of the Ebro. 1938–39 Battle of the Segre. 1939 Catalonia and Final Offensives. Segismundo Casado's coup d'etat.
		José Miaja (1878–1958)	13 March 1939	28 March 1939	15	Military	National Defense Council	National Defense Council	José Miaja (1939)
			Took power after 1939 coup d'etat to negotiate a surrender with Franco. Republican faction surrender and end of the Civil War.

Spanish Republican government in exile (1939–1977)

• Juan Negrín (31 March 1939 – 17 August 1945), Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
• José Giral (17 August 1945 – 9 February 1947), Republican Left
• Rodolfo Llopis (9 February 1947 – 8 August 1947), Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
• Álvaro de Albornoz (8 August 1947 – 30 November 1930), Republican Union
• Felix Gordón (13 August 1951 – 17 April 1960), Republican Union
• Emilio Herrera (9 May 1960 – 28 February 1962), Independent
• Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz (28 February 1962 – 28 February 1971), Republican Union
• Fernando Valera (28 February 1971 – 21 June 1977), Republican Union

Francoist Spain (1936–1975)

Parties

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party	Government	Legislature	Head of State (Term)
			Took office	Left office	Days
		Miguel Cabanellas (1872–1938)	25 July 1936	30 September 1936	67	Military	National Defense Junta	——	——
			Named President of the National Defence Junta of the Nationalist side during the Civil War.
		Francisco Franco (1892–1975)	30 September 1936	31 January 1938	13401	Falange	State Technical Junta	National Council of the Movement	Caudillo Francisco Franco (1936–1975)
			31 January 1938	11 August 1939		Franco I
			11 August 1939	20 May 1941		Franco II
			20 May 1941	4 September 1942		Franco III
			4 September 1942	21 July 1945		Franco IV	I (1943) II (1946) III (1949) IV (1952) V (1955) VI (1958) VII (1961) VIII (1964) IX (1967) X (1971)
			21 July 1945	20 July 1951		Franco V
			20 July 1951	16 February 1956		Franco VI
			16 February 1956	26 February 1957		Franco VII
			26 February 1957	11 July 1962		Franco VIII
			11 July 1962	8 July 1965		Franco IX
			8 July 1965	22 September 1967		Franco X
			22 September 1967	30 October 1969		Franco XI
			30 October 1969	9 June 1973		Franco XII
			Spanish Civil War: defeated the Republicans in 1939, established Francoist Spain. Establishment of an autocratic one-party military dictatorship. White Terror. Fundamental Laws of the Realm. Spanish Miracle 1959–74. Named Prince Juan Carlos de Bourbon as heir apparent in 1969. Franco died on 20 November 1975.
		Luis Carrero Blanco (1904–1973)	9 June 1973	20 December 1973†	194	Falange	Carrero	X (——)
			Assassinated by ETA members only 6 months into office.
		Torcuato Fernández-Miranda (1915–1980)	20 December 1973	31 December 1973	11	Falange	Carrero (interim)	X (——)
			Served as interim PM after Carrero Blanco's assassination.
		Carlos Arias Navarro (1908–1989)	31 December 1973	11 March 1975	711	Falange	Arias I	X (——)
			11 March 1975	12 December 1975		Arias II
			Appointed to the office as a result of the assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco, Contrary to political liberalization. Garroting of Catalan anarchist Salvador Puig Antich. Green March (1975).

Kingdom of Spain (1975–present)

Parties

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party	Government	Legislature	Monarch (Reign)
			Took office	Left office	Days
		Carlos Arias Navarro (1908–1989)	12 December 1975	2 July 1976	203	Falange	Arias III	——	King Juan Carlos I (1975–2014)
			Instructed by King Juan Carlos I to enact reforms for the regime's opening towards democracy after Franco's death in 1975. Contrary to any change, resigned as a result of a power struggle with the King over political reform.
		Fernando de Santiago (1910–1994)	2 July 1976	5 July 1976	3	Military	Arias III (interim)	——
			Served as interim PM after Arias Navarro's resignation.
		Adolfo Suárez (1932–2014)	5 July 1976	5 July 1977	1697	Falange	Suárez I	——
			5 July 1977	2 April 1979		Union of the Democratic Centre	Suárez II	Constituent (1977)
			2 April 1979	26 February 1981		Suárez III	I (1979)
			Appointed in 1976 by King Juan Carlos I after Arias Navarro's resignation. Led Spain through the country's transition to democracy. 1976 political reform referendum. 1977 Massacre of Atocha. Legalization of the PCE. In 1977 became the first democratically-elected PM in 40 years. 1978 Moncloa Pact. 1978 constitutional referendum; Spanish Constitution of 1978 adopted. Early 1980s recession. 1980 unsuccessful censure motion. Resigned due to loss of party support.
		Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo (1926–2008)	26 February 1981	2 December 1982	644	Union of the Democratic Centre	Calvo-Sotelo	I (——)
			Succeeded Suárez mid-term. 1981 failed coup d'état (23-F) during investiture. Legalization of divorce in 1981. Spain's entry into NATO (1981). Change of national flag. Disintegration of UCD. 1982 coup d'état attempt.
		Felipe González (b. 1942)	2 December 1982	24 July 1986	4903	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	González I	II (1982)
			24 July 1986	6 December 1989		González II	III (1986)
			6 December 1989	10 July 1993		González III	IV (1989)
			10 July 1993	5 May 1996		González IV	V (1993)
			Four consecutive terms. Longest-serving democratically-elected Spanish PM. Legalization of abortion in 1985. 1985 El Descanso bombing. Reorganization of education system. Establishment of welfare state. Spanish NATO membership referendum, 1986. Spain EEC membership. 1987 unsuccessful censure motion. 1987 Hipercor bombing. 1988 Spanish general strike. Legalization of private TV channels. Signing of 1992 Maastricht Treaty. 1992 Barcelona Olympics and Seville Expo '92. 1993 economic crisis. Signing of 1993 EEA Agreement. 1995 Toledo Pact. Mid–1990s PSOE corruption scandals (Filesa, Luis Roldán, GAL).
		José María Aznar (b. 1953)	5 May 1996	27 April 2000	2904	People's Party	Aznar I	VI (1996)
			27 April 2000	17 April 2004		Aznar II	VII (2000)
			Two consecutive terms. 1996 reform on CCAA financing. 1997 economic boom. Privatization of public enterprises. Spain adoption of the euro. 1998 Land Law. ETA's 1998–99 ceasefire declaration. Abolition of the compulsory military service in 2001. National Hydrological Plan proposal. 2002 Political Parties Law and subsequent banning of Batasuna. Attempt of unemployment benefits' reform resulting in the 2002 general strike. 2002 Perejil Island crisis. 2002 Prestige oil spill. Intervention in the 2003 Iraq War and anti-war protests. Yak-42 air flight accident. 2004 Madrid train bombings (11-M).
		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (b. 1960)	17 April 2004	12 April 2008	2804	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	Zapatero I	VIII (2004)
			12 April 2008	21 December 2011		Zapatero II	IX (2008)
			Two consecutive terms. Spanish withdrawal from Iraq. Legalization of same-sex marriage in 2005. 2005 European Constitution referendum. ETA's 2006 ceasefire declaration. 2006 Catalonia Statute of Autonomy. 2006 Madrid–Barajas Airport bombing. Signing of 2007 Lisbon Treaty. Approval of less restrictive abortion law in 2010. 2008–11 Spanish financial crisis. Birth of 15-M Movement. PSOE swept away from nearly all its historical strongholds in the 2011 municipal and regional elections. 2011 constitutional reform of article 135 on budgetary stability. ETA's 2011 permanent ceasefire declaration.
		Mariano Rajoy (b. 1955)	21 December 2011	22 December 2015	1796	People's Party	Rajoy I	X (2011)
			22 December 2015	31 October 2016		Rajoy I (caretaker)	XI (2015)	King Felipe VI (2014–present)
			31 October 2016	Incumbent	Rajoy II	XII (2016)
2011–16 Spanish financial crisis. Two general strikes in 2012. 2012–16 Catalan independence crisis. 2013 Bárcenas affair. Mid–2010s PP corruption scandals (Gürtel, Púnica). Abdication of King Juan Carlos I in 2014. 2011–15 PP/PSOE credibility crisis. Podemos and C's surge. Anti-bipartisanship surge in the 2015 municipal elections. 2015–16 Spanish government formation. Longest-serving caretaker Spanish PM (314 days). Second term allowed by PSOE abstention.

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