Ministers of State (1820-1823/1834-1873) and Secretaries of the Office of State (1808-1820/1823-1834)

Portrait	Name	Entered office	Left office	Political Party	Prime Minister	Refs
	Pedro Cevallos Guerra	15 October 1808	13 October 1809
	Eusebio Bardají Azara	13 October 1809	30 October 1809
	Francisco Saavedra	30 October 1809	6 February 1812
	Eusebio Bardají Azara	6 February 1812	23 June 1812
	Carlos Martínez de Irujo y Tacón The Marquess of Casa-Irujo Carlos Martínez de Irujo y Tacón Don Carlos Martínez de Irujo y Tacón , from 1803 known as Marqués de Casa Irujo, was a Spanish diplomat, Knight of the Order of Carlos III and public official....	23 June 1812	27 September 1812
	Pedro Gómez Labrador The Marquess of Labrador Pedro Gómez Labrador, Marquis of Labrador Don Pedro Gómez Labrador, Marquis of Labrador was a Spanish diplomat and nobleman who served as Spain's representative at the Congress of Vienna . Labrador did not successfully advance his country's diplomatic goals at the conference...	27 September 1812	11 July 1813
	Antonio Cano Ramírez de Arellano	11 July 1813	10 October 1813	Interin
	Juan O'Donojú Juan O'Donojú Juan O'Donojú y O'Rian was a Spanish military officer and jefe político superior of New Spain from July 21, 1821 to September 28, 1821, during Mexico's war of independence...	10 October 1813	6 December 1813		Interin
	José Luyando	6 December 1813	4 May 1814		Interin
	José Miguel de Carvajal y Vargas The Duke of San Carlos	4 May 1814	15 November 1814
	Pedro Gómez Labrador The Marquess of Labrador Pedro Gómez Labrador, Marquis of Labrador Don Pedro Gómez Labrador, Marquis of Labrador was a Spanish diplomat and nobleman who served as Spain's representative at the Congress of Vienna . Labrador did not successfully advance his country's diplomatic goals at the conference...	15 November 1814	30 October 1816
	José García de León y Pizarro José García de León y Pizarro José García de León y Pizarro, born in Santa Cruz de Marquis, Nueva Granada, Ecuador, was Minister of State of Spain from October 30, 1816 to September 14, 1818. He married Maria Mercedes Avila and had a son Rafael Garcia.He died by decapitation....	30 October 1816	14 September 1818
	Carlos Martínez de Irujo y Tacón The Marquess of Casa-Irujo Carlos Martínez de Irujo y Tacón Don Carlos Martínez de Irujo y Tacón , from 1803 known as Marqués de Casa Irujo, was a Spanish diplomat, Knight of the Order of Carlos III and public official....	14 September 1818	12 September 1819		Interin
	Joaquín José de Melgarejo y Saurín The Duke of San Fernando de Quiroga	12 September 1819	18 March 1820
	Evaristo Pérez de Castro	18 March 1820	2 March 1821
	Eusebio Bardají Azara	2 March 1821	8 January 1822
	Ramón López Pelegrín	8 January 1822	24 January 1822
	José Gabriel de Silva-Bazán y Waldstein The Marquess of Santa Cruz de Mudela	24 January 1822	30 January 1822
	Ramón López Pelegrín	30 January 1822	28 February 1822		Interin
	Francisco Martínez de la Rosa	28 February 1822	5 August 1822
	Evaristo Fernández de San Miguel	5 August 1822	23 April 1823
	José Manuel Vadillo	25 April 1823	7 May 1823		Interin
	José María Pando	13 May 1823	29 August 1823
	José Luyando	4 September 1823	30 September 1823
	Victor Damián Saez	30 September 1823	2 December 1823
	Carlos Martínez de Irujo y Tacón The Marquess of Casa-Irujo Carlos Martínez de Irujo y Tacón Don Carlos Martínez de Irujo y Tacón , from 1803 known as Marqués de Casa Irujo, was a Spanish diplomat, Knight of the Order of Carlos III and public official....	2 December 1823	18 January 1824
	Narciso Fernández de Heredia The Count of Heredia-Spínola Narciso Fernández de Heredia, 2nd Count of Heredia-Spínola Don Narciso Fernández de Heredia y Begines de los Ríos, 2nd Count of Heredia-Spínola Grandee of Spain, 1st Marquis of Heredia, Grandee of Spain and iure uxoris Count of Ofalia was a Spanish noble, politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Spain and as Minister of State between 1837...	18 January 1824	11 July 1824
	Francisco Cea Bermudez	11 July 1824	24 October 1824
	Pedro Alcantara Álvarez de Toledo y Salm-Salm The Duke of Infantado	24 October 1825	19 August 1826
	Manuel González Salmón	19 August 1826	30 January 1832
	Antonio de Saavedra y Frígola The Count of la Alcudia	30 January 1832	1 October 1832
	Francisco Cea Bermúdez	1 October 1832	15 January 1833
	Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo	15 January 1834	7 June 1835	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo
	Jose María Queipo de Llano The Count of Toreno	13 June 1835 (Acting from 7 June)	14 September 1835	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	The Count of Toreno
	Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel	14 September 1835	4 October 1835	Progressive Progressive Party (Spain) The Progressive Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II . They were to the left of the opposing Moderate Party , but also characterized themselves as liberal...	Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel
	Juan Álvarez Mendizábal Juan Álvarez Mendizábal Juan Álvarez Mendizábal, born Juan Álvarez Méndez , was a Spanish economist and politician.... Acting	4 October 1835	27 April 1836	Progressive Progressive Party (Spain) The Progressive Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II . They were to the left of the opposing Moderate Party , but also characterized themselves as liberal...	Juan Álvarez Mendizábal Juan Álvarez Mendizábal Juan Álvarez Mendizábal, born Juan Álvarez Méndez , was a Spanish economist and politician....
	Ildefonso Díez de Rivera The Count of Almodóvar Ildefonso Díez de Rivera, Count of Almodóvar Don Ildefonso Díez de Rivera y Muro was a Spanish noble and politician who served as Minister of State in 1836 and as President of the Senate....	27 April 1836	15 May 1836	Progressive Progressive Party (Spain) The Progressive Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II . They were to the left of the opposing Moderate Party , but also characterized themselves as liberal...
	Francisco Javier de Istúriz y Montero	15 May 1836	14 August 1836	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II... (Isturizite)	Francisco Javier de Istúriz y Montero
	José María Calatrava y Peinado José María Calatrava y Peinado José María Calatrava y Peinado was a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain and Minister of State between 1836 and 1837....	14 August 1836	18 August 1837	Progressive Progressive Party (Spain) The Progressive Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II . They were to the left of the opposing Moderate Party , but also characterized themselves as liberal...	José María Calatrava y Peinado
	Eusebio Bardají y Azara	18 August 1837	16 December 1837	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	The Count of Luchana Baldomero Espartero, Prince of Vergara Don Joaquín Baldomero Fernández-Espartero y Alvarez de Toro, 1st Prince of Vergara, 1st Duke of la Victoria, 1st Duke of Morella, 1st Count of Luchana, 1st Viscount of Banderas was a Spanish general and political figure...
					Eusebio Bardají y Azara
	Narciso Fernández de Heredia The Count of Heredia-Spínola Narciso Fernández de Heredia, 2nd Count of Heredia-Spínola Don Narciso Fernández de Heredia y Begines de los Ríos, 2nd Count of Heredia-Spínola Grandee of Spain, 1st Marquis of Heredia, Grandee of Spain and iure uxoris Count of Ofalia was a Spanish noble, politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Spain and as Minister of State between 1837...	16 December 1837	6 September 1838	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	The Count of Heredia-Spínola
	Bernardino Fernández de Velasco The Duke of Frías Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 14th Duke of Frías Don Bernardino Fernández de Velasco-Pacheco y Benavides, 14th Duke of Frías, Grandee of Spain, KOGF was a Spanish noble, politician, diplomat and writer who served in 1838 as Prime Minister of Spain...	6 September 1838	9 December 1838	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	The Duke of Frías
	Evaristo Pérez de Castro y Brito	9 December 1838	19 July 1840	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	Evaristo Pérez de Castro y Brito
	José del Castillo y Ayensa Acting	19 July 1840	20 July 1840	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...
	Mauricio Carlos de Onís y Mercklein Mauricio Carlos de Onís y Mercklein Mauricio Carlos de Onís y Mercklein was a Spanish politician and diplomat who served as Minister of State in 1840 and as President of the Congress of Deputies....	20 July 1840	29 August 1840	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	Antonio González y González
					Valentín Ferraz y Barrau Valentín Ferraz y Barrau Valentín Ferraz y Barrau was a Spanish military and politician. After fighting in the Peninsular War and in the Peruvian War of Independence, Valentín merged himself in politics, serving as Prime Minister of Spain in 1840 and holding other important offices such as Mayor of Madrid....
	Juan Antoine y Zayas	29 August 1840	11 September 1840	Progressive Progressive Party (Spain) The Progressive Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II . They were to the left of the opposing Moderate Party , but also characterized themselves as liberal...
	Vicente Sancho y Cobertores	11 September 1840	16 September 1840	Progressive Progressive Party (Spain) The Progressive Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II . They were to the left of the opposing Moderate Party , but also characterized themselves as liberal...	Vicente Sancho y Cobertores
	Joaquín María de Ferrer y Cafranga	16 September 1840	20 May 1841	Progressive Progressive Party (Spain) The Progressive Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II . They were to the left of the opposing Moderate Party , but also characterized themselves as liberal...	The Count of Luchana Baldomero Espartero, Prince of Vergara Don Joaquín Baldomero Fernández-Espartero y Alvarez de Toro, 1st Prince of Vergara, 1st Duke of la Victoria, 1st Duke of Morella, 1st Count of Luchana, 1st Viscount of Banderas was a Spanish general and political figure...
					Joaquín María de Ferrer y Cafranga
	Antonio González y González Marquis of Valdeterrazo from 1864	20 May 1841	17 June 1842	Progressive Progressive Party (Spain) The Progressive Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II . They were to the left of the opposing Moderate Party , but also characterized themselves as liberal...	Antonio González y González
	Ildefonso Díez de Rivera The Count of Almodóvar Ildefonso Díez de Rivera, Count of Almodóvar Don Ildefonso Díez de Rivera y Muro was a Spanish noble and politician who served as Minister of State in 1836 and as President of the Senate....	17 June 1842	9 May 1843	Progressive Progressive Party (Spain) The Progressive Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II . They were to the left of the opposing Moderate Party , but also characterized themselves as liberal...	The Marquis of Rodil
	Manuel María de Aguilar y de la Puerta	9 May 1843	19 May 1843	Progressive Progressive Party (Spain) The Progressive Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II . They were to the left of the opposing Moderate Party , but also characterized themselves as liberal...	Joaquín María López y López Joaquín María López y López Joaquín María López y López was a Spanish politician, writer and journalist who served twice as Prime Minister of Spain in 1843, during the reign of Queen Isabella II...
	Olegario de los Cuetos y Castro Acting	19 May 1843	30 July 1843	Progressive Progressive Party (Spain) The Progressive Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II . They were to the left of the opposing Moderate Party , but also characterized themselves as liberal...	Álvaro Gómez Becerra
	Joaquín de Frías y Moya	10 November 1843 (Acting from 30 July)	20 November 1843	Progressive Progressive Party (Spain) The Progressive Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II . They were to the left of the opposing Moderate Party , but also characterized themselves as liberal...	Joaquín María López y López Joaquín María López y López Joaquín María López y López was a Spanish politician, writer and journalist who served twice as Prime Minister of Spain in 1843, during the reign of Queen Isabella II...
	Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz	20 November 1843	29 November 1843	Progressive Progressive Party (Spain) The Progressive Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II . They were to the left of the opposing Moderate Party , but also characterized themselves as liberal...	Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz
	Luis González-Bravo y López de Arjona	1 December 1843	3 May 1844	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...
					Luis González-Bravo y López de Arjona
	Manuel de la Pezuela The Marquis of Viluma	3 May 1844	1 July 1844	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	Ramón María Narváez y Campos
	Ramón María Narváez y Campos Duke of Valencia from 1847 Acting	1 July 1844	21 August 1844	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...
	Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo	21 August 1844	12 February 1846	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...
	Manuel de Pando The Marquis of Miraflores Manuel de Pando, 2nd Marquis of Miraflores Don Manuel de Pando y Fernández de Pinedo, 2nd Marquis of Miraflores Grandee of Spain and 4th Count of la Ventosa was a Spanish noble and politician, who served two times as Prime Minister of Spain and held other important political office such as Minister of State and President of the...	12 February 1846	16 March 1846	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	The Marquis of Miraflores
	Ramón María Narváez y Campos Duke of Valencia from 1847 Acting	16 March 1846	5 April 1846	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	Ramón María Narváez y Campos
	Francisco Javier de Istúriz y Montero	5 April 1846	28 January 1847	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	Francisco Javier de Istúriz y Montero
	Carlos Martínez de Irujo The Duke of Sotomayor Carlos Martínez de Irujo, Duke of Sotomayor Don Carlos Martínez de Irujo y McKean, 2nd Marquis of Casa Irujo, jure uxoris Duke of Sotomayor, Grandee of Spain was a Spanish noble and politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain...	28 January 1847	28 March 1847	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	The Duke of Sotomayor
	Joaquín Francisco Pacheco y Gutiérrez-Calderón	28 March 1847	31 August 1847	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II... (Puritan)	Joaquín Francisco Pacheco y Gutiérrez-Calderón
	Antonio Caballero Antonio Caballero Antonio Caballero Bravo is a retired boxer from Spain, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he was stopped in the second round of the light flyweight division by Vietnam's Dang Nieu Hu.-References:*... Acting	31 August 1847	12 September 1847	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	Florencio García Goyena Florencio García Goyena Florencio García Goyena was a Spanish jurist.García Goyena studied law in Madrid and Salamanca before serving as legal counsel to the Cortes of Navarra and the governors of the provinces of Léon, Granada and Zaragoza. A liberal, he went into French exile from 1823 to 1834...
	Modesto Cortázar y Leal de Ibarra	12 September 1847	4 October 1847	Progressive Progressive Party (Spain) The Progressive Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II . They were to the left of the opposing Moderate Party , but also characterized themselves as liberal...
	Ramón María Narváez The Duke of Valencia	4 October 1847	23 October 1847	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	The Duke of Valencia
	Carlos Martínez de Irujo The Duke of Sotomayor Carlos Martínez de Irujo, Duke of Sotomayor Don Carlos Martínez de Irujo y McKean, 2nd Marquis of Casa Irujo, jure uxoris Duke of Sotomayor, Grandee of Spain was a Spanish noble and politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain...	23 October 1847	29 July 1848	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...
	Pedro José Pidal The Marquis of Pidal	29 July 1848	19 October 1849	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...
	Salvador de Cea Bermúdez The Count of Colombi	19 October 1849	20 October 1849	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	The Count of Clonard Serafín María de Sotto, 3rd Count of Clonard Don Serafín María de Sotto y Abbach, 3rd Count of Clonard and 5th Marquis of la Granada was a Spanish noble, politician, writer and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Spain in 1849...
	Pedro José Pidal The Marquis of Pidal	20 October 1849	14 January 1851	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	The Duke of Valencia
	Manuel Bertrán de Lis y Ribes	14 January 1851	5 April 1851 (Acting until 23 May)	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	Juan Bravo Murillo Juan Bravo Murillo Juan Bravo Murillo was a Spanish politician, jurist and economist. He was president of the council of ministers of Spain from 14 January 1851 to 14 December 1852 during the reign of Isabella II.-Origins:Bravo Murillo was born in Fregenal de la Sierra on 24...
	Manuel de Pando The Marquis of Miraflores Manuel de Pando, 2nd Marquis of Miraflores Don Manuel de Pando y Fernández de Pinedo, 2nd Marquis of Miraflores Grandee of Spain and 4th Count of la Ventosa was a Spanish noble and politician, who served two times as Prime Minister of Spain and held other important political office such as Minister of State and President of the...	23 May 1851	7 August 1852	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...
	Manuel Bertrán de Lis y Ribes	7 August 1852	14 December 1852	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...
	Federico de Roncali The Count of Alcoy Federico de Roncali, 1st Count of Alcoy Don Federico de Roncali y Ceruti, 1st Count of Alcoy was a Spanish noble, politician and military who served as Prime Minister of Spain between 1852 and 1853...	14 December 1852	14 April 1853	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	The Count of Alcoy
	Luis López de la Torre Ayllón y Kirsmacker	14 April 1853	21 June 1853	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	Francisco de Lersundi y Hormaechea Francisco de Lersundi y Hormaechea Francisco de Lersundi y Hormaechea was a Spanish noble and politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain in 1853 and held other important offices such as Captain General of Cuba from 1866 to 1869....
	Ángel Calderón de la Barca y Belgrano Ángel Calderón de la Barca y Belgrano Ángel Calderón de la Barca y Belgrano was a Spanish nobleman and politician who served as Minister of State between 1853 and 1854. He was a correspondent of William H...	21 June 1853	17 July 1854	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...
					The Count of San Luis Luis José Sartorius, 1st Count of San Luis Don Luis José Sartorius y Tapia, 1st Count of San Luis was a Spanish noble, politician and journalist who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 1853 to 1854, during the reign of Queen Isabella II....
	Luis Mayans y Enríquez de Navarra	18 July 1854	19 July 1854 (Acting until 20 July)	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	The Duke of Rivas
	Joaquín Francisco Pacheco y Gutiérrez-Calderón	30 July 1854	29 November 1854	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...  (Puritan)	The Duke of la Victoria Baldomero Espartero, Prince of Vergara Don Joaquín Baldomero Fernández-Espartero y Alvarez de Toro, 1st Prince of Vergara, 1st Duke of la Victoria, 1st Duke of Morella, 1st Count of Luchana, 1st Viscount of Banderas was a Spanish general and political figure...
	Claudio Antón de Luzuriaga Claudio Antón de Luzuriaga Claudio Antón de Luzuriaga was a Spanish lawyer and politician who served as Minister of State in 1854, in a cabinet headed by Baldomero Espartero, 1st Duke of la Victoria...	29 November 1854	6 June 1855	Progressive Progressive Party (Spain) The Progressive Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II . They were to the left of the opposing Moderate Party , but also characterized themselves as liberal...
	Juan de Zavala The Marquis of Sierra Bullones Juan de Zavala, 1st Marquis of Sierra Bullones Don Juan de Zavala y de la Puente, 1st Marquis of Sierra Bullones Grandee of Spain, 5th Marquis of Torreblanca, 3rd Marquis of la Puente y Sotomayor and 6th Count of Villaseñor was a Spanish noble and politician...	6 June 1855	14 July 1856	Progressive Progressive Party (Spain) The Progressive Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II . They were to the left of the opposing Moderate Party , but also characterized themselves as liberal...
	Nicomedes Pastor Díaz y Corbelle Nicomedes Pastor Díaz y Corbelle Nicomedes Pastor Díaz y Corbelle was a Spanish politician, journalist and author of the Romanticism and the Rexurdimento...	14 July 1856	12 October 1856	Liberal Union Liberal Union (Spain) The Liberal Union was a political party in Spain in the third quarter of the 19th century. It was founded by Leopoldo O'Donnell in 1858 with the intent of forging a compromise and taking a centrist position between the two forces that had hitherto dominated Spanish politics during the reign of...	The Count of Lucena Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuan Don Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris, 1st Duke of Tetuan, 1st Count of Lucena, 1st Viscount of Aliaga, Grandee of Spain, , was a Spanish general and statesman...
	Pedro José Pidal The Marquis of Pidal	12 October 1856	15 October 1857	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	The Duke of Valencia
	Leopoldo Augusto de Cueto y López de Ortega Marquis of Valmar from 1877	15 October 1857	25 October 1857	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	Francisco Armero y Peñaranda
	Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo	25 October 1857	14 January 1858	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...
	Francisco Javier de Istúriz y Montero	14 January 1858	30 June 1858	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II... (Isturizite)	Francisco Javier de Istúriz y Montero
	Leopoldo O'Donnell The Count of Lucena Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuan Don Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris, 1st Duke of Tetuan, 1st Count of Lucena, 1st Viscount of Aliaga, Grandee of Spain, , was a Spanish general and statesman... Duke of Tetuan from 1860 Acting	30 June 1858	2 July 1858	Liberal Union Liberal Union (Spain) The Liberal Union was a political party in Spain in the third quarter of the 19th century. It was founded by Leopoldo O'Donnell in 1858 with the intent of forging a compromise and taking a centrist position between the two forces that had hitherto dominated Spanish politics during the reign of...	The Duke of Tetuan Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuan Don Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris, 1st Duke of Tetuan, 1st Count of Lucena, 1st Viscount of Aliaga, Grandee of Spain, , was a Spanish general and statesman...
	Saturnino Calderón de la Barca y Collantes Saturnino Calderón de la Barca y Collantes Saturnino Calderón de la Barca y Collantes was a Spanish noble and politician who served as Minister of State from 1858 to 1863, during the reign of Queen Isabella II of Spain and in a cabinet headed by Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuan....	2 July 1858	17 January 1863	Liberal Union Liberal Union (Spain) The Liberal Union was a political party in Spain in the third quarter of the 19th century. It was founded by Leopoldo O'Donnell in 1858 with the intent of forging a compromise and taking a centrist position between the two forces that had hitherto dominated Spanish politics during the reign of...
	Francisco Serrano The Duke of la Torre	17 January 1863	2 March 1863	Liberal Union Liberal Union (Spain) The Liberal Union was a political party in Spain in the third quarter of the 19th century. It was founded by Leopoldo O'Donnell in 1858 with the intent of forging a compromise and taking a centrist position between the two forces that had hitherto dominated Spanish politics during the reign of...
	Manuel de Pando The Marquis of Miraflores Manuel de Pando, 2nd Marquis of Miraflores Don Manuel de Pando y Fernández de Pinedo, 2nd Marquis of Miraflores Grandee of Spain and 4th Count of la Ventosa was a Spanish noble and politician, who served two times as Prime Minister of Spain and held other important political office such as Minister of State and President of the...	2 March 1863	17 January 1864	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	The Marquis of Miraflores
	Lorenzo Arrazola y García	17 January 1864	1 March 1864	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	Lorenzo Arrazola y García
	Joaquín Francisco Pacheco y Gutiérrez-Calderón	1 March 1864	16 September 1864	Liberal Union Liberal Union (Spain) The Liberal Union was a political party in Spain in the third quarter of the 19th century. It was founded by Leopoldo O'Donnell in 1858 with the intent of forging a compromise and taking a centrist position between the two forces that had hitherto dominated Spanish politics during the reign of...	Alejandro Mon y Menéndez Alejandro Mon y Menéndez Alejandro Mon y Menéndez was a Spanish politician and jurist who served as Prime Minister of Spain in 1864, during the reign of Queen Isabella II.-Early life:...
	Alejandro Llorente y Lannas	16 September 1864	10 December 1864	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	The Duke of Valencia
	Antonio de Benavides y Fernández de Navarrete Antonio de Benavides y Fernández de Navarrete Don Antonio de Benavides y Fernández de Navarrete was a Spanish noble, historian and politician who served as Minister of State between 1864 and 1865, in the reign of Queen Isabella II of Spain.Benavides was the eldest son of Manuel de Benavides y Rodríguez-Zambrano, Major of the Hermandad for the...	10 December 1864	8 June 1865	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...
	Lorenzo Arrazola y García Acting	8 June 1865	21 June 1865	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...
	Manuel Bermúdez de Castro y Díez Manuel Bermúdez de Castro y Díez Don Manuel Bermúdez de Castro y Díez was a Spanish economist and politician who served as Minister of Spain between 1865 and 1866, in a unionist cabinet headed by Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuan.Manuel was the first son of José Bermúdez de Castro y Blasco and María de los Dolores Díez e...	21 June 1865	10 July 1866	Liberal Union Liberal Union (Spain) The Liberal Union was a political party in Spain in the third quarter of the 19th century. It was founded by Leopoldo O'Donnell in 1858 with the intent of forging a compromise and taking a centrist position between the two forces that had hitherto dominated Spanish politics during the reign of...	The Duke of Tetuan Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuan Don Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris, 1st Duke of Tetuan, 1st Count of Lucena, 1st Viscount of Aliaga, Grandee of Spain, , was a Spanish general and statesman...
	Lorenzo Arrazola y García Acting	10 July 1866	13 July 1866	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	The Duke of Valencia
	Eusebio Calonge y Fenollet	13 July 1866	9 June 1867	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...
	Alejandro de Castro y Casal	9 June 1867	27 June 1867	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...
	Lorenzo Arrazola y García	27 June 1867	23 April 1868	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...
	Joaquín de Roncali The Marquis of Roncali Joaquín de Roncali, 1st Marquis of Roncali Don Joaquín Roncali y Ceruti, 1st Marquis of Roncali, Grandee of Spain was a Spanish noble and politician who served as Minister of State in 1868...	15 June 1868 (Acting from 23 April)	20 September 1868	Moderate Moderate Party (Spain) The Moderate Party or Moderate Liberal Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II...	Luis González-Bravo y López de Arjona
					The Marquis of Havana José Gutiérrez de la Concha, 1st Marquis of Havana José Gutiérrez de la Concha, 1st Marquis of Havana, 1st Viscount of Cuba, Grandee of Spain was a Spanish noble, general and politician, who served three times as Captain General of Cuba....
	Juan Álvarez de Lorenzana y Guerrero Juan Álvarez de Lorenzana, 10th Viscount of Barrantes Don Juan Álvarez de Lorenzana y Guerrero, 10th Viscount of Barrantes was a Spanish noble, politician an journalist who served as Minister of State from 1868 to 1869, in a cabinet headed by Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre.In his early political career, Lorenzana was member of the Moderate... Viscount of Barrantes from 1870	8 October 1868	18 June 1869	Liberal Union Liberal Union (Spain) The Liberal Union was a political party in Spain in the third quarter of the 19th century. It was founded by Leopoldo O'Donnell in 1858 with the intent of forging a compromise and taking a centrist position between the two forces that had hitherto dominated Spanish politics during the reign of...	The Duke of la Torre
	Manuel Silvela y Le Vielleuze Manuel Silvela y Le Vielleuze Manuel Silvela y Le Vielleuze was a Spanish politician, lawyer, writer and journalist who held several importante governmental offices, such as Minister of State and Councillor of State.Silvela was son of the prominent lawyer Francisco Agustín Silvela y Blanco and wife Luisa de le Vielleuze y...	18 June 1869	1 November 1869	Liberal Union Liberal Union (Spain) The Liberal Union was a political party in Spain in the third quarter of the 19th century. It was founded by Leopoldo O'Donnell in 1858 with the intent of forging a compromise and taking a centrist position between the two forces that had hitherto dominated Spanish politics during the reign of...	The Marquis of los Castillejos
	Cristino Martos y Balbí Cristino Martos y Balbí Cristino Martos y Balbí was a Spanish politician and lawyer who served as Minister of State from 1869 to 1870, in a cabinet headed by Juan Prim, 1st Marquis of los Castillejos, and held other important offices such as Mayor of Madrid...	1 November 1869	9 January 1870	Democrat Democratic Party (Spain) The Democratic Party was a Spanish political party in the reign of Isabella II , being a clandestine force except during the Progressive Biennium ....
	Práxedes Mateo-Sagasta y Escolar	9 January 1870	25 December 1870 (Acting until 27 December)	Progressive Progressive Party (Spain) The Progressive Party was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II . They were to the left of the opposing Moderate Party , but also characterized themselves as liberal...
	Juan Bautista Topete y Carballo	27 December 1870	4 January 1871	Liberal Union Liberal Union (Spain) The Liberal Union was a political party in Spain in the third quarter of the 19th century. It was founded by Leopoldo O'Donnell in 1858 with the intent of forging a compromise and taking a centrist position between the two forces that had hitherto dominated Spanish politics during the reign of...	Juan Bautista Topete y Carballo
	Cristino Martos y Balbí Cristino Martos y Balbí Cristino Martos y Balbí was a Spanish politician and lawyer who served as Minister of State from 1869 to 1870, in a cabinet headed by Juan Prim, 1st Marquis of los Castillejos, and held other important offices such as Mayor of Madrid...	4 January 1871	24 July 1871	Radical Radical Democratic Party (Spain) The Radical Democratic Party was one of the Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Amadeo I and the First Spanish Republic , opposing the Constitutional Party....	The Duke of la Torre
	Fernándo Fernández de Córdova The Marquis of Mendigorría Acting	24 July 1871	5 October 1871	Radical Radical Democratic Party (Spain) The Radical Democratic Party was one of the Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Amadeo I and the First Spanish Republic , opposing the Constitutional Party....	Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla was a Spanish politician. He served as prime minister of Spain for a little over ten weeks in the summer of 1871, and again for eight months between June 1872 and February 1873....
	José Malcampo The Marquis of San Rafael José Malcampo, 3rd Marquis of San Rafael Don José Malcampo y Monge, 3rd Marquis of San Rafael was a Spanish noble, seaman and politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain in 1871, during the reign of King Amadeo I.... Acting	5 October 1871	20 November 1871	Constitutional Constitutional Party (Spain) The Constitutional Party was one of the Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Amadeo I and the First Spanish Republic , opposing the Radical Democratic Party....	The Marquis of San Rafael
	Bonifacio de Blas y Muñoz Bonifacio de Blas y Muñoz Bonifacio de Blas y Muñoz was a Spanish politician and lawyer who served as Minister of State fron 1871 to 1872, in a cabinet headed by Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, during the reign of King Amadeo I of Spain....	20 November 1871	26 May 1872	Constitutional Constitutional Party (Spain) The Constitutional Party was one of the Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Amadeo I and the First Spanish Republic , opposing the Radical Democratic Party....
					Práxedes Mateo-Sagasta y Escolar
	Augusto Ulloa y Castañón	26 May 1872	13 June 1872	Constitutional Constitutional Party (Spain) The Constitutional Party was one of the Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Amadeo I and the First Spanish Republic , opposing the Radical Democratic Party....	The Duke of la Torre
	Cristino Martos y Balbí Cristino Martos y Balbí Cristino Martos y Balbí was a Spanish politician and lawyer who served as Minister of State from 1869 to 1870, in a cabinet headed by Juan Prim, 1st Marquis of los Castillejos, and held other important offices such as Mayor of Madrid...	13 June 1872	11 February 1873	Radical Radical Democratic Party (Spain) The Radical Democratic Party was one of the Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Amadeo I and the First Spanish Republic , opposing the Constitutional Party....	Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla was a Spanish politician. He served as prime minister of Spain for a little over ten weeks in the summer of 1871, and again for eight months between June 1872 and February 1873....

Ministers of State

Ministers of State (1874-1928)

Portrait	Name	Entered office	Left office	Political Party	Prime Minister	Refs
	Alejandro de Castro y Casal	31 December 1874	12 September 1875	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Antonio Cánovas del Castillo was a Spanish politician and historian known principally for his role in supporting the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy to the Spanish throne and for his death at the hands of an anarchist assassin, Michele Angiolillo.-Early career:Born in Málaga as the son of...
	Emilio Alcalá-Galiano The Count of Casa Valencia Emilio Alcalá-Galiano, 4th Count of Casa Valencia Don Emilio Alcalá-Galiano y Valencia, 4th Count of Casa Valencia and 1st Viscount of the Pontón was a Spanish noble and politician who served as Minister of State in the reign of Alfonso XII...	12 September 1875	29 November 1875	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...	Joaquín Jovellar y Soler Joaquin Jovellar y Soler Joaquín Jovellar y Soler was a Spanish general who served as the Prime Minister of Spain from September 12, 1875 – December 2, 1875 and governor and captain-general of the Philippines from April 7, 1883 – April 1, 1885....
	Fernando Calderón de la Barca y Collantes Fernando Calderón de la Barca, 1st Marquis of Reinosa Don Fernando Calderón de la Barca y Collantes, 1st Marquis of Reinosa was a Spanish noble and politician who served as Minister of State between 1875 and 1877.... Marquis of Reinosa from 1878	2 December 1875 (Acting from 29 November)	14 January 1877	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Antonio Cánovas del Castillo was a Spanish politician and historian known principally for his role in supporting the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy to the Spanish throne and for his death at the hands of an anarchist assassin, Michele Angiolillo.-Early career:Born in Málaga as the son of...
	Manuel Silvela y Le Vielleuze Manuel Silvela y Le Vielleuze Manuel Silvela y Le Vielleuze was a Spanish politician, lawyer, writer and journalist who held several importante governmental offices, such as Minister of State and Councillor of State.Silvela was son of the prominent lawyer Francisco Agustín Silvela y Blanco and wife Luisa de le Vielleuze y...	14 January 1877	7 March 1879	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...
	Francisco de Borja Queipo de Llano The Count of Toreno Francisco de Borja Queipo de Llano, 8th Count of Toreno Don Francisco de Borja Queipo de Llano y Gayoso de los Cobos, 8th Count of Toreno and 8th Viscount of Matarrosa was a Spanish noble and politician.... Acting	7 March 1879	10 March 1879	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...
	Mariano Roca de Togores The Marquis of Molíns	10 March 1879	16 May 1879	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...	Arsenio Martínez-Campos y Antón Arsenio Martínez-Campos y Antón Arsenio Martínez-Campos y Antón was a Spanish officer, who rose against the First Spanish Republic in a military revolution in 1874 and restored Spain's Bourbon dynasty. Later he became Captain-General of Cuba...
	Carlos O'Donnell The Duke of Tetuan Carlos O'Donnell, 2nd Duke of Tetuan Don Carlos Manuel O'Donnell y Álvarez de Abreu, 2nd Duke of Tetuan Grandee of Spain, 9th Marquis of Altamira and 2nd Count of Lucena was a Spanish noble and politician who served four times as Minister of State, the name which then received the Spanish Foreign Minister.The Duke was son of Carlos...	16 May 1879	9 December 1879	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...
	Francisco de Borja Queipo de Llano The Count of Toreno Francisco de Borja Queipo de Llano, 8th Count of Toreno Don Francisco de Borja Queipo de Llano y Gayoso de los Cobos, 8th Count of Toreno and 8th Viscount of Matarrosa was a Spanish noble and politician....	9 December 1879	20 January 1880	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Antonio Cánovas del Castillo was a Spanish politician and historian known principally for his role in supporting the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy to the Spanish throne and for his death at the hands of an anarchist assassin, Michele Angiolillo.-Early career:Born in Málaga as the son of...
	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Antonio Cánovas del Castillo was a Spanish politician and historian known principally for his role in supporting the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy to the Spanish throne and for his death at the hands of an anarchist assassin, Michele Angiolillo.-Early career:Born in Málaga as the son of... Acting	20 January 1880	19 March 1880	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...
	José de Elduayen The Marquis of the Pazo de la Merced	19 March 1880	8 February 1881	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...
	Antonio González de Aguilar The Marquis of la Vega de Armijo Antonio González de Aguilar, 8th Marquis of la Vega de Armijo Don Antonio González de Aguilar y Correa o Corea, 8th Marquis of la Vega de Armijo, 6th Marquis of Mos, Grandee of Spain, KOGF was a Spanish noble and politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain between 1906 and 1907, and was appointed three times Minister of State, in governments headed by...	8 February 1881	13 October 1883	Liberal	Práxedes Mateo-Sagasta y Escolar
	Servando Ruiz-Gómez y González-Llanos Servando Ruiz-Gómez y González-Llanos Servando Ruiz-Gómez y González-Llanos was a Spanish politician, lawyer and journalist who served as Minister of State from 1883 to 1884, in a liberal cabinet headed by José de Posada y Herrera....	13 October 1883	18 January 1884	Liberal	José de Posada y Herrera
	José de Elduayen The Marquis of the Pazo de la Merced	18 January 1884	27 November 1885	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Antonio Cánovas del Castillo was a Spanish politician and historian known principally for his role in supporting the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy to the Spanish throne and for his death at the hands of an anarchist assassin, Michele Angiolillo.-Early career:Born in Málaga as the son of...
	Segismundo Moret y Prendergast	27 November 1885	14 June 1888	Liberal	Práxedes Mateo-Sagasta y Escolar
	Antonio González de Aguilar The Marquis of la Vega de Armijo Antonio González de Aguilar, 8th Marquis of la Vega de Armijo Don Antonio González de Aguilar y Correa o Corea, 8th Marquis of la Vega de Armijo, 6th Marquis of Mos, Grandee of Spain, KOGF was a Spanish noble and politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain between 1906 and 1907, and was appointed three times Minister of State, in governments headed by...	14 June 1888	5 July 1890	Liberal
	Carlos O'Donnell The Duke of Tetuan Carlos O'Donnell, 2nd Duke of Tetuan Don Carlos Manuel O'Donnell y Álvarez de Abreu, 2nd Duke of Tetuan Grandee of Spain, 9th Marquis of Altamira and 2nd Count of Lucena was a Spanish noble and politician who served four times as Minister of State, the name which then received the Spanish Foreign Minister.The Duke was son of Carlos...	5 July 1890	11 December 1892	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Antonio Cánovas del Castillo was a Spanish politician and historian known principally for his role in supporting the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy to the Spanish throne and for his death at the hands of an anarchist assassin, Michele Angiolillo.-Early career:Born in Málaga as the son of...
	Antonio González de Aguilar The Marquis of la Vega de Armijo Antonio González de Aguilar, 8th Marquis of la Vega de Armijo Don Antonio González de Aguilar y Correa o Corea, 8th Marquis of la Vega de Armijo, 6th Marquis of Mos, Grandee of Spain, KOGF was a Spanish noble and politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain between 1906 and 1907, and was appointed three times Minister of State, in governments headed by...	11 December 1892	5 April 1893	Liberal	Práxedes Mateo-Sagasta y Escolar
	Segismundo Moret y Prendergast	12 March 1894 (Acting from 5 April 1893)	4 November 1894	Liberal
	Alejandro Groizard y Gómez de la Serna	4 November 1894	23 March 1895	Liberal
	Carlos O'Donnell The Duke of Tetuan Carlos O'Donnell, 2nd Duke of Tetuan Don Carlos Manuel O'Donnell y Álvarez de Abreu, 2nd Duke of Tetuan Grandee of Spain, 9th Marquis of Altamira and 2nd Count of Lucena was a Spanish noble and politician who served four times as Minister of State, the name which then received the Spanish Foreign Minister.The Duke was son of Carlos...	23 March 1895	19 January 1896	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Antonio Cánovas del Castillo Antonio Cánovas del Castillo was a Spanish politician and historian known principally for his role in supporting the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy to the Spanish throne and for his death at the hands of an anarchist assassin, Michele Angiolillo.-Early career:Born in Málaga as the son of...
	José de Elduayen The Marquis of the Pazo de la Merced	19 January 1896	5 March 1896	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...
	Carlos O'Donnell The Duke of Tetuan Carlos O'Donnell, 2nd Duke of Tetuan Don Carlos Manuel O'Donnell y Álvarez de Abreu, 2nd Duke of Tetuan Grandee of Spain, 9th Marquis of Altamira and 2nd Count of Lucena was a Spanish noble and politician who served four times as Minister of State, the name which then received the Spanish Foreign Minister.The Duke was son of Carlos...	5 March 1896	4 October 1897	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...
					Marcelo de Azcárraga y Palmero Marcelo de Azcarraga y Palmero Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero was the thirteenth Prime Minister of Spain following the restoration of the Spanish monarchy. Azcárraga was also the only Spanish Prime Minister of Filipino descent.-Early life:...
	Pío Gullón e Iglesias	4 October 1897	18 May 1898	Liberal	Práxedes Mateo-Sagasta y Escolar
	José Gutiérrez de Agüera Acting	18 May 1898	24 May 1898	Liberal
	Juan Manuel Sánchez The Duke of Almodóvar del Río Juan Manuel Sánchez, Duke of Almodóvar del Río Don Juan Manuel Sánchez y Gutiérrez de Castro, jure uxoris Duke of Almodóvar del Río, Grandee of Spain was a Spanish noble and politician who served three times as Minister of State...	24 May 1898	4 March 1899	Liberal
	Francisco Silvela y Le Vielleuze	4 March 1899	18 Abril 1900	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...	Francisco Silvela y Le Vielleuze
	Ventura García-Sancho The Marquis of Aguilar de Campoo Ventura García-Sancho, Marquis of Aguilar de Campoo Don Ventura García-Sancho e Ibarrondo, 1st Count of Consuegra, jure uxoris Marquis of Aguilar de Campoo, Grandee of Spain was a Spanish noble and politician who served twice as Minister of State and as Mayor of Madrid between 1899 and 1900.He married in Madrid, the 2 June 1861, María del Pilar de...	18 Abril 1900	6 March 1901	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...
					Marcelo de Azcárraga y Palmero Marcelo de Azcarraga y Palmero Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero was the thirteenth Prime Minister of Spain following the restoration of the Spanish monarchy. Azcárraga was also the only Spanish Prime Minister of Filipino descent.-Early life:...
	Juan Manuel Sánchez The Duke of Almodóvar del Río Juan Manuel Sánchez, Duke of Almodóvar del Río Don Juan Manuel Sánchez y Gutiérrez de Castro, jure uxoris Duke of Almodóvar del Río, Grandee of Spain was a Spanish noble and politician who served three times as Minister of State...	6 March 1901	6 December 1902	Liberal	Práxedes Mateo-Sagasta y Escolar
	Buenaventura de Abarzuza y Ferrer	6 December 1902	20 July 1903	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...	Francisco Silvela y Le Vielleuze
	Manuel de Mariátegui The Count of San Bernardo	20 July 1903	5 December 1903	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...	The Marquis of Pozo Rubio
	Faustino Rodríguez-San Pedro y Díaz-Argüelles	5 December 1903	16 December 1904	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...	Antonio Maura y Montaner
	Ventura García-Sancho The Marquis of Aguilar de Campoo Ventura García-Sancho, Marquis of Aguilar de Campoo Don Ventura García-Sancho e Ibarrondo, 1st Count of Consuegra, jure uxoris Marquis of Aguilar de Campoo, Grandee of Spain was a Spanish noble and politician who served twice as Minister of State and as Mayor of Madrid between 1899 and 1900.He married in Madrid, the 2 June 1861, María del Pilar de...	16 December 1904	27 January 1905	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...	Marcelo de Azcárraga y Palmero Marcelo de Azcarraga y Palmero Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero was the thirteenth Prime Minister of Spain following the restoration of the Spanish monarchy. Azcárraga was also the only Spanish Prime Minister of Filipino descent.-Early life:...
	Wenceslao Ramírez de Villa-Urrutia Marquis of Villa-Urrutia from 1916	27 January 1905	23 June 1905	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...	The Marquis of Pozo Rubio
	Felipe Sánchez Román Felipe Sánchez Román Felipe Sánchez Roman was a Spanish lawyer and politician, Minister of State in 1905, during the reign of Alfonso XIII. Professor of Civil Law in the University of Granada, Sánchez Román represented the late in the Spanish Senate from 1893 to 1902.-Sources:*...	23 June 1905	31 October 1905	Liberal	Eugenio Montero Ríos Eugenio Montero Ríos Eugenio Montero Ríos was a leading member of the Spanish Liberal Party before being part of a 1903 schism that divided it. He also served briefly as Prime Minister. He played a role in the 1898 Treaty of Paris that ended the Spanish–American War as he was then President of the Senate of Spain.-...
	Pío Gullón e Iglesias	31 October 1905	1 December 1905	Liberal
	Juan Manuel Sánchez The Duke of Almodóvar del Río Juan Manuel Sánchez, Duke of Almodóvar del Río Don Juan Manuel Sánchez y Gutiérrez de Castro, jure uxoris Duke of Almodóvar del Río, Grandee of Spain was a Spanish noble and politician who served three times as Minister of State...	1 December 1905	23 June 1906	Liberal	Segismundo Moret y Prendergast
	Emilio de Ojeda y Perpiñán Acting	23 June 1906	1 July 1905	Liberal
	Juan Pérez-Caballero y Ferrer	1 July 1906	6 July 1906	Liberal
	Pío Gullón e Iglesias	6 July 1906	30 November 1906	Liberal	José López Domínguez
	Juan Pérez-Caballero y Ferrer	30 November 1906	25 January 1907	Liberal	Segismundo Moret y Prendergast
					The Marquis of la Vega de Armijo Antonio González de Aguilar, 8th Marquis of la Vega de Armijo Don Antonio González de Aguilar y Correa o Corea, 8th Marquis of la Vega de Armijo, 6th Marquis of Mos, Grandee of Spain, KOGF was a Spanish noble and politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain between 1906 and 1907, and was appointed three times Minister of State, in governments headed by...
	Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar	25 January 1907	21 October 1909	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...	Antonio Maura y Montaner
	Juan Pérez-Caballero y Ferrer	21 October 1909	9 February 1910	Liberal	Segismundo Moret y Prendergast
	Manuel García-Prieto The Marquis of Alhucemas	9 February 1910	31 December 1912	Liberal	José Canalejas y Méndez
					The Count of Romanones
	Juan Navarro-Reverter y Gomis Juan Navarro-Reverter y Gomis Juan Navarro-Reverter y Gomis was a Spanish historian and politician who served as Minister of State between 1912 and 1913....	31 December 1912	13 June 1913	Liberal
	Antonio López Muñoz Antonio López Muñoz, 1st Count of López Muñoz Antonio López Muñoz, 1st Count of López Muñoz was a Spanish noble, writer and politician who served as Minister of State in 1913, during the reign of King Alfonso XIII of Spain.-Biography:... Count of López Muñoz from 1920	13 June 1913	27 October 1913	Liberal
	Salvador Bermúdez de Castro The Duke of Ripalda Salvador Bermúdez de Castro, 2nd Duke of Ripalda Don Salvador Bermúdez de Castro y O'Lawlor, 2nd Duke of Ripalda and 2nd Marquis of Lema was a Spanish noble, politician and lawyer who served as Minister of State during the reign of Alfonso XIII....	27 October 1913	9 December 1915	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...	Eduardo Dato e Iradier Eduardo Dato e Iradier Eduardo Dato e Iradier was a Spanish political leader. He served three times as Spanish Prime Minister: from 27 October 1913 to 9 December 1915, from 11 June 1917 to 3 November 1917, and from 28 April 1920 till his death...
	Miguel Villanueva y Gómez Miguel Villanueva y Gómez Miguel Villanueva y Gómez was a Spanish politician and lawyer who served as Minister of State from 1915 to 1916, during the reign of King Alfonso XIII of Spain.-Sources:*...	9 December 1915	25 February 1916	Liberal	The Count of Romanones
	Álvaro de Figueroa The Count of Romanones Acting	25 February 1916	30 April 1916	Liberal
	Amalio Gimeno The Count of Gimeno Amalio Gimeno, 1st Count of Gimeno Don Amalio Gimeno y Cabañas, 1st Count of Gimeno was a Spanish noble, doctor of medicine, scientific and politician who served as Minister of Estate, Minister of Gobernación and Minister of Marine of Spain....	30 April 1916	19 April 1917	Liberal
	Juan Alvarado y del Saz Juan Alvarado y del Saz Juan Alvarado y del Saz was a Spanish lawyer and politician.He was Minister of Naval Defense of Spain and Minster of Economy and Property of Spain, Minister of Justice of Spain and Miniser of External Affairs during the reign of Alfonso XIII....	19 April 1917	11 June 1917	Liberal	The Marquis of Alhucemas
	Salvador Bermúdez de Castro The Duke of Ripalda Salvador Bermúdez de Castro, 2nd Duke of Ripalda Don Salvador Bermúdez de Castro y O'Lawlor, 2nd Duke of Ripalda and 2nd Marquis of Lema was a Spanish noble, politician and lawyer who served as Minister of State during the reign of Alfonso XIII....	11 June 1917	13 November 1917	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...	Eduardo Dato e Iradier Eduardo Dato e Iradier Eduardo Dato e Iradier was a Spanish political leader. He served three times as Spanish Prime Minister: from 27 October 1913 to 9 December 1915, from 11 June 1917 to 3 November 1917, and from 28 April 1920 till his death...
	Manuel García-Prieto The Marquis of Alhucemas	13 November 1917	22 March 1918	Liberal	The Marquis of Alhucemas
	Eduardo Dato e Iradier Eduardo Dato e Iradier Eduardo Dato e Iradier was a Spanish political leader. He served three times as Spanish Prime Minister: from 27 October 1913 to 9 December 1915, from 11 June 1917 to 3 November 1917, and from 28 April 1920 till his death...	22 March 1918	9 November 1918	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...	Antonio Maura y Montaner
	Álvaro de Figueroa The Count of Romanones	9 November 1918	15 April 1919	Liberal	The Marquis of Alhucemas
					The Count of Romanones
	Manuel González-Hontoria y Fernández-Ladreda Manuel González-Hontoria y Fernández-Ladreda Manuel González-Hontoria y Fernández-Ladreda was a Spanish politician and diplomat who served two times as Minister of Estate during the reign of Alfonso XIII....	15 April 1919	20 July 1920	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...	Antonio Maura y Montaner
	Salvador Bermúdez de Castro The Duke of Ripalda Salvador Bermúdez de Castro, 2nd Duke of Ripalda Don Salvador Bermúdez de Castro y O'Lawlor, 2nd Duke of Ripalda and 2nd Marquis of Lema was a Spanish noble, politician and lawyer who served as Minister of State during the reign of Alfonso XIII....	20 July 1920	14 August 1921	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...	Joaquín Sánchez de Toca y Calvo
					Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar
					Eduardo Dato e Iradier Eduardo Dato e Iradier Eduardo Dato e Iradier was a Spanish political leader. He served three times as Spanish Prime Minister: from 27 October 1913 to 9 December 1915, from 11 June 1917 to 3 November 1917, and from 28 April 1920 till his death...
					Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar
	Manuel González-Hontoria y Fernández-Ladreda Manuel González-Hontoria y Fernández-Ladreda Manuel González-Hontoria y Fernández-Ladreda was a Spanish politician and diplomat who served two times as Minister of Estate during the reign of Alfonso XIII....	14 August 1921	8 March 1922	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...	Antonio Maura y Montaner
	Joaquín Fernández Prida Joaquín Fernández Prida Joaquín Fernández Prida Joaquín Fernández Prida Joaquín Fernández Prida (Oviedo, Spain, 1865 - Madrid, Spain, 1942, was a Spanish lawyer and politician who served as Minister of State in 1922, during the reign of King Alfonso XIII of Spain.-Sources:...	8 March 1922	4 December 1922	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...	José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez
	Francisco Bergamín y García Francisco Bergamín y García Francisco Bergamín y García was a Spanish lawyer, economist and politician who served as Minister of State in 1922, during the reign of King Alfonso XIII.-Sources:*...	4 December 1922	7 December 1922	Conservative Liberal-Conservative Party The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...
	Santiago Alba y Bonifaz	7 December 1922	15 September 1923	Liberal	The Marquis of Alhucemas
	Fernando Espinosa de los Monteros y Bermejillo	15 September 1923	3 December 1925	None	The Marquis of Estella
	José de Yanguas y Messía José de Yanguas, 11th Viscount of Santa Clara de Avedillo Don José de Yanguas y Messía, 11th Viscount of Santa Clara de Avedillo was a Spanish noble, politician and diplomat who served as Minister of State during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera and Ambassador to the Holy See during that of General Francisco Franco.He was son of Don José de Yanguas y... Viscount of Santa Clara de Avedillo from 1929	3 December 1925	20 February 1927	None
	Miguel Primo de Rivera The Marquis of Estella	20 February 1927	3 November 1928	None

President and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1928-1930)

Ministers of State (1930-1931)

Ministers of State

Portrait	Name	Entered office	Left office	Political Party	Prime Minister	Refs
	Alejandro Lerroux y García Alejandro Lerroux Alejandro Lerroux y García was a Spanish politician who was the leader of the Radical Republican Party during the Second Spanish Republic...	14 April 1931	16 December 1931	Radical Radical Republican Party The Radical Republican Party , sometimes shortened to the Radical Party was a Spanish political party founded in 1908 by Alejandro Lerroux in Santander, Cantabria by a split from the historical Republican Union party led by Nicolás Salmerón....	Niceto Alcalá-Zamora y Torres
					Manuel Azaña y Díaz Manuel Azaña Manuel Azaña Díaz was a Spanish politician. He was the first Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic , and later served again as Prime Minister , and then as the second and last President of the Republic . The Spanish Civil War broke out while he was President...
	Luis de Zulueta y Escolano	16 December 1931	12 June 1933	Republican Left Republican Left (Spain) The Republican Left was a Spanish left-wing republican party founded in 1934.The party was founded in 1934 following the left's defeat in the 1933 election, by the merger of Manuel Azaña's Republican Action, part of Marcelino Domingo's Radical Socialist Republican Party and Santiago Casares...
	Fernando de los Ríos y Urruti	12 June 1933	12 September 1933	Republican Left Republican Left (Spain) The Republican Left was a Spanish left-wing republican party founded in 1934.The party was founded in 1934 following the left's defeat in the 1933 election, by the merger of Manuel Azaña's Republican Action, part of Marcelino Domingo's Radical Socialist Republican Party and Santiago Casares...

Ministers of Foreign Affairs

Ministers of Foreign Affairs (1975-2004)

Portrait	Name	Entered office	Left office	Political Party	President of the Government
	José María de Areilza The Count of Motrico	11 December 1975	7 July 1976	Democratic Coalition Popular Alliance (Spain) The People's Alliance was a electoral coalition, and later a political party, founded in 1976 by Manuel Fraga along with six other former Francoist ministers.- History :...	Carlos Arias Navarro Carlos Arias Navarro Don Carlos Arias-Navarro, 1st Marquis of Arias-Navarro, Grandee of Spain, born Carlos Arias y Navarro was one of the best known Spanish politicians during the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco....
	Marcelino Oreja y Aguirre Marquis of Oreja from 2010	7 July 1976	8 September 1980	Union of the Democratic Centre	Adolfo Suárez González
	José Pedro Pérez-Llorca y Rodrigo	8 September 1980	2 December 1982	Union of the Democratic Centre
					Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo y Bustelo
	Fernando Morán López	2 December 1982	4 July 1985	Socialist Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...	Felipe González Márquez
	Francisco Fernández Ordóñez Francisco Fernández Ordóñez Francisco Fernández Ordóñez was a Spanish politician who became Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party government of Felipe González from 1985 until shortly before his death from a terminal illness in 1992...	4 July 1985	24 June 1992	Socialist Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...
	Javier Solana y Madariaga Javier Solana Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga, KOGF is a Spanish physicist and Socialist politician. After serving in the Spanish government under Felipe González and Secretary General of NATO , he was appointed the European Union's High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary...	24 June 1992	18 December 1995	Socialist Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...
	Carlos Westendorp y Cabeza Carlos Westendorp Carlos Westendorp y Cabeza is a Spanish diplomat.He joined the Spanish Diplomatic Service in 1966.Following several assignments abroad and in Spain Carlos Westendorp y Cabeza (born 7 January 1937 in Madrid) is a Spanish diplomat.He joined the Spanish Diplomatic Service in 1966.Following several...	18 December 1995	5 May 1996	Socialist Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...
	Abel Matutes y Juan Abel Matutes Abel Matutes y Juan is a Spanish politician who served as Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 6 May 1996 to 2000. Matutes was born in Ibiza on 31 October 1941 and his early political life was in that region. He was Mayor of Ibiza in 1970 and 1971 and became Senator for Ibiza and Formentera in...	5 May 1996	27 April 2000	People's Party People's Party (Spain) The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship...	José María Aznar López
	Josep Piqué y Camps Josep Piqué i Camps Josep Piqué is a Spanish Catalan politician of the right-wing Spanish People's Party who represented Barcelona. Pique was initially a member of the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia but left the grouping and subsequently joined the Union of the Democratic Centre...	27 April 2000	9 July 2002	People's Party People's Party (Spain) The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship...
	Ana de Palacio y del Valle-Lersundi	9 July 2002	17 April 2004	People's Party People's Party (Spain) The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship...

Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (since 2004)

Portrait	Name	Entered office	Left office	Political Party	President of the Government	Refs
	Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé	18 April 2004	20 October 2010	Socialist Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party . He was elected for two terms as Prime Minister of Spain, in the 2004 and 2008 general elections. On 2 April 2011 he announced he will not stand for re-election in 2012...
	Trinidad Jiménez García-Herrera	20 October 2010	Incumbent Incumbent The incumbent, in politics, is the existing holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent. For example, in the 2004 United States presidential election, George W...	Socialist Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...