Ministry of Justice (Spain)

The Ministry of Justice (MJUS) is the department of the Government of Spain responsible for preparing and carrying out the government policy in order to bring the legal system off, specially in criminal, civil, commercial and procedural law affairs, supporting the Administration of Justice and the legal and international cooperation.[2]

Ministry of Justice
Ministerio de Justicia

Headquarters of the Ministry
Agency overview
Formed30 November 1714 (1714-11-30) (as Secretary of State and of the Dispatch of Ecclesiastical Issues, Justice and Jurisdiction)
Preceding agency
  • Ministry of Justice and Interior
TypeMinistry
JurisdictionGovernment of Spain
HeadquartersPalacio de la Marquesa de la Sonora (Madrid)
Annual budget€ 2.5 billion, 2023[1]
Minister responsible
Agency executives
  • Antonio Julián Rodríguez Esquerdo, Secretary of State
  • Manuel Olmedo Palacios, Secretary-General
  • Consuelo Castro Rey, Solicitor General
  • Ana María Sánchez Hernández, Under-Secretary
WebsiteMinistry of Justice(in Spanish)

Likewise, it is responsible for processing the documents relative to grace right, titles of nobility and Grandees which resolution is given by the King and is carried out by the Council of Ministers, giving legal attendance to the State administrations and it is the communication channel of the Government with the Administration of Justice, with the General Council of the Judiciary and with the Prosecution Ministry, through the Attorney General, as well as with the governing bodies of the autonomous communities with judicial responsibilities, the Spanish Data Protection Agency and the associations of legal experts.[3]

The MJUS is headed by the Minister of Justice, who is appointed by the King of Spain at request of the Prime Minister, after hearing the Council of Ministers. The Minister is assisted by three main officials, the Secretary of State for Justice, the Under Secretary of Justice and the Secretary-General for Innovation and Quality of the Public Justice Service. The Solicitor General depends from the Minister. The present incumbent is Mrs. Pilar Llop.

The ministry has its headquarters in the Palace of the Marchioness of Sonora, Madrid.

History

Origin

The administration of justice was a real prerogative and would continue being it until the 19th century, with the firsts constitutions. However, the monarchs already delegate its judicial powers on civil servants in charge of administering justice but the first time that a kind-of government department was created for judicial affairs was in 1705. That year, King Philip V split the Secretariat of the Universal Dispatch into two secretariats, one for War and Treasury and other «for everything else», which primarily included justice and religion affairs.[4][5][6]

The beginnings

However, the true germ of the ministry is found in the Royal Decree of 30 November 1714, which, similar to the French model, divided matters by subject, creating four Secretariats of the Dispatch, among which was the Secretariat of State and of the Dispatch of Ecclesiastical Affairs, Justice and Jurisdiction, in charge of religious affairs, maintenance of royalties from the Crown, the regime of universities, and justice and jurisdiction of Councils and courts, especially in appointments. This secretariat was assumed by Manuel Vadillo Velasco who previously assumed the «Secretariat of the Dispatch for everything else».[7]

This Secretariat of State and of the Dispatch of Ecclesiastical Affairs, Justice and Jurisdiction is renamed Secretariat of the Dispatch of Justice, Political Government and Treasury of Spain and the Indies on 2 April 1717, since it assumes the powers of the Treasury after the General Supervision had been eliminated and after being merged most of the Secretariats of the Dispatch, preserving just three of them. However, this situation will last a short time because in December 1720 the Treasury business regained autonomy, splitting from the Ministry of Justice.[8]

Grace and Justice

The great reforms carried out by Ferdinand VI in 1754-1755 established the definitive classification of the Secretariats of the Dispatch and their powers. Thus, between 15 May 1754 and 14 May 1755, by a series of Royal Decrees, the Secretariats of the Dispatch become five (the Treasury one is re-created), and they are endowed with a permanent organization. In the case of the Secretariat of Ecclesiastical Affairs, Justice and Jurisdiction, by the Decree of 16 August 1754, it changes its name to «Secretariat of State and of the Dispatch of Grace and Justice». The subsequent reform of the year 1787 gives rise to a greater division of the Secretariats, as a solution to the accumulation of affairs and businesses from the Indies.

As for the functions of this Secretariat of the Dispatch of Grace and Justice, it corresponded to it the matters previously dealt with by the Chamber of Castile and the Royal Council, basically those relating to royal patronage, ecclesiastical jurisdiction, and the organization and operation of the Courts of Justice. Thus, it was attributed to this Secretariat everything to the appointments of archbishops, bishops, ecclesiastical dignities, perks, trades and chaplaincies; the government of courts and chancery, the appointment of its presidents, governors and ministers, and the resources of justice; the provision of the corregimientos not destined to war and property; the conservation of royalties of the Crown, as well as the dispatch of what is convenient to the royal houses and the provision of their jobs and the care of the observance of laws and pragmatics.

In 1787, the pre-existing Secretariat of the Navy and the Indies is divided into three, with the names of: Navy, Grace and Justice of the Indies, and War, Treasury, Commerce and Navigation of the Indies, bringing the judicial affairs of the Indies to this moment assumed by the Indies Secretariat to a new the Secretariat of Grace and Justice of the Indies. However, this reform did not end the problems it had tried to remedy, so by Royal Decree of 25 April 1790, the classic division into five Secretaries of State and of the Dispatch was re-established: «State», «War», «Navy», «Treasury» and «Grace and Justice», each of which assumed the corresponding matters to the Indies.[9] This division of the different branches of the Administration will be maintained until the Cortes of Cádiz, which will introduce other reforms.[8]

The Ministry
A demonstration for freedom of worship in front of the Ministry's headquarters. 1869.

In 1812, the name «Secretariat of the Dispatch of Grace and Justice» was changed to «Ministry of Grace and Justice». But in fact, already the Statute of Bayonne of 1808 and the Constitution of 1837 used the term «minister» to refer to the secretaries of the Dispatch, since both terms were used as synonyms until the Royal Decree of 20 September 1851 changed the name of the Secretariat of State and of the Dispatch of Public Works to Ministry of Development, making official the denomination of «ministries» for the former Secretariats of the Dispatch and, consequently, it is definitively called Ministry of Grace and Justice.[8]

Since then, the Ministry of Justice has hardly changed (except for those of internal organization) and the most significant changes were in the Second Republic, specifically on 14 April 1931, when it was renamed «Ministry of Justice» and the period from 25 September 1935 to 19 February 1936, in which the name of the department was «Ministry of Labor, Health and Justice».

Already in democracy, the most significant change was between May 1994 and May 1996, when it merged with the Ministry of the Interior, giving rise to the Ministry of Justice and the Interior.[10]

In 2020, the department lost the powers over the fundamental right of freedom of worship and the matters related with the Historical Memory Act.

Organization chart

The Ministry of Justice is organised in the following managerial bodies:[11]

  • The Secretariat of State for Justice.
    • The General Secretariat for Innovation and Quality of the Public Justice Service.
      • The Directorate-General for the Public Justice Service.
      • The Directorate-General for the Digital Transformation of the Administration of Justice.
      • The Directorate-General for Legal Security and Certification.
      • The Deputy Directorate-General for Innovation and Quality of the Fiscal and Judicial Office.
    • The Directorate-General for International Legal Cooperation and Human Rights.
  • The Undersecretary of Justice.
    • The Technical General Secretariat.
    • The Budget Office.
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Human Resources.
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Hiring and Economic Management.
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Building and Heritage.
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Administrative Information and General Inspection of Services.
    • The Division for the Right of Grace and other Rights.
  • The Office of the Solicitor General.
    • The Directorate-General for Advisory Services.
    • The Directorate-General for Litigation Services.
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Human and Material Resources.
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Constitutional Affairs and Human Rights.
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for European Union and International Affairs.
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Internal Audit and Knowledge Management.
    • The Technical Cabinet of the Solicitor General.
    • The Offices of the Solicitor General at the Spanish regions and autonomous cities.

Agencies
  • The Center for Legal Studies.
  • The General Mutual Benefit Society for Civil Servants of the Administration of Justice.

First Notary of the Kingdom
Queen Maria Cristina swearing in as regent before the First Notary of the Kingdom.

First Notary of the Kingdom or Chief Notary of the Kingdom, in Spanish Notario Mayor del Reino is the title held by the Minister of Justice as the person in charge of giving faith of the big events of the country like taking oath of high-ranking officials of the Kingdom. Among its most important tasks is the record of the swearing and promises of the King or Queen, the Prime Minister, the Ministers and the Secretaries of State.

Likewise, the First Notary of the Kingdom also intervenes in the civil acts of the Spanish royal family, raising the records of the births, marriages and deaths of their individuals, and authorizing their marital capitulations, powers, assignments and other provisions and contracts. Said protocols and other papers of the civil acts that concern the royal family are kept in the dependencies of the Directorate-General of Registries and Notaries.

The title is exercised ex officio, from its appointment until its cessation as Minister of Justice. This position does not confer any notarial authority nor does it have any relationship with the General Council of the Notariat (the nationwide organization who represents the notaries), whose highest authority is the President of the General Council.

In case of the absence of the minister himself and as public notary, the Director-General of the Registries and the Notary, who is the secretary of the First Notary's Office, acts as the Acting First Notary of the Kingdom.

List of ministers of justice of Spain
Pilar Llop, current Minister of Justice

Reign of Joseph I (1808-1813)
Took office Left office Name
7 July 18081 August 1808Sebastián Piñuela Alonso (1)
5 September 180827 February 1812Manuel Romero (1)
27 February 181227 June 1813Pablo Arribas(1)

Junta Suprema Central (1808-1812)
Took office Left office Name
15 February 18086 February 1810Benito Ramón de la Hermida (3)
6 February 181019 January 1811Nicolás María Sierra (3)
19 January 181112 August 1811José Antonio Larrumbide Urquidizar (3)
12 August 181123 June 1812Ignacio Pezuela (3)
23 June 181210 February 1813Antonio Cano Ramírez de Arellano (3)
10 February 18134 May 1814Manuel García Herreros (3)

Reign of Fernando VII (1814-1833)
Took office Left office Name
4 May 18148 November 1814Pedro Macanaz (3)
8 November 181427 January 1816Tomás Moyano (3)
27 January 181629 February 1816Pedro Cevallos Guerra (3)
29 February 181629 January 1817José García de León y Pizarro (3)
29 January 18171 November 1819Juan Esteban Lozano de Torres (3)
1 November 18199 March 1820Bernardo Mozo de Rosales (3)
9 March 18208 April 1820José García de la Torre (3)
8 April 18202 March 1821Manuel García Herreros (1)
2 March 182128 February 1822Vicente Cano Manuel Ramírez de Arellano (1)
28 February 182223 July 1822Nicolás María Garelli (1)
23 July 18225 August 1822Damián de la Santa (1)
5 August 182212 May 1823Felipe Benicio Navarro (1)
12 May 182330 September 1823José María Calatrava (1)
30 September 18232 December 1823José García de la Torre (3)
2 December 182318 January 1824Narciso Heredia y Begines de los Ríos (3)
18 January 18241 February 1832Francisco Tadeo Calomarde (3)
1 February 183214 December 1832José Cafranga Costilla (3)
14 December 183225 March 1833Francisco Fernández del Pino (3)
25 March 183329 November 1833Juan Gualberto González Bravo Delgado (3)

Regency of María Cristina (1833-1840)
Took office Left office Name
29 November 183315 January 1834Juan Gualberto González Bravo (1)
15 January 183417 February 1835Nicolás María Garelli (1)
17 February 183513 June 1835Juan de la Dehesa (1)
13 June 183527 September 1835Manuel García Herreros (1)
29 September 183515 May 1836Álvaro Gómez Becerra
15 May 183614 August 1836Manuel Barrio Ayuso (1)
14 August 183618 August 1837José Landero y Corchado (1)
18 August 18371 February 1837Ramón Salvato (1)
1 February 18374 February 1837Juan Antonio Castejón (1)
4 February 183716 December 1837Pablo Mata Vigil (1)
16 December 18376 September 1838Francisco Castro y Orozco (1)
6 September 183821 November 1838Domingo Ruiz de la Vega (1)
21 November 18389 December 1838Antonio González y González (1)
9 December 183820 July 1840Lorenzo Arrazola (1)
20 July 184012 August 1840Antonio González y González (1)
12 August 184029 August 1840Francisco Agustín Silvela y Blanco (1)
29 August 184011 September 1840Modesto Cortázar (1)
11 September 184016 September 1840Álvaro Gómez Becerra (1)

Regency of Baldomero Espartero (1840-1843)
Took office Left office Name
16 September 184020 May 1841Álvaro Gómez Becerra (1)
20 May 184117 June 1842José Alonso Ruiz de Conejares (1)
17 June 18429 May 1843Miguel Antonio de Zumalacarregui (1)
9 May 184319 May 1843Joaquín María López (1)
19 May 184330 July 1843Álvaro Gómez Becerra (1)

Reign of Isabel II (1843-1868)
Took office Left office Name
25 July 184324 November 1843Joaquín María López (1)
24 November 18431 December 1843Claudio Antón de Luzuriaga (1)
5 December 184312 February 1846Luis Mayans y Enríquez de Navarra (1)
13 February 184616 March 1846Lorenzo Arrazola (1)
16 March 18465 April 1846Pedro Egaña (1)
5 April 184628 January 1847Joaquín Díaz Caneja (1)
28 January 184728 March 1847Juan Bravo Murillo (1)
30 March 18473 September 1847Florencio Rodríguez Vaamonde (1)
3 September 18474 February 1847Florencio García Goyena (1)
4 February 184719 February 1849Lorenzo Arrazola (1)
19 February 184920 February 1849José Manresa (1)
20 February 184914 January 1851Lorenzo Arrazola (1)
14 January 185114 December 1852Ventura González Romero (1)
14 December 18529 April 1853Federico Vahey Alba (1)
14 April 185319 September 1853Pablo Govantes (1)
19 September 185316 January 1854José de Castro y Orozco (1)
16 January 185417 July 1854Jacinto Félix Domenech (1)
18 July 185430 July 1854Pedro Gómez de la Serna (1)
30 July 185429 November 1854José Alonso Ruiz de Conejares (1)
29 November 18546 June 1855Joaquín Aguirre de la Peña (1)
6 June 185515 January 1856Manuel Fuente Andrés (1)
15 January 185614 July 1856José Arias Uría (1)
14 July 18567 August 1856Claudio Antón de Luzuriaga (1)
7 August 185612 February 1856Cirilo Álvarez (1)
12 February 185615 February 1857Manuel Seijas Lozano (1)
15 February 185725 February 1857Fernando Álvarez (1)
25 February 185714 January 1858Joaquín José Casaus (1)
14 January 185830 June 1858José Fernández de la Hoz (1)
30 June 185817 January 1863Santiago Fernández Negrete (1)
17 January 18639 February 1863Nicomedes Pastor Díaz (1)
9 February 18632 March 1863Pedro Nolasco Aurioles Aguado (1)
2 March 186317 January 1864Rafael Monares Cebrián (1)
17 January 18641 March 1864Fernando Álvarez (1)
1 March 186416 September 1864Luis Mayans y Enríquez de Navarra (1)
16 September 186421 June 1865Lorenzo Arrazola (1)
21 June 186510 July 1866Fernando Calderón Collantes (1)
10 July 186627 June 1867Lorenzo Arrazola (1)
27 June 186715 June 1868Joaquín de Roncali y Ceruti (1)
15 June 186830 September 1868Carlos María Coronado (1)

Sexenio Democrático
Took office Left office Name
8 February 186818 June 1869Antonio Romero Ortiz (1)
18 June 186913 July 1869Cristóbal Martín de Herrera (1)
13 July 18699 January 1870Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla (1)
9 January 18704 January 1871Eugenio Montero Ríos (1)

Reign of Amadeo I (1871-1873)
Took office Left office Name
4 January 187124 July 1871Augusto Ulloa (1)
24 July 18715 October 1871Eugenio Montero Ríos (1)
5 October 187126 May 1872Eduardo Alonso Colmenares (1)
26 May 187213 June 1872Alejandro Groizard (1)
13 June 187212 February 1873Eugenio Montero Ríos (1)

First Spanish Republic (1873-1874)
Took office Left office Name
12 February 1873 11 June 1873 Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso (1)
11 June 1873 28 June 1873 José Fernando González (1)
28 June 1873 18 July 1873 Joaquín Gil Bergés (1)
19 July 1873 4 September 1873 Pedro José Moreno Rodríguez (1)
8 September 1873 3 January 1874 Luis del Río y Ramos (1)
3 January 1874 4 January 1874 Eugenio García Ruiz (1)
4 January 1874 13 May 1874 Cristino Martos Balbi (1)
13 May 1874 3 September 1874 Manuel Alonso Martínez (1)
3 September 1874 31 December 1874 Eduardo Alonso Colmenares (1)

Reign of Alfonso XII (1874-1885)
Took office Left office Name
31 December 1874 12 September 1875 Francisco de Cárdenas Espejo (1)
12 September 1875 2 December 1875 Fernando Calderón Collantes (1)
2 December 1875 14 January 1877 Cristóbal Martín de Herrera (1)
14 January 1877 6 January 1879 Fernando Calderón Collantes (1)
6 January 1879 7 March 1879 Saturnino Álvarez Bugallal (1)
7 March 1879 9 December 1879 Pedro Nolasco Aurioles Aguado (1)
9 December 1879 8 February 1881 Saturnino Álvarez Bugallal (1)
8 February 1881 9 January 1883 Manuel Alonso Martínez (1)
9 January 1883 13 October 1883 Vicente Romero Girón (1)
13 October 1883 18 January 1884 Aureliano Linares Rivas (1)
18 January 1881 27 November 1885 Francisco Silvela Le Vielleuze (1)

Regency of María Cristina (1885-1902)
Took office Left office Name
27 November 1885 11 December 1888 Manuel Alonso Martínez (1)
11 December 1888 21 January 1890 José Canalejas y Méndez (1)
21 January 1890 5 July 1890 Joaquín López Puigcerver (1)
5 July 1890 23 November 1891 Raimundo Fernández Villaverde (1)
23 November 1891 11 December 1892 Fernando Cos-Gayón y Pons (1)
11 December 1892 6 July 1893 Eugenio Montero Ríos (1)
6 July 1893 4 November 1894 Trinitario Ruiz Capdepón (1)
4 November 1894 23 March 1895 Antonio Maura Montaner (1)
23 March 1895 14 December 1895 Francisco Romero Robledo (1)
14 December 1895 4 October 1897 Manuel Aguirre de Tejada (1)
4 October 1897 4 March 1899 Alejandro Groizard y Gómez de la Serna (1)
4 March 1899 24 October 1899 Manuel Durán y Bas (1)
24 October 1899 18 April 1900 Luis María de la Torre y de la Hoz (1)
18 April 1900 6 March 1901 Francisco Javier González de Castejón y Elío (1)
6 March 1901 19 March 1902 Julián García-San Miguel (1)
19 March 1902 17 May 1902 Juan Montilla y Adán (1)

Reign of Alfonso XIII (1902-1923)
Took office Left office Name
17 May 1902 15 November 1902 Juan Montilla y Adán (1)
15 November 1902 6 December 1902 Joaquín López Puigcerver (1)
6 December 1902 20 July 1903 Eduardo Dato Iradier (1)
20 July 1903 5 December 1903 Francisco Guzmán y Carballeda (1)
5 December 1903 16 December 1904 Joaquín Sánchez de Toca (1)
16 December 1904 23 June 1905 Francisco Javier Ugarte Pagés (1)
23 June 1905 31 October 1905 Joaquín González de la Peña (1)
31 October 1905 1 December 1905 Joaquín López Puigcerver (1)
1 December 1905 10 June 1906 Manuel García Prieto (1)
10 June 1906 6 July 1906 José María Celleruelo Poviones (1)
6 July 1906 30 November 1906 Álvaro de Figueroa y Torres (1)
30 November 1906 25 January 1907 Antonio Barroso Castillo (1)
25 January 1907 21 October 1909 Juan Armada y Losada (1)
21 October 1909 9 February 1910 Eduardo Martínez del Campo y Acosta (1)
9 February 1910 3 April 1911 Trinitario Ruiz Valarino (1)
3 April 1911 29 June 1911 Antonio Barroso Castillo (1)
29 June 1911 12 March 1912 José Canalejas y Méndez (1)
3 April 1911 29 June 1911 Trinitario Ruiz Valarino (1)
29 June 1911 12 March 1912 José Canalejas y Méndez (1)
12 March 1912 31 December 1912 Diego Arias de Miranda y Goytia (1)
31 December 1912 24 May 1913 Antonio Barroso Castillo (1)
24 May 1913 13 June 1913 Álvaro de Figueroa y Torres (1)
13 June 1913 27 October 1913 Pedro Rodríguez de la Borbolla (1)
27 October 1913 7 September 1914 Francisco Javier González de Castejón y Elío (1)
7 September 1914 4 January 1915 Eduardo Dato Iradier (1)
4 January 1915 9 December 1915 Manuel de Burgos y Mazo (1)
9 December 1915 8 October 1916 Antonio Barroso Castillo (1)
8 October 1916 19 April 1917 Juan Alvarado y del Saz (1)
19 April 1917 11 June 1917 Trinitario Ruiz Valarino (1)
11 June 1917 3 November 1917 Manuel de Burgos y Mazo (1)
3 November 1917 22 March 1918 Joaquín Fernández Prida (1)
22 March 1918 10 October 1918 Álvaro de Figueroa y Torres (1)
10 October 1918 9 November 1918 Antonio Maura y Montaner (1)
9 November 1918 5 December 1918 José Roig y Berdagá (1)
5 December 1918 15 April 1919 Alejandro Roselló y Pastors (1)
15 April 1919 20 July 1919 José Bahamonde y de Lanz (1)
20 July 1919 12 December 1919 Pascual Amat y Esteve (1)
12 December 1919 5 May 1920 Pablo Garnica y Echevarría (1)
5 May 1920 1 September 1920 Gabino Bugallal Araújo (1)
1 September 1920 13 March 1921 Mariano Ordóñez García (1)
13 March 1921 7 July 1921 Vicente Piniés Bayona (1)
7 July 1921 14 August 1921 Julio Wais San Martín (1)
14 August 1921 8 March 1922 José Francos Rodríguez (1)
8 March 1922 1 April 1922 José Bertrán y Musitu (1)
1 April 1922 4 December 1922 Mariano Ordóñez García (1)
4 December 1922 7 December 1922 Carlos Cañal y Migolla (1)
7 December 1922 26 May 1923 Álvaro de Figueroa y Torres (1)
26 May 1923 15 September 1923 Antonio López Muñoz (1)

Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera (1923-1931)
Took office Left office Name
17 September 1923 21 December 1923 Fernando Cadalso Manzano (1)
21 December 1923 22 January 1924 Ernesto Jiménez Sánchez (1)
22 January 1924 3 December 1925 Francisco García Goyena y Alzugaray (1)
3 December 1925 3 November 1928 Galo Ponte y Escartín (1)
3 November 1928 30 January 1930 Galo Ponte y Escartín (2)
30 January 1930 25 November 1930 José Estrada y Estrada (2)
25 November 1930 18 February 1931 Joaquín de Montes Jovellar (2)
18 February 1931 14 April 1931 Manuel García Prieto (2)

Second Spanish Republic (1931-1939)
Took office Left office Name Party
14 April 1931 16 December 1931 Fernando de los Ríos Urruti PSOE
16 December 1931 4 July 1933 Álvaro de Albornoz Liminiana PRS
4 July 1933 12 September 1933 Santiago Casares Quiroga FRG
12 September 1933 29 November 1933 Juan Botella Asensi IRS
29 November 1933 16 December 1933 Domingo Barnés Salinas Indep.
16 December 1933 17 April 1934 Ramón Álvarez Valdés PLD
17 April 1934 28 April 1934 Salvador de Madariaga Rojo Indep.
28 April 1934 4 October 1934 Vicente Cantos Figuerola PRR
4 October 1934 3 April 1935 Rafael Aizpún Santafé CEDA
3 April 1935 6 May 1935 Vicente Cantos Figuerola PRR
6 May 1935 25 September 1935 Cándido Casanueva y Gorjón CEDA
25 September 1935 14 December 1935 Federico Salmón Amorín (4) CEDA
14 December 1935 30 December 1935 Alfredo Martínez García (5) PLD
30 December 1935 19 February 1936 Manuel Becerra Fernández (5) PC
19 February 1936 13 May 1936 Antonio Lara Zárate Republican Union
13 May 1936 4 September 1936 Manuel Blasco Garzón Republican Union
4 September 1936 4 November 1936 Mariano Ruiz-Funes García IR
4 November 1936 17 May 1937 Juan García Oliver CNT
17 May 1937 11 December 1937 Manuel de Irujo y Ollo PNV
11 December 1937 5 April 1938 Tomás Bilbao Hospitalet ANV
5 April 1938 1 April 1939 Ramón González Peña PSOE

Francoism (1939-1975)
Took office Left office Name
3 October 1936 30 January 1938 José Cortés López
30 January 1938 9 August 1939 Tomás Domínguez Arévalo
9 August 1939 16 March 1943 Esteban Bilbao y Eguía
16 March 1943 18 July 1945 Eduardo Aunós
18 July 1945 18 July 1951 Raimundo Fernández-Cuesta
18 July 1951 7 July 1965 Antonio Iturmendi Bañales
7 July 1965 9 June 1973 Antonio María de Oriol y Urquijo
9 June 1973 11 March 1975 Francisco Ruiz-Jarabo
11 March 1975 12 December 1975 José María Sánchez-Ventura

Reign of Juan Carlos I (1975-2014)
Took office Left office Name Party Prime Minister
12 December 1975 5 July 1976 Antonio Garrigues Díaz-Cañabate
5 July 1976 4 July 1977
Landelino Lavilla Alsina
4 July 1977 6 April 1979 Landelino Lavilla Alsina UCD Adolfo Suárez
5 July 1979 9 September 1980
Íñigo Cavero Lataillade UCD
9 September 1980 1 September 1981
Francisco Fernández Ordóñez UCD
1 September 1981 3 December 1982
Pío Cabanillas Gallas UCD Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo
2 December 1982 12 July 1988
Fernando Ledesma Bartret PSOE Felipe González
12 July 1988 12 March 1991
Enrique Múgica Herzog PSOE
12 March 1991 13 July 1993
Tomás de la Quadra-Salcedo PSOE
14 July 1993 19 December 1995
Juan Alberto Belloch PSOE
5 May 1996 27 April 2000
Margarita Mariscal de Gante PP José María Aznar
28 April 2000 10 July 2002
Ángel Acebes Paniagua PP
10 July 2002 18 April 2004
José María Michavila PP
18 April 2004 12 February 2007
Juan Fernando López Aguilar PSOE José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
12 February 2007 23 February 2009
Mariano Fernández Bermejo PSOE
23 February 2009 22 December 2011
Francisco Caamaño Domínguez PSOE
22 December 2011 23 September 2014
Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón PP Mariano Rajoy

Reign of Felipe VI (since 2014)
Took office Left office Name Party Prime Minister
23 September 2014 29 September 2014
Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría PP (Interim) Mariano Rajoy
29 September 2014 7 June 2018
Rafael Catalá Polo PP
7 June 2018 13 January 2020
Dolores Delgado García Independent Pedro Sánchez
13 January 2020 12 July 2021
Juan Carlos Campo PSOE
12 July 2021 Incumbent
Pilar Llop Cuenca PSOE

If the Minister has no number, their title was Minister of Justice.

  1. Minister of Grace and Justice
  2. Minister of Justice and Religion
  3. Secretary of the Office of Grace and Justice
  4. Minister of Labour and Justice
  5. Minister of Labour, Justice and Health

If the Minister has no number, their title was Minister of Justice.

  1. Minister of Grace and Justice
  2. Minister of Justice and Religion
  3. Secretary of the Office of Grace and Justice
  4. Minister of Labour and Justice
  5. Minister of Labour, Justice and Health

See also

References
  1. "2023 State Budget" (PDF). www.boe.es. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  2. "Royal Decree 453/2020, of March 10, which develops the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Justice". boe.es. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. "Royal Decree 1044/2018, of August 24, by which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Justice is developed". www.boe.es. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  4. Escudero, José Antonio (1979). Los orígenes del Consejo de Ministros en España. Editorial Complutense. pp. 31–42. ISBN 9788474915945.
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