Minister of Defence | |
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Ministro de Defensa de España | |
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Ministry of Defence | |
Style | Mr./Ms. Minister (informal) The Most Excellent (formal) |
Status | Head of a ministry |
Abbreviation | MINISDEF |
Member of | Council of Ministers National Security Council National Defence Council |
Reports to | Prime Minister |
Residence | Ministry of Defense HQ, 11th floor |
Seat | Ministry of Defense Headquarters Madrid |
Nominator | Prime Minister |
Appointer | Monarch countersigned by the Prime Minister |
Term length | No term fixed |
Precursor | Minister of War Minister of the Navy Minister of the Air |
Formation | 17 May 1937 |
First holder | Indalecio Prieto as Minister of National Defence |
The minister of defence is the highest authority of Spain's Ministry of Defence, which is in charge of the preparation, development and execution of the defense policy determined by its government, as well as the management of the Military Administration.
No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Government | Ref. | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
Minister of National Defence | ||||||||
1 | ![]() | Indalecio Prieto (1883–1962) | 17 May 1937 | 5 April 1938 | 323 days | PSOE | Negrín I | |
2 | ![]() | Juan Negrín (1892–1956) | 5 April 1938 | 6 March 1939 | 360 days | PSOE | Negrín II |
No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Government | Ref. | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
Minister of National Defence | ||||||||
1 | ![]() | Fidel Dávila Arrondo (1878–1962) | 31 January 1938 | 9 August 1939 | 360 days | Military | Franco I | [1] [2] |
Split into Minister of the Army, Minister of the Navy and Minister of the Air |
No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Government | Ref. | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
Minister of Defence | ||||||||
Reign of Juan Carlos I (1975–2014) | ||||||||
1 | ![]() | Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado (1912–1995) | 4 July 1977 | 5 April 1979 | 1 year, 275 days | Military | Suárez II | [3] |
2 | ![]() | Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún (1932–1991) | 6 April 1979 | 27 February 1981 | 1 year, 327 days | UCD | Suárez III | [4] |
3 | ![]() | Alberto Oliart (1928–2021) | 26 February 1981 | 3 December 1982 | 1 year, 280 days | UCD | Calvo-Sotelo | [5] |
4 | ![]() | Narcís Serra (born 1943) | 3 December 1982 | 12 March 1991 | 8 years, 99 days | PSOE | González I–II–III | [6] [7] [8] |
5 | ![]() | Julián García Vargas (born 1945) | 12 March 1991 | 3 July 1995 | 4 years, 113 days | PSOE | González III–IV | [9] [10] |
6 | ![]() | Gustavo Suárez Pertierra (born 1949) | 3 July 1995 | 5 May 1996 | 307 days | PSOE | González IV | [11] |
7 | ![]() | Eduardo Serra Rexach (born 1946) | 5 May 1996 | 27 April 2000 | 3 years, 358 days | Independent | Aznar I | [12] |
8 | ![]() | Federico Trillo (born 1952) | 28 April 2000 | 18 April 2004 | 3 years, 356 days | PP | Aznar II | [13] |
9 | ![]() | José Bono (born 1950) | 18 April 2004 | 7 April 2006 | 1 year, 354 days | PSOE | Zapatero I | [14] |
10 | ![]() | José Antonio Alonso (1960–2017) | 7 April 2006 | 14 April 2008 | 2 years, 7 days | PSOE | Zapatero I | [15] |
11 | ![]() | Carme Chacón (1971–2017) | 14 April 2008 [lower-alpha 1] | 22 December 2011 | 3 years, 252 days | PSOE | Zapatero II | [17] |
12 | ![]() | Pedro Morenés (born 1948) | 22 December 2011 | 19 June 2014 | 2 years, 179 days | Independent | Rajoy I | [18] [19] |
Reign of Felipe VI (2014–present) | ||||||||
12 | ![]() | Pedro Morenés (born 1948) | 19 June 2014 | 4 November 2016 | 2 years, 138 days | Independent | Rajoy I | [18] [19] |
13 | ![]() | María Dolores de Cospedal (born 1965) | 4 November 2016 | 1 June 2018 | 1 year, 209 days | PP | Rajoy II | [20] |
14 | ![]() | Margarita Robles (born 1956) | 7 June 2018 | Incumbent | 5 years, 357 days | Independent | Sánchez I–II–III | [21] [22] [23] |
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