Ministry of Justice (Spain)

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Ministry of Justice
Ministerio de Justicia
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Headquarters of the Ministry
Agency overview
Formed30 November 1714;309 years ago (1714-11-30) (as Secretary of State and of the Dispatch of Ecclesiastical Issues, Justice and Jurisdiction)
Preceding agency
  • Ministry of Justice and Interior
Dissolved20 November 2023
Superseding agency
TypeMinistry
Jurisdiction Government of Spain
Headquarters Palacio de la Marquesa de la Sonora (Madrid)
Annual budget 2.5 billion, 2023 [1]
Website Ministry of Justice (in Spanish)

The Ministry of Justice (MJUS) was 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]

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Likewise, it was 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 was 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 last minister of justice under this ministry was Pilar Llop, who served from 2021 to 2023.

The ministry had 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. Demostracion contra el nuncio, 26 de enero de 1869, Madrid.jpg
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.

In November 2023, the Ministry was disestablished and it was merged with the Ministry of the Presidency. [11] It was the second time in three centuries that the Ministry of Justice was abolished after its merger with the Ministry of the Interior from 1994 to 1996.

Organization chart

The Ministry of Justice was organised in the following managerial bodies: [12]

Agencies

First Notary of the Kingdom

Queen Maria Cristina swearing in as regent before the First Notary of the Kingdom. Jura de la regente Maria Cristina de Habsburgo (Francisco Jover, Joaquin Sorolla).jpg
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 intervened 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, most recent Minister of Justice (2021-2023) Pilar Llop 2021 (cropped).jpg
Pilar Llop, most recent Minister of Justice (2021–2023)

Reign of Joseph I (1808–1813)

Took officeLeft officeName
7 July 18081 August 1808 Sebastián Piñuela Alonso (1)
5 September 180827 February 1812 Manuel Romero (1)
27 February 181227 June 1813 Pablo Arribas (1)

Junta Suprema Central (1808–1812)

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

Reign of Fernando VII (1814–1833)

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

Regency of María Cristina (1833–1840)

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

Regency of Baldomero Espartero (1840–1843)

Took officeLeft officeName
16 September 184020 May 1841 Álvaro Gómez Becerra (1)
20 May 184117 June 1842 José Alonso Ruiz de Conejares (1)
17 June 18429 May 1843 Miguel Antonio de Zumalacarregui (1)
9 May 184319 May 1843 Joaquín María López (1)
19 May 184330 July 1843 Álvaro Gómez Becerra (1)

Reign of Isabel II (1843–1868)

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

Sexenio Democrático

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

Reign of Amadeo I (1871–1873)

Took officeLeft officeName
4 January 187124 July 1871 Augusto Ulloa (1)
24 July 18715 October 1871 Eugenio Montero Ríos (1)
5 October 187126 May 1872 Eduardo Alonso Colmenares (1)
26 May 187213 June 1872 Alejandro Groizard (1)
13 June 187212 February 1873 Eugenio Montero Ríos (1)

First Spanish Republic (1873–1874)

Took officeLeft officeName
12 February 187311 June 1873 Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso (1)
11 June 187328 June 1873 José Fernando González (1)
28 June 187318 July 1873 Joaquín Gil Bergés (1)
19 July 18734 September 1873 Pedro José Moreno Rodríguez (1)
8 September 18733 January 1874 Luis del Río y Ramos (1)
3 January 18744 January 1874 Eugenio García Ruiz (1)
4 January 187413 May 1874 Cristino Martos Balbi (1)
13 May 18743 September 1874 Manuel Alonso Martínez (1)
3 September 187431 December 1874 Eduardo Alonso Colmenares (1)

Reign of Alfonso XII (1874–1885)

Took officeLeft officeName
31 December 187412 September 1875 Francisco de Cárdenas Espejo (1)
12 September 18752 December 1875 Fernando Calderón Collantes (1)
2 December 187514 January 1877 Cristóbal Martín de Herrera (1)
14 January 18776 January 1879 Fernando Calderón Collantes (1)
6 January 18797 March 1879 Saturnino Álvarez Bugallal (1)
7 March 18799 December 1879 Pedro Nolasco Aurioles Aguado (1)
9 December 18798 February 1881 Saturnino Álvarez Bugallal (1)
8 February 18819 January 1883 Manuel Alonso Martínez (1)
9 January 188313 October 1883 Vicente Romero Girón (1)
13 October 188318 January 1884 Aureliano Linares Rivas (1)
18 January 188127 November 1885 Francisco Silvela Le Vielleuze (1)

Regency of María Cristina (1885-1902)

Took officeLeft officeName
27 November 188511 December 1888 Manuel Alonso Martínez (1)
11 December 188821 January 1890 José Canalejas y Méndez (1)
21 January 18905 July 1890 Joaquín López Puigcerver (1)
5 July 189023 November 1891 Raimundo Fernández Villaverde (1)
23 November 189111 December 1892 Fernando Cos-Gayón y Pons (1)
11 December 18926 July 1893 Eugenio Montero Ríos (1)
6 July 18934 November 1894 Trinitario Ruiz Capdepón (1)
4 November 189423 March 1895 Antonio Maura Montaner (1)
23 March 189514 December 1895 Francisco Romero Robledo (1)
14 December 18954 October 1897 Manuel Aguirre de Tejada (1)
4 October 18974 March 1899 Alejandro Groizard y Gómez de la Serna (1)
4 March 189924 October 1899 Manuel Durán y Bas (1)
24 October 189918 April 1900 Luis María de la Torre y de la Hoz (1)
18 April 19006 March 1901 Francisco Javier González de Castejón y Elío (1)
6 March 190119 March 1902 Julián García-San Miguel (1)
19 March 190217 May 1902 Juan Montilla y Adán (1)

Reign of Alfonso XIII (1902-1923)

Took officeLeft officeName
17 May 190215 November 1902 Juan Montilla y Adán (1)
15 November 19026 December 1902 Joaquín López Puigcerver (1)
6 December 190220 July 1903 Eduardo Dato Iradier (1)
20 July 19035 December 1903 Francisco Guzmán y Carballeda (1)
5 December 190316 December 1904 Joaquín Sánchez de Toca (1)
16 December 190423 June 1905 Francisco Javier Ugarte Pagés (1)
23 June 190531 October 1905 Joaquín González de la Peña (1)
31 October 19051 December 1905 Joaquín López Puigcerver (1)
1 December 190510 June 1906 Manuel García Prieto (1)
10 June 19066 July 1906 José María Celleruelo Poviones (1)
6 July 190630 November 1906 Álvaro de Figueroa y Torres (1)
30 November 190625 January 1907 Antonio Barroso Castillo (1)
25 January 190721 October 1909 Juan Armada y Losada (1)
21 October 19099 February 1910 Eduardo Martínez del Campo y Acosta (1)
9 February 19103 April 1911 Trinitario Ruiz Valarino (1)
3 April 191129 June 1911 Antonio Barroso Castillo (1)
29 June 191112 March 1912 José Canalejas y Méndez (1)
3 April 191129 June 1911 Trinitario Ruiz Valarino (1)
29 June 191112 March 1912 José Canalejas y Méndez (1)
12 March 191231 December 1912 Diego Arias de Miranda y Goytia (1)
31 December 191224 May 1913 Antonio Barroso Castillo (1)
24 May 191313 June 1913 Álvaro de Figueroa y Torres (1)
13 June 191327 October 1913 Pedro Rodríguez de la Borbolla (1)
27 October 19137 September 1914 Francisco Javier González de Castejón y Elío (1)
7 September 19144 January 1915 Eduardo Dato Iradier (1)
4 January 19159 December 1915 Manuel de Burgos y Mazo (1)
9 December 19158 October 1916 Antonio Barroso Castillo (1)
8 October 191619 April 1917 Juan Alvarado y del Saz (1)
19 April 191711 June 1917 Trinitario Ruiz Valarino (1)
11 June 19173 November 1917 Manuel de Burgos y Mazo (1)
3 November 191722 March 1918 Joaquín Fernández Prida (1)
22 March 191810 October 1918 Álvaro de Figueroa y Torres (1)
10 October 19189 November 1918 Antonio Maura y Montaner (1)
9 November 19185 December 1918 José Roig y Berdagá (1)
5 December 191815 April 1919 Alejandro Roselló y Pastors (1)
15 April 191920 July 1919 José Bahamonde y de Lanz (1)
20 July 191912 December 1919 Pascual Amat y Esteve (1)
12 December 19195 May 1920 Pablo Garnica y Echevarría (1)
5 May 19201 September 1920 Gabino Bugallal Araújo (1)
1 September 192013 March 1921 Mariano Ordóñez García (1)
13 March 19217 July 1921 Vicente Piniés Bayona (1)
7 July 192114 August 1921 Julio Wais San Martín (1)
14 August 19218 March 1922 José Francos Rodríguez (1)
8 March 19221 April 1922 José Bertrán y Musitu (1)
1 April 19224 December 1922 Mariano Ordóñez García (1)
4 December 19227 December 1922 Carlos Cañal y Migolla (1)
7 December 192226 May 1923 Álvaro de Figueroa y Torres (1)
26 May 192315 September 1923 Antonio López Muñoz (1)

Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera (1923-1931)

Took officeLeft officeName
17 September 192321 December 1923 Fernando Cadalso Manzano (1)
21 December 192322 January 1924 Ernesto Jiménez Sánchez (1)
22 January 19243 December 1925 Francisco García Goyena y Alzugaray (1)
3 December 19253 November 1928 Galo Ponte y Escartín (1)
3 November 192830 January 1930 Galo Ponte y Escartín (2)
30 January 193025 November 1930 José Estrada y Estrada (2)
25 November 193018 February 1931 Joaquín de Montes Jovellar (2)
18 February 193114 April 1931 Manuel García Prieto (2)

Second Spanish Republic (1931-1939)

Took officeLeft officeNameParty
14 April 193116 December 1931 Fernando de los Ríos Urruti PSOE
16 December 19314 July 1933 Álvaro de Albornoz Liminiana PRS
4 July 193312 September 1933 Santiago Casares Quiroga FRG
12 September 193329 November 1933 Juan Botella Asensi IRS
29 November 193316 December 1933 Domingo Barnés Salinas Indep.
16 December 193317 April 1934 Ramón Álvarez Valdés PLD
17 April 193428 April 1934 Salvador de Madariaga Rojo Indep.
28 April 19344 October 1934 Vicente Cantos Figuerola PRR
4 October 19343 April 1935 Rafael Aizpún Santafé CEDA
3 April 19356 May 1935 Vicente Cantos Figuerola PRR
6 May 193525 September 1935 Cándido Casanueva y Gorjón CEDA
25 September 193514 December 1935 Federico Salmón Amorín (4) CEDA
14 December 193530 December 1935 Alfredo Martínez García (5) PLD
30 December 193519 February 1936 Manuel Becerra Fernández (5) PC
19 February 193613 May 1936 Antonio Lara Zárate Republican Union
13 May 19364 September 1936 Manuel Blasco Garzón Republican Union
4 September 19364 November 1936 Mariano Ruiz-Funes García IR
4 November 193617 May 1937 Juan García Oliver CNT
17 May 193711 December 1937 Manuel de Irujo y Ollo PNV
11 December 19375 April 1938 Tomás Bilbao Hospitalet ANV
5 April 19381 April 1939 Ramón González Peña PSOE

Francoism (1939-1975)

Took officeLeft officeName
3 October 193630 January 1938 José Cortés López
30 January 19389 August 1939 Tomás Domínguez Arévalo
9 August 193916 March 1943 Esteban Bilbao y Eguía
16 March 194318 July 1945 Eduardo Aunós
18 July 194518 July 1951 Raimundo Fernández-Cuesta
18 July 19517 July 1965 Antonio Iturmendi Bañales
7 July 19659 June 1973 Antonio María de Oriol y Urquijo
9 June 197311 March 1975 Francisco Ruiz-Jarabo
11 March 197512 December 1975 José María Sánchez-Ventura

Reign of Juan Carlos I (1975–2014)

Took officeLeft officeNamePartyPrime Minister
12 December 19755 July 1976 Antonio Garrigues Díaz-Cañabate
5 July 19764 July 1977
Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo conversa con el presidente del Congreso, Landelino Lavilla (cropped).jpg
Landelino Lavilla Alsina
4 July 19776 April 1979 Landelino Lavilla Alsina UCD Adolfo Suárez
5 July 19799 September 1980
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Íñigo Cavero Lataillade UCD
9 September 19801 September 1981
Francisco Fernandez Ordonez en la rueda de prensa posterior al Consejo de Ministros (15 de enero de 1988).jpg
Francisco Fernández Ordóñez UCD
1 September 19813 December 1982
(Cabanillas) Adolfo Suarez junto a Pio Cabanillas, ministro de Cultura, en una tasca de Orense durante la campana de UCD en las elecciones generales de 1 de marzo de 1979 (cropped).jpeg
Pío Cabanillas Gallas UCD Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo
2 December 198212 July 1988
(Fernando Ledesma) Eduardo Sotillos ofrece la rueda de prensa posterior al Consejo de Ministros junto al ministro de Justicia. Pool Moncloa. 2 de febrero de 1983 (cropped).jpeg
Fernando Ledesma Bartret PSOE Felipe González
12 July 198812 March 1991
Enrique Mugica en la rueda de prensa posterior al Consejo de Ministros.jpg
Enrique Múgica Herzog PSOE
12 March 199113 July 1993
(Tomas de la Quadra-Salcedo) Rosa Conde en la rueda de prensa posterior al Consejo de Ministros acompanada del ministro de Justicia. Pool Moncloa. 15 de marzo de 1991 (cropped).jpeg
Tomás de la Quadra-Salcedo PSOE
14 July 199319 December 1995
(Juan Alberto Belloch) Fernandez de la Vega recibe la Medalla del Bicentenario-Defensor de Zaragoza. Pool Moncloa. 13 de abril de 2009 (cropped).jpeg
Juan Alberto Belloch PSOE
5 May 199627 April 2000
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Margarita Mariscal de Gante PP José María Aznar
28 April 200010 July 2002
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Ángel Acebes Paniagua PP
10 July 200218 April 2004
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José María Michavila PP
18 April 200412 February 2007
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Juan Fernando López Aguilar PSOE José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
12 February 200723 February 2009
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Mariano Fernández Bermejo PSOE
23 February 200922 December 2011
Francisco Caamano 2009 (cropped).jpg
Francisco Caamaño Domínguez PSOE
22 December 201123 September 2014
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Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón PP Mariano Rajoy

Reign of Felipe VI (since 2014)

Took officeLeft officeNamePartyPrime Minister
23 September 201429 September 2014
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Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría PP (Interim)Mariano Rajoy
29 September 20147 June 2018
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Rafael Catalá Polo PP
7 June 201813 January 2020
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Dolores Delgado García IndependentPedro Sánchez
13 January 202012 July 2021
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Juan Carlos Campo PSOE
12 July 202121 November 2023
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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
  6. Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes

See also

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