Ministry of Justice
Ministerio de Justicia

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
JurisdictionGovernment of Spain
HeadquartersPalacio de la Marquesa de la Sonora (Madrid)
Annual budget€ 2.5 billion, 2023[1]
WebsiteMinistry 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]

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

Further information: Secretary of State (Ancient Regime in Spain)

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.

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.

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)

Reign of Joseph I (1808-1813)

Took office Left office Name
7 July 1808 1 August 1808 Sebastián Piñuela Alonso (1)
5 September 1808 27 February 1812 Manuel Romero (1)
27 February 1812 27 June 1813 Pablo Arribas(1)

Junta Suprema Central (1808-1812)

Took office Left office Name
15 February 1808 6 February 1810 Benito Ramón de la Hermida (3)
6 February 1810 19 January 1811 Nicolás María Sierra (3)
19 January 1811 12 August 1811 José Antonio Larrumbide Urquidizar (3)
12 August 1811 23 June 1812 Ignacio Pezuela (3)
23 June 1812 10 February 1813 Antonio Cano Ramírez de Arellano (3)
10 February 1813 4 May 1814 Manuel García Herreros (3)

Reign of Fernando VII (1814-1833)

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

Regency of María Cristina (1833-1840)

Took office Left office Name
29 November 1833 15 January 1834 Juan Gualberto González Bravo (1)
15 January 1834 17 February 1835 Nicolás María Garelli (1)
17 February 1835 13 June 1835 Juan de la Dehesa (1)
13 June 1835 27 September 1835 Manuel García Herreros (1)
29 September 1835 15 May 1836 Álvaro Gómez Becerra
15 May 1836 14 August 1836 Manuel Barrio Ayuso (1)
14 August 1836 18 August 1837 José Landero y Corchado (1)
18 August 1837 1 February 1837 Ramón Salvato (1)
1 February 1837 4 February 1837 Juan Antonio Castejón (1)
4 February 1837 16 December 1837 Pablo Mata Vigil (1)
16 December 1837 6 September 1838 Francisco Castro y Orozco (1)
6 September 1838 21 November 1838 Domingo Ruiz de la Vega (1)
21 November 1838 9 December 1838 Antonio González y González (1)
9 December 1838 20 July 1840 Lorenzo Arrazola (1)
20 July 1840 12 August 1840 Antonio González y González (1)
12 August 1840 29 August 1840 Francisco Agustín Silvela y Blanco (1)
29 August 1840 11 September 1840 Modesto Cortázar (1)
11 September 1840 16 September 1840 Álvaro Gómez Becerra (1)

Regency of Baldomero Espartero (1840-1843)

Took office Left office Name
16 September 1840 20 May 1841 Álvaro Gómez Becerra (1)
20 May 1841 17 June 1842 José Alonso Ruiz de Conejares (1)
17 June 1842 9 May 1843 Miguel Antonio de Zumalacarregui (1)
9 May 1843 19 May 1843 Joaquín María López (1)
19 May 1843 30 July 1843 Álvaro Gómez Becerra (1)

Reign of Isabel II (1843-1868)

Took office Left office Name
25 July 1843 24 November 1843 Joaquín María López (1)
24 November 1843 1 December 1843 Claudio Antón de Luzuriaga (1)
5 December 1843 12 February 1846 Luis Mayans y Enríquez de Navarra (1)
13 February 1846 16 March 1846 Lorenzo Arrazola (1)
16 March 1846 5 April 1846 Pedro Egaña (1)
5 April 1846 28 January 1847 Joaquín Díaz Caneja (1)
28 January 1847 28 March 1847 Juan Bravo Murillo (1)
30 March 1847 3 September 1847 Florencio Rodríguez Vaamonde (1)
3 September 1847 4 February 1847 Florencio García Goyena (1)
4 February 1847 19 February 1849 Lorenzo Arrazola (1)
19 February 1849 20 February 1849 José Manresa (1)
20 February 1849 14 January 1851 Lorenzo Arrazola (1)
14 January 1851 14 December 1852 Ventura González Romero (1)
14 December 1852 9 April 1853 Federico Vahey Alba (1)
14 April 1853 19 September 1853 Pablo Govantes (1)
19 September 1853 16 January 1854 José de Castro y Orozco (1)
16 January 1854 17 July 1854 Jacinto Félix Domenech (1)
18 July 1854 30 July 1854 Pedro Gómez de la Serna (1)
30 July 1854 29 November 1854 José Alonso Ruiz de Conejares (1)
29 November 1854 6 June 1855 Joaquín Aguirre de la Peña (1)
6 June 1855 15 January 1856 Manuel Fuente Andrés (1)
15 January 1856 14 July 1856 José Arias Uría (1)
14 July 1856 7 August 1856 Claudio Antón de Luzuriaga (1)
7 August 1856 12 February 1856 Cirilo Álvarez (1)
12 February 1856 15 February 1857 Manuel Seijas Lozano (1)
15 February 1857 25 February 1857 Fernando Álvarez (1)
25 February 1857 14 January 1858 Joaquín José Casaus (1)
14 January 1858 30 June 1858 José Fernández de la Hoz (1)
30 June 1858 17 January 1863 Santiago Fernández Negrete (1)
17 January 1863 9 February 1863 Nicomedes Pastor Díaz (1)
9 February 1863 2 March 1863 Pedro Nolasco Aurioles Aguado (1)
2 March 1863 17 January 1864 Rafael Monares Cebrián (1)
17 January 1864 1 March 1864 Fernando Álvarez (1)
1 March 1864 16 September 1864 Luis Mayans y Enríquez de Navarra (1)
16 September 1864 21 June 1865 Lorenzo Arrazola (1)
21 June 1865 10 July 1866 Fernando Calderón Collantes (1)
10 July 1866 27 June 1867 Lorenzo Arrazola (1)
27 June 1867 15 June 1868 Joaquín de Roncali y Ceruti (1)
15 June 1868 30 September 1868 Carlos María Coronado (1)

Sexenio Democrático

Took office Left office Name
8 February 1868 18 June 1869 Antonio Romero Ortiz (1)
18 June 1869 13 July 1869 Cristóbal Martín de Herrera (1)
13 July 1869 9 January 1870 Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla (1)
9 January 1870 4 January 1871 Eugenio Montero Ríos (1)

Reign of Amadeo I (1871-1873)

Took office Left office Name
4 January 1871 24 July 1871 Augusto Ulloa (1)
24 July 1871 5 October 1871 Eugenio Montero Ríos (1)
5 October 1871 26 May 1872 Eduardo Alonso Colmenares (1)
26 May 1872 13 June 1872 Alejandro Groizard (1)
13 June 1872 12 February 1873 Eugenio 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 21 November 2023
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

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.
  5. ^ Hamer Flores, Adolfo (2013). El secretario del despacho Don Antonio de Ubilla y Medina. Su vida y obra (1643-1726). Córdoba: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Córdoba. pp. 345–348.
  6. ^ López-Cordón, María Victoria; Nieto Soria, José Manuel (2008). Gobernar en tiempos de crisis: las quiebras dinásticas en el ámbito hispánico, 1250-1808. Silex Ediciones. pp. 113–116. ISBN 9788477372158.
  7. ^ "Manuel Vadillo Velasco | Real Academia de la Historia". dbe.rah.es. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  8. ^ a b c "Corporate Body - Secretaría de Estado y del Despacho de Gracia y Justicia (España)". PARES. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Corporate Body - Secretaría de Estado y del Despacho de Gracia y Justicia de Indias (España)". PARES. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Royal Decree 907/1994, of May 5, on the restructuring of ministerial departments". www.boe.es. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Félix Bolaños, ministro de Justicia y de la Presidencia". El Español (in Spanish). 20 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  12. ^ "Royal Decree 139/2020, of January 28, which establishes the basic organic structure of the ministerial departments". boe.es. Retrieved 30 January 2020.

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