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The '''Ministry of Defence''' ({{lang-es|Ministerio de Defensa de España}},MdD) is the Spanish government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy. It is the administrative and executive body of the [[Spanish Armed Forces]].

==Functions==
According to the [[Spanish Constitution]] of 1978, the King is the Commander in Chief of the [[Spanish military]]. He can declare war or conclude peace without authorization of the Parliament, provided this act is countersigned by the Prime Minister.

The Defense Department determines and oversees:

* The policies of defense.
* Military alliances.
* The conduction of war.
* The expenses and budget of the military.

==History==
From 1808 to 1834 the equivalent department was the "Secretariat of the Office of War." From 1 January 1834 until 1939, its name was the "Ministry of War." Between 1863 and 1899, the ministry worked in cooperation with the [[Ministry of Overseas (Spain)|Ministry of Overseas]], which was in charge of the administration of the colonies.

The current Defence Department was one of the first ministerial portfolios created during the [[Transición]]. Until 4 July 1977, during the regime of [[Francisco Franco|General Franco]], there were three ministerial portfolios, one for each of the different branches of the Armed Forces: the army, navy, and air force. During the Transición, [[Adolfo Suárez]] combined them into one.

==Organization and mission==
The Department is organized as follows:

* Secretariat of Estate of Defence
* General Secretariat of Defence Policy
* Deputy Secretariat of Defence

This department has worked to consolidate the current democracy.

The ministers pursue four main goals:

* To consolidate the supremacy of the civil power over the military one.
* To integrate the different armies in international structures of defense, especially [[NATO]].
* To complete the reform of the military profession and the official's reduction.
* To modernize military equipment.

Some of the challenges faced by this department have been:

* The integration of Spanish military in organizations like NATO.
* The participation of Spain in United Nations missions of peace.
* The reform of the military structures.

==List of Ministers of Defence of Spain==
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|rowspan=2 | '''Reign<br />of <br />Charles IV'''<br />'''(1788-1808)'''
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| 25 November 1807 || 19 March 1808 || '''[[Antonio de Olaguer y Feliú|Antonio Olaguer Feliú]]''' (7) ||
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|rowspan=3 | '''Reign<br />of <br />Ferdinand VII'''<br />'''(1808)'''
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| 19 March 1808 || 5 April 1808 || '''[[Antonio de Olaguer y Feliú|Antonio Olaguer Feliú]]''' (7) ||
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| 5 April 1808 || 7 July 1808 || '''[[Gonzalo O'Farrill y Herrera]]''' (7) ||
|-bgcolor="#ffccff"
|rowspan=2 | '''Reign<br />of <br />[[Joseph I of Spain|Joseph I]]'''<br />'''(1808-1813)'''
|-bgcolor="#ffccff"
| 7 July 1808 || 27 June 1813 || '''[[Gonzalo O'Farrill y Herrera]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="#ccff88"
|rowspan=9 | '''[[Junta Suprema Central]] '''<br />'''(1808-1812)'''
|-bgcolor="#ccff88"
| 15 October 1808 || 31 January 1810 || '''[[Antonio Cornel Ferraz Doz y Ferraz]]''' (7) || Military
|-bgcolor="#ccff88"
| 31 January 1810 || 20 May 1810 || '''[[Francisco de Eguía]]''' (7) || Military
|-bgcolor="#ccff88"
| 20 May 1810 || 9 October 1810 || '''[[Eusebio Bardají Azara]]''' (7) || Interim.
|-bgcolor="#ccff88"
| 9 October 1810 || 6 February 1812 || '''[[José Heredia]]''' (7) || 
|-bgcolor="#ccff88"
| 6 February 1812 || 23 June 1812 || '''[[José María Carvajal]]''' (7) || Interim.
|-bgcolor="#ccff88"
| 23 June 1812 || 30 May 1813 || '''[[Francisco Javier Abadía]]''' (7) || 
|-bgcolor="#ccff88"
| 30 May 1813 ||  14 January 1814 || '''[[Juan O'Donojú]]''' (7) || Interim.
|-bgcolor="#ccff88"
| 14 January 1814 || 4 May 1814 || '''[[Tomás Moreno Daoíz]]''' (7) || Interim 
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| rowspan=28 | '''Reign<br />of <br />Ferdinand VII '''<br />'''(1814-1833)'''
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 4 May 1814 || 29 May 1814 || '''[[Manuel Alberto Freire de Andrade y Armijo]]''' (7) || 
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 29 May 1814 || 25 March 1815 || '''[[Francisco de Eguía]]''' (7) || Military
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 25 March 1815 || 23 October 1815 || '''[[Francisco López Ballesteros]]''' (7) || 
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 23 October 1815 || 19 June 1817|| '''[[Francisco Bernaldo de Quirós y Mariño de Lobera]]''' (7) || Interim.
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 19 June 1817 || 13 June  de 1819 || '''[[Francisco de Eguía]]''' (7) || Military
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 13 June 1819 || 18 March 1820 || '''[[José Alós Mora]]''' (7) || Interim.
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 18 March 1820 || 18 August 1820 || '''[[Pedro Agustín Girón]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 18 August 1820 || 23 September 1820 || '''[[Juan Jabat]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 23 September 1820|| 4 March 1821 || '''[[Cayetano Valdés]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 4 March 1821 || 23 August 1821 || '''[[Tomás Moreno Daoíz]]''' (6) ||
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 23 August 1821 || 4 September 1821 || '''[[Diego Contador]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 4 September 1821 || 9 September 1821 || '''[[Ignacio Balanzat de Orvay y Briones]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 9 September 1821 || 8 January 1822 || '''[[Estanislao Sánchez Salvador]]''' (6) ||
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 9 January 1822 || 24 January 1822 || '''[[José Castellar]]''' (6) || Interim
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 24 January 1822 || 28 February 1822 || '''[[José Cienfuegos Jovellanos]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 28 February 1822 || 6 July 1822 || '''[[Ignacio Balanzat de Orvay y Briones]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 10 July 1822 || 29 April 1823 || '''[[Miguel López-Baños]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 29 April 1823 ||  2 June 1823 || '''[[Pedro de la Bárcena]]''' (6) ||  Interim
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 2 June 1823 ||  18 June 1823 || '''[[Estanislao Sánchez Salvador]]''' (6) ||  Interim 
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 21 June 1823 || 30 September 1823 || '''[[Manuel de la Puente]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 30 September 1823 || 2 December 1823 || '''[[José San Juan]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 2 December 1823 || 26 August 1824 || '''[[José de la Cruz]]''' (7) || 
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 26 August 1824 || 13 June 1825 || '''[[José Aimerich]]''' (7) || Interim
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 13 June 1825 || 27 June 1825 || '''[[Luis María Salazar]]''' (7) || Interim
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 27 June 1825 || 1 October 1832 || '''[[Miguel Ibarrola González]]''' (7) || 
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 1 October 1832 || 14 December 1832 || '''[[Juan Antonio Monet]]''' (7) || 
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 14 December 1832 || 29 November 1833 || '''[[José de la Cruz]]''' (7) || 
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| rowspan= 29 | '''Regency<br />of <br />[[Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies]] '''<br />'''(1833-1840)'''
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 29 November 1833 || 2 November 1834 || '''[[Antonio Remón Zarco del Valle y Huet]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 2 November 1834 || 17 February 1835 || '''[[Manuel Llauder]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 17 February 1835 || 13 June 1835 || '''[[Gerónimo Valdés]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 13 June 1835 || 28 August 1835 || '''[[Pedro Agustín Girón]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 18 August 1835 || 14 September 1835 || '''[[Prudencio de Guadalfajara]]''' (6) || Interim 
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 14 September 1835 || 27 September 1835 || '''[[Mariano Quirós]]''' (6) || Interim 
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 27 September 1835 || 27 April 1836 || '''[[Ildefonso Díez de Rivera]]''' || 
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 27 April 1836 || 15 May 1836 || '''[[José Ramón Rodil y Campillo]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 15 May 1836 || 8 June 1836 || '''[[Antonio Seoane]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 8 June 1836 || 14 August 1836 || '''[[Santiago Méndez Vigo]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 20 August 1836 || 26 de noveimbre de 1836 || '''[[José Ramón Rodil y Campillo]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 26 November 1836 || 27 February 1837 || '''[[Javier Rodríguez Vera]]''' (6) || Interim.
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 27 February 1837 || 29 July 1837 || '''[[Ildefonso Díez de Rivera]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 29 July 1837 || 30 August 1837 || '''[[Baldomero Espartero]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 30 August 1837 ||  1 October 1837 || '''[[Evaristo Fernández de San Miguel]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 1 October 1837 || 4 October 1837 || '''[[Ignacio Balanzat de Orvay y Briones]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 4 October 1837 || 8 December 1837 || '''[[Francisco Ramonet]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 8 December1837 || 16 December 1837 || '''[[Jacobo María Espinosa]]''' (6) || Interim 
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 16 December 1837 || 17 January 1837 || '''[[Baldomero Espartero]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 17 January 1837 ||  19 March 1837 || '''[[José Carratalá]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 19 March 1837 || 16 September 1838 || '''[[Manuel Latre]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 16 September 1838 || 30 October 1839 || '''[[Isidro Alaix]]''' (6) ||Military
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 30 October 1839 || 8 April 1840 || '''[[Francisco de Narváez]]''' (6) || Interim
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 8 April 1839 || 14 April 1840 || '''[[Fernándo Norzagaray y Escudero|Fernando de Norzagaray]]''' (6) || Interim
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 14 April 1840 || 19 July 1840 || '''[[Serafín María de Sotto]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 20 July 1840 || 28 August 1840 || '''[[Valentín Ferraz]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 28 August 1840 || 11 September 1840 || '''[[Francisco Javier Azpiroz]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 11 September 1840 || 16 September 1840 || '''[[Facundo Infante]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| rowspan=7 | '''Regency<br />of <br />[[Baldomero Espartero]] '''<br />'''(1840-1843)'''
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 16 September 1840 || 20 May 1841 || '''[[Pedro Chacón y Chacón]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 20 May 1841 || 17 June 1842 || '''[[Evaristo Fernández de San Miguel]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 17 June 1842 || 9 May 1843 || '''[[José Ramón Rodil y Campillo]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 9 May 1843 || 19 May 1843 || '''[[Francisco Serrano y Domínguez]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 19 May 1843 || 24 May 1843 || '''[[Isidoro de Hoyos]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="#ffcc88"
| 24 May 1843 || 30 July 1843 || '''[[Agustín Nogueras]]''' (6) || Interim
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| rowspan= 39 | '''Reign<br />of <br />[[Isabella II of Spain|Isabella II]]'''<br />'''(1843-1868)'''
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 30 July 1843 || 1 December 1843 || '''[[Francisco Serrano y Domínguez]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure" 
| 5 December 1843 || 3 May 1844  || '''[[Manuel Mazarredo]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="Azure" 
| 3 May 1844 || 12 February 1846 || '''[[Ramón María Narváez]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure" 
| 12 February 1846 || 16 March 1846 || '''[[Federico Roncali]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure" 
| 16 March 1846 || 5 April 1846 || '''[[Ramón María Narváez]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure" 
| 5 April 1846 || 12 April 1846 || '''[[Francisco Armero Peñaranda]]''' (6) || Interim 
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 12 April 1846 || 28 January 1847 || '''[[José Laureano Sanz]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 28 January 1847 || 15 February 1847 || '''[[Manuel Pavía]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 15 February 1847 || 28 March 1847 || '''[[Marcelino Oráa]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 28 March 1847 || 31 August 1847 || '''[[Manuel Mazarredo]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 31 August 1847 || 3 November 1847 || '''[[Fernando Fernández de Cordova]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure" 
| 3 November 1847 || 24 December 1847 || '''[[Ramón María Narváez]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 24 December 1847  || 19 October 1849 || '''[[Francisco de Paula Figueras]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 19 October 1849 || 20 October 1849 || '''[[Serafín María de Sotto]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 20 October 1849 || 14 January 1851 || '''[[Francisco de Paula Figueras]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 14 January 1851 || 6 February 1851 || '''[[Rafael Aristégui y Vélez]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 6 February 1851 ||  16 January 1852 || '''[[Francisco Lersundi Hormaechea]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure" 
| 16 January 1852 || 13 June 1852 || '''[[Joaquín Ezpeleta Enrile]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 13 June 1852 || 27 November 1852 || '''[[Juan de Lara]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 27 November 1852 || 14 December 1852 || '''[[Cayetano de Urbina]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 14 December 1852 || 14 April 1853 || '''[[Juan de Lara]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 14 April 1853 || 19 September 1853 || '''[[Francisco Lersundi Hormaechea]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 19 September 1853 || 18 July 1854 || '''[[Anselmo Blaser]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 18 July 1854 || 30 July 1854 || '''[[Fernando Fernández de Cordova]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"| 30 July 1854 || 12 October 1856 || '''[[Leopoldo O'Donnell]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 12 October 1856 || 16 December 1856 || '''[[Juan Antonio de Urbiztondo]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 16 December 1856 || 15 October 1857 || '''[[Francisco de Paula Figueras]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 15 October 1857 || 14 January 1858 || '''[[Francisco Armero Peñaranda]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 14 January 1858 || 30 June 1858 || '''[[Fermín de Ezpeleta]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 30 June 1858 || 2 March 1863 || '''[[Leopoldo O'Donnell]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 2 March 1863 || 17 January 1864 || '''[[José Gutiérrez de la Concha]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 17 January 1864 || 1 March 1864 || '''[[Francisco Lersundi Hormaechea]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 1 March 1864 || 16 September 1864 || '''[[José María Marchessi y Oleaga]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 16 September 1864 || 30 March 1865 || '''[[Fernando Fernández de Cordova]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure" 
| 30 March 1865 || 21 June 1865 || '''[[Felipe Rivero Lemoyne]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 21 June 1865 ||   10 July 1866 || '''[[Leopoldo O'Donnell]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 10 July 1866 || 23 April 1868 || '''[[Ramón María Narváez]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 23 April 1868 || 19 September 1868 || '''[[Rafael Mayalde]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 19 September 1868 || 30 September 1868 || '''[[José Gutiérrez de la Concha]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor=Wheat
|rowspan=3| '''[[Sexenio Democrático]] '''<br />'''(1868-1871)'''
|-bgcolor=Wheat
| 8 October 1868 || 27 December 1870 || '''[[Juan Prim]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor=Wheat
| 27 December 1870 || 4 January 1871 || '''[[Juan Bautista Topete]]''' (6) ||  Interim
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| rowspan= 9 | '''Reign<br />of <br />[[Amadeo I of Spain|Amadeo I]]'''<br />'''(1871-1873)'''
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 4 January 1871 || 24 July 1871 || '''[[Francisco Serrano y Domínguez]]''' (6) || Interim.
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 24 July 1871 || 5 October 1871 || '''[[Fernando Fernández de Cordova]]''' (6) || Interim.
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 5 October 1871 || 21 December 1871 || '''[[Joaquín Bassols]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 21 December 1871 || 20 February 1872 || '''[[Eugenio Gaminde]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 20 February 1872 || 8 April 1872 ||'''[[Antonio del Rey y Caballero]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 8 April 1872 || 26 May 1872 ||'''[[Juan de Zavala y de la Puente]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 26 May 1872 || 13 June 1872 || '''[[Francisco Serrano y Domínguez]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 13 June 1872 || 12 February 1873 || '''[[Fernando Fernández de Cordova]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
|rowspan=9 |'''[[First Spanish Republic]]'''<br />'''(1873-1874)''' 
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 12 February 1873  
| 24 February 1873 
| '''[[Fernando Fernández de Cordova]]''' (6)|| Military
| 
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 24 February 1873  
| 30 April 1873 
| '''[[Juan Acosta Muñoz]]''' (6)
|
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 30 April 1873  
| 7 June 1873 
| '''[[Ramón Nouvilas]]''' (6) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 11 June 1873  
| 28 June 1873 
| '''[[Nicolás Estévanez Murphy]]''' (6) || Military
| 
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 28 June 1873  
| 4 September 1873 
| '''[[Eulogio González Íscar]]''' (6)
| 
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 9 September 1873  
| 3 January 1874 
| '''[[José Sánchez Bregua]]''' (6)|| Military
| 
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 3 January 1874  
| 3 September 1874 
| '''[[Juan de Zavala y de la Puente]]''' (6) || Military
| 
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 3 September 1874  
| 31 December 1874 
| '''[[Francisco Serrano Bedoya]]''' (6) || Military
| 
|-bgcolor="#88ff44"
|rowspan=8 |'''Reign of'''<br />'''[[Alfonso XII]]'''<br />'''(1874-1885)'''
|-bgcolor="#88ff44"
| 31 December 1874
| 21 December 1875 
| '''[[Joaquín Jovellar Soler]]''' (6) || Military
| 
|-bgcolor="#88ff44"
| 21 December 1875    
| 7 March 1879 
| '''[[Francisco de Ceballos y Vargas]]''' (6) || Military
| 
|-bgcolor="#88ff44"
| 7 March 1879 
| 9 December 1879 
| '''[[Arsenio Martínez-Campos Antón]]''' (6) || Military
| 
|-bgcolor="#88ff44"
| 9 December 1879 
| 8 February 1881 
| '''[[José Ignacio de Echavarría]]''' (6) || Military
| 
|-bgcolor="#88ff44"
| 8 February 1881  
| 13 October 1883 
| '''[[Arsenio Martínez-Campos Antón]]''' (6) || Military
| 
|-bgcolor="#88ff44"
| 13 October 1883  
| 18 January 1884 
| '''[[José López Domínguez]]''' (6) || Military
| 
|-bgcolor="#88ff44"
| 18 January 1884 
| 27 November 1885 
| '''[[Genaro de Quesada y Matheus]]''' (6) || Military
| 
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| rowspan= 15 | '''Regency<br />of <br />[[Maria Christina of Austria]] '''<br />'''(1885-1902)'''
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 27 November 1885 || 10 October 1886 || '''[[Joaquín Montes Jovellar]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 10 October 1886 || 8 March 1887 || '''[[Ignacio María del Castillo]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 8 March 1887 || 14 June 1888 || '''[[Manuel Cassola]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 14 June 1888 || 11 December 1888 || '''[[Tomás O,Ryan]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 11 December 1888 || 21 January 1890 || '''[[José Chinchilla]]''' || Military
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 21 January 1890 || 5 July 1890 || '''[[Eduardo Bermúdez Reina]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 5 July 1890 || 11 December 1892 || '''[[Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 11 December 1892 || 23 March 1895 || '''[[Joaquín López Domínguez]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 23 March 1895 || 4 October 1897 || '''[[Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 4 October 1897 || 4 March 1899 || '''[[Miguel Correa y García]]''' (6) || Interim.
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 4 March 1899 || 2 October 1899 || '''[[Camilo García de Polavieja]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 2 October 1899 || 18 October 1900 || '''[[Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 18 October 1900 ||  6 March 1901 || '''[[Arsenio Linares Pombo]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 6 March 1901 || 17 May 1902 || '''[[Valeriano Weyler]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| rowspan= 36 | '''Reign of'''<br />'''[[Alfonso XIII]]'''<br />'''(1902-1931)'''
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 17 May 1902 || 6 December 1902 || '''[[Valeriano Weyler]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 6 December 1902 || 20 July 1903 || '''[[Arsenio Linares Pombo]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 20 July 1903 || 5 December 1903 || '''[[Vicente Martitegui]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 5 December 1903 ||  16 December 1904 || '''[[Arsenio Linares Pombo]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 16 December 1904 || 27 January 1905 || '''[[Cesar del Villar y Villate]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 27 January 1905 || 23 June 1905 || '''[[Vicente Martitegui]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure" 
| 23 June 1905 || 1 December 1905  || '''[[Valeriano Weyler]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure" 
| 1 December 1905  || 6 July 1906 || '''[[Agustín de Luque y Coca]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure" 
| 6 July 1906 || 15 October 1906 || '''[[Joaquín López Domínguez]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure" 
| 15 October 1906  || 4 December 1906 || '''[[Agustín de Luque y Coca]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 4 December 1906 || 25 January 1907 || '''[[Valeriano Weyler]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 25 January 1907 || 3 July 1907 || '''[[Francisco de Paula Loño y Pérez]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 3 July 1907 || 1 March 1909 || '''[[Fernando Primo de Rivera]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 1 March 1909 || 21 October 1909 || '''[[Arsenio Linares Pombo]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure" 
| 21 October 1909 || 9 February 1910 || '''[[Agustín de Luque y Coca]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure" 
| 9 February 1910 || 3 April 1911 || '''[[Ángel Aznar y Butigieg]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 3 April 1911 || 27 October 1913 || '''[[Agustín de Luque y Coca]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 27 October 1913 || 9 December 1915 || '''[[Ramón Echagüe y Méndez Vigo]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 9 December 1915 || 19 April 1917 || '''[[Agustín de Luque y Coca]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 19 April 1917 || 11 June 1917 || '''[[Francisco Aguilera y Egea]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 11 June 1917 ||  18 October 1917 || '''[[Fernando Primo de Rivera]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure" 
| 18 October 1917 || 3 November 1917 || '''[[José Marina Vega]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 3 November 1917 || 22 March 1918 || '''[[Juan de la Cierva y Peñafiel]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 22 March 1918 || 9 November 1918 || '''[[José Marina Vega]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 9 November 1918 || 27 January 1919 || '''[[Dámaso Berenguer]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 27 January 1919 || 15 April 1919 || '''[[Diego Muñoz Cobo]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 15 April 1919 || 20 July 1919 || '''[[Luis de Santiago]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 20 July 1919 || 12 December 1919 || '''[[Antonio Tovar]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 15 December 1919 || 5 May 1920 || '''[[José Villalba Riquelme]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 5 May 1920 || 14 August 1921 || '''[[Luis de Marichalar y Monreal]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 14 August 1921 || 8 March 1922 || '''[[Juan de la Cierva y Peñafiel]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 8 March 1922 || 15 July 1922 || '''[[José Olaguer-Feliú]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 15 July 1922 || 7 December 1922 || '''[[José Sánchez Guerra]]''' (6) ||. Interim 
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 7 December 1922 || 26 May 1923 || '''[[Niceto Alcalá-Zamora]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="Azure"
| 26 May 1923 || 15 September 1923 || '''[[Antonio López Muñoz]]''' (6) || 
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| rowspan= 5 | '''Dictatorship<br />of <br />[[Miguel Primo de Rivera]]'''
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 15 September 1923 || 4 July 1924 || '''[[Luis Bermúdez de Castro]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 4 July 1924 || 3 November 1928 || '''[[Juan O'Donnell]]''' (6) || Military
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 3 November 1928 || 30 January 1930 || '''[[Julio Ardanaz]]''' (3) || Military
|-bgcolor="PeachPuff"
| 30 January 1930 || 14 April 1931 || '''[[Dámaso Berenguer]]''' (3) || Military
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
|rowspan=33|'''[[Second Spanish Republic]]'''<br />'''(1931–1939)'''
| 14 April 1931
| 12 September 1933
| '''[[Manuel Azaña Díaz]]''' (6)
| [[Izquierda Republicana|IR]]
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 14 April 1931
| 14 October 1931
| '''[[Santiago Casares Quiroga]]''' (4)
| [[Organización Republicana Gallega Autónoma|ORGA]]
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 14 October 1931
| 12 June 1933
| '''[[José Giral Pereira]]''' (4)
| [[Izquierda Republicana|IR]]
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 12 June 1933
| 12 September 1933
| ''' [[Lluís Companys|Lluís Companys Jover]]''' (4)
| [[Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya|ERC]]
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 12 September 1933
| 8 October 1933
| '''[[Juan José Rocha García]]''' (6)
| [[Partido Republicano Radical|Radical]]
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 12 September 1933
| 8 October 1933
| '''[[Vicente Iranzo Enguita]]''' (4)
| [[Agrupación al Servicio de la República|ASR]]
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 8 October 1933
| 16 December 1933
| '''[[Vicente Iranzo Enguita]]''' (6)
| [[Agrupación al Servicio de la República|ASR]]
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 8 October 1933
| 16 December 1933
| '''[[Leandro Pita Romero]]''' (4)
| [[Partido Republicano Radical|Radical]]
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 16 December 1933
| 23 January 1934
| '''[[Diego Martínez Barrio]]''' (6)
| [[Partido Republicano Radical|Radical]]
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 16 December 1933
| 23 January 1935
| '''[[Juan José Rocha García]]''' (4)
| [[Partido Republicano Radical|Radical]]
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 23 January 1934
| 16 November 1934
| '''[[Diego Hidalgo Durán]]''' (6)
| [[Partido Republicano Radical|Radical]]
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 16 November 1934
| 3 April 1935
| '''[[Alejandro Lerroux García]]''' (6)
| [[Partido Republicano Radical|Radical]]
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 23 January 1935
| 3 April 1935
| '''[[Gerardo Abad Conde]]''' (4)
|[[Partido Republicano Radical|Radical]]
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 3 April 1935
| 6 May 1935
| '''[[Carlos Masquelet Lacaci]]''' (6)|| Military
|Military
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 3 April 1935
| 6 May 1935
| '''[[Francisco Salas González]]''' (4)
|Military
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 6 May 1935
| 14 December 1935
| '''[[José María Gil-Robles]]''' (6)
|[[Confederación Española de Derechas Autónomas|CEDA]]
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 6 May 1935
| 25 September 1935
| '''[[Antonio Royo Villanova]]''' (4)
|[[Partido Agrario Español|Agrario]]
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 25 September 1935
| 14 December 1935
| '''[[Pedro Rahola Molinas]]''' (4)
|[[Lliga Regionalista|Lliga]]
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 14 December 1935
| 19 February 1936
| '''[[Nicolás Moreno Lobo]]''' (6)
|
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 14 December 1935
| 30 December 1935
| '''[[Francisco Salas González]]''' (4)
|Military
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 30 December 1935
| 19 February 1936
| '''[[Antonio Azarola y Gresillón]]''' (4)
|Military ([[Spanish Republican Navy|Navy]])
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 19 February 1936
| 13 May 1936
| '''[[Carlos Masquelet Lacaci]]''' (6)|| Military
|Military
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 19 February 1936
| 22 August 1936
| '''[[José Giral y Pereira]]''' (4)
|
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 13 May 1936
| 19 July 1936
| '''[[Santiago Casares Quiroga]]''' (6)
|
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 19 July 1936
| 19 July 1936
| '''[[José Miaja Menant]]''' (6)|| Military
|Military
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 19 July 1936
| 6 August 1936
| '''[[Luis Castelló Pantoja]]''' (6)|| Military
|
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 6 August 1936
| 4 September 1936
| '''[[Juan Hernández Sarabia]]''' (6)|| Military
|
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 22 August 1936
| 4 September 1936
| '''[[Francisco Maíz Sánchez]]''' (4)
|
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 4 September 1936
| 17 May 1937
| '''[[Francisco Largo Caballero]]''' (6)
|PSOE
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 4 September 1936
| 17 May 1937
| ''' [[Indalecio Prieto|Indalecio Prieto Tuero]]''' (7)
|PSOE
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 17 May 1937
| 5 April 1938
| '''[[Indalecio Prieto|Indalecio Prieto Tuero]]''' (2)
|PSOE
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 5 April 1938
| 31 March 1939
| '''[[Juan Negrín López]]''' (2)
|PSOE
|-bgcolor="#ff88ff"
| 5 March 1939
| 31 March 1939
| '''[[Segismundo Casado|Segismundo Casado López]]''' (1) || Military
|Military
|-bgcolor="#88ffcc"
|rowspan=24|'''Dictatorship of  [[Francisco Franco]]'''<br />'''(1936–1975)'''
| 31 January 1938
| 9 August 1939
| '''[[Fidel Dávila Arrondo]]''' (2) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#88ffcc"
| 9 August 1939
| 3 September 1942
| '''[[José Enrique Varela|José Enrique Varela Iglesias]]''' (3) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#88ffcc"
| 9 August 1939
| 20 July 1945
| '''[[Salvador Moreno Fernández]]''' (4) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#88ffcc"
| 9 August 1939
| 27 June 1940
| '''[[Juan Yagüe Blanco]]''' (5) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#88ffcc"
| 3 September 1942
| 20 July 1945
| '''[[Carlos Asensio Cabanillas]]''' (3) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#88ffcc"
| 27 June 1940
| 20 July 1945
| '''[[Juan Vigón Suerodíaz]]''' (5) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#88ffcc"
| 20 July 1945
| 19 July 1951
| '''[[Fidel Dávila Arrondo]]''' (3) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#88ffcc"
| 20 July 1945
| 19 July 1951
| '''[[Francisco Regalado Rodríguez]]''' (4) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#88ffcc"
| 20 July 1945
| 25 February 1957
| '''[[Eduardo González-Gallarza]]''' (5) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#88ffcc"
| 19 July 1951
| 25 February 1957
| '''[[Agustín Muñoz Grandes]]''' (3) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#88ffcc"
| 19 July 1951
| 25 February 1957
| '''[[Salvador Moreno Fernández]]''' (4) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#88ffcc"
| 25 February 1957
| 10 July 1962
| '''[[Antonio Barroso y Sánchez-Guerra]]''' (3) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#88ffcc"
| 25 February 1957
| 10 July 1962
| '''[[Felipe José Abárzuza y Oliva]]''' (4) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#88ffcc"
| 25 February 1957
| 10 July 1962
| '''[[José Rodríguez Díaz de Lecea]]''' (5) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#88ffcc"
| 10 July 1962
| 11 February 1964
| '''[[Pablo Martín Alonso]]''' (3) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#88ffcc"
| 10 July 1962
| 29 October 1969
| '''[[Pedro Nieto Antúnez]]''' (4) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#88ffcc"
| 10 July 1962
| 29 October 1969
| '''[[José Daniel Lacalle Larraga]]''' (5) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#88ffcc"
| 20 February 1964
| 29 October 1969
| '''[[Camilo Menéndez Tolosa]]''' (3) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#88ffcc"
| 20 October 1969
| 11 June 1973
| '''[[Juan Castañón de Mena]]''' (3) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#88ffcc"
| 20 October 1969
| 11 June 1973
| '''[[Adolfo Baturone Colombo]]''' (4) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#88ffcc"
| 20 October 1969
| 3 January 1974
| '''[[Julio Salvador y Díaz-Benjumea]]''' (5) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#88ffcc"
| 11 June 1973
| 11 July 1975
| '''[[Francisco Coloma Gallegos]]''' (3) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#88ffcc"
| 11 June 1973
| 14 April 1977
| '''[[Gabriel Pita da Veiga y Sanz]]''' (4) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#88ffcc"
| 3 January 1974
| 11 December 1975
| '''[[Mariano Cuadra Medina]]''' (5) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#FFFFBB"
|rowspan=17|'''Reign of'''<br />'''[[Juan Carlos I]]'''<br />'''(desde 1975)'''
| 11 December 1975
| 4 July 1977
| '''[[Félix Álvarez-Arenas y Pacheco]]''' (3) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#FFFFBB"
| 11 December 1975
| 4 July 1977
| '''[[Carlos Franco Iribarnegaray]]''' (5) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#FFFFBB"
| 14 April 1977
| 4 July 1977
| '''[[Pascual Pery Junquera]]''' (4) || Military
|
|-bgcolor="#FFFFBB"
| 4 July 1977
| 6 April 1979
| '''[[Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado]]''' (1) || Military
|Military
|-bgcolor="#FFFFBB"
| 5 July 1977
| 26 February 1981
| '''[[Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún]]''' (1)
|[[Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)|UCD]]
|-bgcolor="#FFFFBB"
| 26 February 1981
| 3 December 1982
| '''[[Alberto Oliart Saussol]]''' (1)
|[[Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)|UCD]]
|-bgcolor="#FFFFBB"
| 3 December 1982
| 12 March 1991
| '''[[Narcís Serra i Serra]]''' (1)
|PSOE
|-bgcolor="#FFFFBB"
| 12 March 1991
| 3 July 1995
| '''[[Julián García Vargas]]''' (1)
|PSOE
|-bgcolor="#FFFFBB"
| 3 July 1995
| 5 May 1996
| '''[[Gustavo Suárez Pertierra]]''' (1)
|PSOE
|-bgcolor="#FFFFBB"
| 5 May 1996
| 27 April 2000
| '''[[Eduardo Serra Rexach]]''' (1)
| Independent
|-bgcolor="#FFFFBB"
| 28 April 2000
| 18 April 2004
| '''[[Federico Trillo-Figueroa]]''' (1)
|PP
|-bgcolor="#FFFFBB"
| 18 April 2004
| 7 April 2006
| '''[[José Bono Martínez]]''' (1)
|PSOE
|-bgcolor="#FFFFBB"
| 7 April 2006
| 14 April 2008
| '''[[José Antonio Alonso Suárez]]''' (1)
|PSOE
|-bgcolor="#FFFFBB"
| 14 April 2008
| 20 May 2008
| '''[[Carme Chacón Piqueras]]''' (1)
|PSOE
|-bgcolor="#FFFFBB"
| 20 May 2008
| 30 June 2008
| '''[[Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba]]''' (Interim) (1)
|PSOE
|-bgcolor="#FFFFBB"
| 30 June 2008
| 22 December 2011
| '''[[Carme Chacón Piqueras]]''' (1)
|PSOE
|-bgcolor="#FFFFBB"
| 22 December 2011
| Incumbent
| '''[[Pedro Morenés|Pedro Morenés Eulate]]''' (1)
|PP
|}

(1) Minister of Defence<br />(2) Minister of National Defence<br />(3) Minister of the Army<br />(4) Minister of the Navy<br />(5) Minister of the Air Forces <br />(6) Minister of War <br />(7) Royal Secretary of War

==External links==
* [http://www.defensa.gob.es Official website]

{{Wikipedia|Ministry of Defence (Spain)}}

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