List of Prime Ministers of Spain

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The following is the list of those who have served as President of the Government (i.e., the Prime Minister) of Spain. It also includes similar offices presiding over the Council of Ministries since the position gained a significant power.

Contents 1 Kingdom of Spain (1700-1873) 1.1 Secretaries of the Universal Bureau 1.2 First Secretaries of State 1.3 Prime Ministers (Presidents of the Council of Ministers) 2 First Spanish Republic (1873-1874) 2.1 Prime Ministers (Presidents of the Provisional Government) 3 Kingdom of Spain (1874-1931) 3.1 Prime Ministers (Presidents of the Council of Ministers) 4 Second Spanish Republic (1931-1939) 4.1 Prime Ministers (Presidents of the Council of Ministers) 5 Francoist Spain (1936-1975) 5.1 Heads of Government in the Nationalist Zone (1936–1939) 5.2 Prime Ministers (Presidents of the Government) 6 Kingdom of Spain Restored (since 1975) 6.1 Prime ministers (Presidents of the Government) 7 See also

Kingdom of Spain (1700-1873)

Secretaries of the Universal Bureau

Name	Notes	From	Until	Head of State
Pedro Fernández del Campo y Angulo, marquis of Mejorada		11 July 1705	15 April 1714	King Philip V
Manuel de Vadillo y Velasco		15 April 1714	30 November 1714
José de Grimaldo y Gutiérrez de Solorzano, marquis of Grimaldo	1st time	30 November 1714	14 January 1724
Juan Bautista Orendayn y Azpilcueta	1st time	14 January 1724	4 September 1724	King Louis I
José de Grimaldo, marquis of Grimaldo	2nd time	4 September 1724	12 December 1725	King Philip V
Juan Guillermo Ripperda, duke and baron of Ripperda		12 December 1725	14 April 1726
José de Grimaldo y Gutiérrez de Solorzano, marquis of Grimaldo	3rd time	14 April 1726	1 October 1726
Juan Bautista Orendayn y Azpilcueta, marquis of La Paz	2nd time	1 October 1726	21 November 1734

First Secretaries of State

Name	Notes	From	Until	Head of State
José de Patiño y Rosales		21 November 1734	26 November 1734	King Philip V
Sebastián de la Cuadra y Llerena, 1st Marquis of Villarías		26 November 1734	4 December 1746
José de Carvajal y Lancaster		4 December 1746	9 April 1754	King Ferdinand VI
Fernando de Silva Mendoza y Toledo, duke of Hueścar		9 April 1754	15 May 1754
Ricardo Wall y Devreux		15 May 1754	10 August 1759
		10 August 1759	9 October 1763	King Charles III
Pablo Jerónimo de Grimaldi y Pallavicini, marquis of Grimaldi		9 October 1763	19 February 1777
José Moñino y Redondo, count of Floridablanca		19 February 1777	14 December 1788
		14 December 1788	28 February 1792	King Charles IV
Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea y Ximénez de Urrea, count of Aranda	Acting	28 February 1792	15 November 1792
Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria, duke of Alcudia		15 November 1792	28 March 1798
Francisco de Saavedra y Sangronis	Acting until 6 Sep	30 March 1798	21 February 1799
Mariano Luis de Urquijo y Muga	Acting	12 February 1799	13 December 1799
Pedro Cevallos Guerra	1st time	13 December 1799	3 March 1808
Gonzalo O'Farrill y Herrera	Acting	3 March 1808	19 March 1808
Pedro Cevallos Guerra	2nd time	19 March 1808	7 July 1808	King Ferdinand VII
Mariano Luis de Urquijo y Muga	2nd time	7 July 1808	27 June 1813	King Joseph I
Juan O'Donoju O'Ryan	Acting	10 October 1813	17 October 1813
Fernando de Laserna	Acting	17 October 1813	3 December 1813
José Luyando	Acting	3 December 1813	4 May 1814	King Ferdinand VII
José Miguel de Carvajal Vargas y Manrique, duke of San Carlos		4 May 1814	15 November 1814
Pedro Cevallos Guerra	3rd time	15 November 1814	24 January 1816
Juan Esteban Lozano de Torres		24 January 1816	26 January 1816
Pedro Cevallos Guerra	4th time	26 January 1816	30 October 1816
José García de León y Pizarro		30 October 1816	14 September 1818
Carlos Martínez de Irujo y Tacón, marquis of Casa Irujo	Acting	14 September 1818	12 June 1819
Manuel González Salmón y Gómez de Torres	Acting	12 June 1819	12 September 1819
Joaquín José Melgarejo y Saurín, duke of San Fernando de Quiroga		12 September 1819	18 March 1820
Juan Jabat Aztal	Acting	18 March 1820
Evaristo Pérez de Castro Brito		18 March 1820	2 March 1821
Joaquín Anduaga Cuenca	Acting	2 March 1821	23 April 1821
Francisco de Paula Escudero	Acting	23 April 1821
Eusebio Bardají y Azara		23 April 1821	8 January 1822
Ramón López Pelegrín	Acting	8 January 1822	24 January 1822
José Gabriel de Silva y Bazán, marquis of Santa Cruz		24 January 1822	30 January 1822
Ramón López Pelegrín	Acting	30 January 1822	28 February 1822
Francisco Martínez de la Rosa		28 February 1822	5 August 1822
Evaristo Fernández San Miguel y Valledor	Acting from 28 Feb	5 August 1822	25 April 1823
José Manuel Vadillo	Acting	25 April 1823	7 May 1823
Santiago Usoz y Mozi	Acting	7 May 1823	13 May 1823
José María Pando de la Riva y Ramírez de Laredo		13 May 1823	29 August 1823
Luis María de Salazar y Salazar	Acting	29 August 1823	4 September 1823
Juan Antonio Yandiola Garay	Acting	4 September 1823	6 September 1823
José Luyando	2nd time	6 September 1823	1 October 1823
Víctor Damián Sáez y Sánchez-Mayor	Acting until 7 Aug Counter-government until 1 Oct	25 April 1823	2 December 1823
Carlos Martínez de Irujo y Tacón, marquis of Casa Irujo	2nd Time	2 December 1823	18 January 1824
Narciso de Heredia y Begines de los Ríos, conde de Ofalia		18 January 1824	11 July 1824
Luis María de Salazar y Salazar	Acting	11 July 1824
Francisco Cea Bermúdez	1st time	11 July 1824	24 October 1825
Pedro Alcántara de Toledo y Salm-Salm, duque del Infantado		24 October 1825	19 August 1826
Manuel González Salmón y Gómez de Torres	Acting until 15 October 1830	19 August 1826	20 January 1832
Francisco Tadeo Calomarde y Arria	Acting	20 January 1832	22 February 1832
Antonio de Saavedra y Frígola, conde de Alcudia	Acting	22 February 1832	1 October 1832
José Cafranga Costilla	Acting	1 October 1832	29 November 1832
Francisco Cea Bermúdez	2nd time	29 November 1832	15 January 1834

Prime Ministers (Presidents of the Council of Ministers)

Political Persuasion:       No affiliation       Liberal conservative       Social democrat       Liberal progressive       Centrist       Military

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Head of State (Term)
	Francisco Martínez de la Rosa	15 January 1834	7 June 1835	Moderate Royalist	Queen Dowager Maria Christina Regent for Queen Isabella II (1833–1840)
	José María Queipo de Llano Ruiz de Saravia Count of Toreno	7 June 1835	14 September 1835
	Miguel Ricardo de Álava Esquivel Rejected his nomination, staying as the Spanish ambassador in London	14 September 1835	25 September 1835	Progressive
	Juan Álvarez Mendizabal	25 September 1835	15 May 1836
	Francisco Javier Isturiz y Montero Acting, 1st time	15 May 1836	14 August 1836	Moderate
	José María Calatrava Acting	14 August 1836	18 August 1837	Progressive
	Baldomero Espartero Count of Luchana 1st time	18 August 1837	18 October 1837
	Eusebio Bardají y Azara	18 October 1837	16 December 1837	Moderate
	Narciso de Heredia y Begines de los Ríos Count of Ofalia	16 December 1837	6 September 1838
	Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 14th Duke of Frías	6 September 1838	9 December 1838
	Isidro de Alaix Fábregas Acting	9 December 1838
	Evaristo Pérez de Castro Brito	9 December 1838	18 July 1840
	Antonio González y González 1st time	20 July 1840	12 August 1840	Progressive
	Valentín Ferraz y Barrau	12 August 1840	28 August 1840
	Modesto Cortázar Acting	29 August 1840	11 September 1840	Moderate
	Vicente Sancho	11 September 1840	16 September 1840
	Baldomero Espartero Duke of Victory 2nd time	16 September 1840	10 May 1841	Progressive	Baldomero Espartero Regent for Queen Isabella II (1840–1843)
	Joaquín María de Ferrer y Cafranga	10 May 1841	20 May 1841
	Antonio González y González 2nd time	20 May 1841	17 June 1842
	José Ramón Rodil y Campillo Marquis of Rodil	17 June 1842	9 May 1843
	Joaquín María López 1st time	9 May 1843	19 May 1843
	Álvaro Gómez Becerra	19 May 1843	23 July 1843
	Joaquín María López 2nd time	23 July 1843	20 November 1843		Queen Isabella II (1833/1843–1868)
	Salustiano Olózaga	20 November 1843	5 December 1843	Moderate
	Luis González Bravo 1st time	5 December 1843	3 May 1844	Progressive
	Ramón María Narváez Duke of Valencia 1st time	3 May 1844	12 February 1846	Moderate (Década Moderada)
	Manuel Pando Fernández de Pinedo Marquis of Miraflores 1st time	12 February 1846	16 March 1846
	Ramón María Narváez Duke of Valencia 2nd time	16 March 1846	5 April 1846
	Francisco Javier Isturiz y Montero 2nd time	5 April 1846	28 January 1847
	Carlos Martínez de Irujo Marquis of Casa Irujo, Duke of Sotomayor	28 January 1847	28 March 1847
	Joaquín Francisco Pacheco y Gutiérrez Calderón	28 March 1847	31 August 1847
	José de Salamanca y Mayol	31 August 1847	12 September 1847
	Florencio García Goyena	12 September 1847	4 October 1847
	Ramón María Narváez Duke of Valencia 3rd time	4 October 1847	19 October 1849
	Serafín María de Sotto, 3rd Count of Clonard Appointment revoked before he could take possession	19 October 1849	20 October 1849
	Ramón María Narváez Duke of Valencia 4th time	20 October 1849	14 January 1851
	Juan Bravo Murillo	14 January 1851	14 December 1852
	Federico de Roncali, 1st Count of Alcoy	14 December 1852	14 April 1853
	Francisco de Lersundi y Hormaechea	14 April 1853	19 September 1853
	Luis José Sartorius Count of San Luis	19 September 1853	17 July 1854
	Fernando Fernández de Córdoba 1st time	17 July 1854	18 July 1854
	Ángel de Saavedra y Ramírez de Baquedano Duke of Rivas	18 July 1854	19 July 1854
	Baldomero Espartero Duke of Victory 3rd time	19 July 1854	14 July 1856	Progressive
	Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris 1st time	14 July 1856	12 October 1856	Unión Liberal
	Ramón María Narváez Duke of Valencia 5th time	12 October 1856	15 October 1857	Moderate
	Francisco Armero y Peñaranda Marquis of Nervión	15 October 1857	14 January 1858
	Francisco Javier Isturiz y Montero 3rd time	14 January 1858	30 June 1858
	Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris 2nd time	30 June 1858	2 March 1863	Unión Liberal
	Manuel Pando Fernández de Pinedo Marquis of Miraflores 2nd time	2 March 1863	17 January 1864	Moderate
	Lorenzo Arrazola y García	17 January 1864	1 March 1864
	Alejandro Mon Menéndez	1 March 1864	16 September 1864	Unión Liberal
	Ramón María Narváez Duke of Valencia 6th time	16 September 1864	21 June 1865	Moderate
	Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris 3rd time	21 June 1865	10 July 1866	Unión Liberal
	Ramón María Narváez Duke of Valencia 7th time	10 July 1866	23 April 1868	Moderate
	Luis González Bravo 2nd time	23 April 1868	19 September 1868
	José Gutiérrez de la Concha	19 September 1868	30 September 1868
	Pascual Madoz Ibáñez Acting	30 September 1868	3 October 1868		No formal Head of State
	Francisco Serrano y Domínguez Duke of La Torre, Count of San Antonio 1st time	3 October 1868	18 June 1869	Liberal Union
	General Juan Prim y Prats Marquis of Los Castillejos, Count of Reus, Viscount of Bruch	18 June 1869	27 December 1870	Progressist Liberal	Regent Francisco Serrano y Domínguez (1869–1870)
	Juan Bautista Topete y Carballo Acting	27 December 1870	4 January 1871	Liberal Union	King Amadeo (1870–1873)
	Francisco Serrano y Domínguez Duke of La Torre, Count of San Antonio 2nd time	4 January 1871	24 July 1871	Liberal Union
	Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla 1st time	24 July 1871	5 October 1871	Democratic
	José Malcampo y Monge Marquis of San Rafael, Count of Jolo	5 October 1871	21 December 1871
	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta 1st time	12 December 1871	26 May 1872	Progressist Liberal
	Juan Bautista Topete y Carballo Acting	26 May 1872	4 June 1872	Liberal Union
	Francisco Serrano y Domínguez Duke of La Torre, Count of San Antonio 3rd time	4 June 1872	13 June 1872	Liberal Union
	Fernando Fernández de Córdoba Acting	13 June 1872	16 June 1872	Moderate Liberal
	Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla 2nd time	16 June 1872	12 February 1873	Democratic-Republican

First Spanish Republic (1873-1874)

Prime Ministers (Presidents of the Provisional Government)

Political Persuasion:       No affiliation       Liberal conservative       Social democrat       Liberal progressive       Centrist       Military

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political leaning	Head of State (Term)
	Estanislao Figueras y Moragas	12 February 1873	11 June 1873	Federal republican	Prime Minister was also Head of State
	Francisco Pi y Margall	11 June 1873	18 July 1873
	Nicolás Salmerón Alonso	18 July 1873	7 September 1873	Moderate republican
	Emilio Castelar y Ripoll	7 September 1873	4 January 1874	Unitary republican
	Francisco Serrano y Domínguez 4th time	4 January 1874	16 February 1874	Conservative republican dictatorship
	Juan de Zavala y de la Puente	16 February 1874	3 September 1874
	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta 2nd time	3 September 1874	30 December 1874	Liberal

Kingdom of Spain (1874-1931)

Prime Ministers (Presidents of the Council of Ministers)

Political Persuasion:       No affiliation       Liberal conservative       Social democrat       Liberal progressive       Centrist       Military

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Head of State (Term)
	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo 1st time	31 December 1874	12 September 1875	Conservative	King Alfonso XII (1874–1885)
	Joaquín Jovellar y Soler	12 September 1875	2 December 1875
	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo 2nd time	2 December 1875	7 March 1879
	Arsenio Martínez Campos	7 March 1879	9 December 1879
	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo 3rd time	9 December 1879	8 February 1881
	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta 3rd time	8 February 1881	13 October 1883	Liberal
	José Posada Herrera	13 October 1883	18 January 1884
	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo 4th time	18 January 1884	27 November 1885	Conservative
	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta 4th time	27 November 1885	5 July 1890	Liberal	Queen Dowager Maria Christina Regent for King Alfonso XIII (1886–1902)
	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo 5th time	5 July 1890	11 December 1892	Conservative
	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta 5th time	11 December 1892	23 March 1895	Liberal
	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo 6th time	23 March 1895	8 August 1897	Conservative
	Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero Acting until 21 August,1st time	8 August 1897	4 October 1897
	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta 6th time	4 October 1897	4 March 1899	Liberal
	Francisco Silvela y de le Vielleuze 1st time	4 March 1899	23 October 1900	Conservative
	Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero 2nd time	23 October 1900	6 March 1901
	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta 7th time	6 March 1901	6 December 1902	Liberal
	Francisco Silvela y de le Vielleuze 2nd time	6 December 1902	20 July 1903	Conservative	King Alfonso XIII (1886/1902–1931)
	Raimundo Fernández Villaverde 1st time	20 July 1903	5 December 1903
	Antonio Maura y Montaner 1st time	5 December 1903	16 December 1904
	Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero 3rd time	16 December 1904	27 January 1905
	Raimundo Fernández Villaverde 2nd time	27 January 1905	23 June 1905
	Eugenio Montero Ríos	23 June 1905	1 December 1905	Liberal
	Segismundo Moret y Prendergast 1st time	1 December 1905	6 July 1906
	José López Domínguez	6 July 1906	30 November 1906
	Segismundo Moret y Prendergast 2nd time	30 November 1906	4 December 1906
	Antonio González de Aguilar y Correa Marquis of Vega de Armijo	4 December 1906	25 January 1907
	Antonio Maura y Montaner 2nd time	25 January 1907	21 October 1909	Conservative
	Segismundo Moret y Prendergast 3rd time	21 October 1909	9 February 1910	Liberal
	José Canalejas y Méndez	9 February 1910	12 November 1912
	Manuel García Prieto Marquis of Alhucemas Acting, 1st time	12 November 1912	14 November 1912
	Álvaro Figueroa y Torres Mendieta Count of Romanones 1st time	14 November 1912	27 October 1913
	Eduardo Dato e Iradier 1st time	27 October 1913	9 December 1915	Conservative
	Álvaro Figueroa y Torres Mendieta Count of Romanones 2nd time	9 December 1915	19 April 1917	Liberal
	Manuel García Prieto Marquis of Alhucemas 2nd time	19 April 1917	11 June 1917	Liberal-Democratic
	Eduardo Dato e Iradier 2nd time	11 June 1917	3 November 1917	Conservative
	Manuel García Prieto Marquis of Alhucemas 3rd time	3 November 1917	22 March 1918	Liberal-Democratic (Concentration government)
	Antonio Maura y Montaner 3rd time	22 March 1918	9 November 1918	Conservative (Concentration government)
	Manuel García Prieto Marquis of Alhucemas 4th time	9 November 1918	5 December 1918	Liberal-Democratic
	Álvaro Figueroa y Torres Mendieta Count of Romanones 3rd time	5 December 1918	15 April 1919	Liberal
	Antonio Maura y Montaner 4th time	15 April 1919	20 July 1919	Conservative (Concentration government)
	Joaquín Sánchez de Toca Calvo	20 July 1919	12 December 1919	Conservative
	Manuel Allendesalazar 1st time	12 December 1919	5 May 1920
	Eduardo Dato e Iradier 3rd time	5 May 1920	8 March 1921
	Gabino Bugallal Araujo Count of Bugallal Acting	8 March 1921	13 March 1921
	Manuel Allendesalazar 2nd time	13 March 1921	14 August 1921
	Antonio Maura y Montaner 5th time	14 August 1921	8 March 1922	Conservative (Concentration government)
	José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez	8 March 1922	7 December 1922	Conservative
	Manuel García Prieto Marquis of Alhucemas 5th time	7 December 1922	15 September 1923	Liberal-Democratic
	General Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja Army Captain General, Marquis of Estella and Ajdir Head of the Military Directory until 3 December 1925	15 September 1923	30 January 1930	Military Dictatorship
	Dámaso Berenguer Count of Xauén, Army General	30 January 1930	18 February 1931	Military "Dictablanda"
	Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas Navy Admiral	18 February 1931	14 April 1931

Second Spanish Republic (1931-1939)

Prime Ministers (Presidents of the Council of Ministers)

Political Persuasion:       No affiliation       Liberal conservative       Social democrat       Liberal progressive       Centrist       Military

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Elected	Head of State (Term)
	Niceto Alcalá-Zamora	14 April 1931	14 October 1931	Progressive Republican Right Provisional Government	—	No formal Head of State
	Manuel Azaña Díaz 1st time	14 October 1931	12 September 1933	Republican Action	1931	President Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1933–1936)
	Alejandro Lerroux García 1st time	12 September 1933	8 October 1933	Radical Republican	1933
	Diego Martínez Barrio	8 October 1933	16 December 1933
	Alejandro Lerroux García 2nd time	16 December 1933	28 April 1934
	Ricardo Samper e Ibáñez	28 April 1934	4 October 1934
	Alejandro Lerroux García 3rd time	4 October 1934	25 September 1935
	Joaquín Chapaprieta Torregrosa	25 September 1935	14 December 1935	Independent
	Manuel Portela Valladares	14 December 1935	19 February 1936	Independent
	Manuel Azaña Díaz 2nd time	19 February 1936	10 May 1936	Republican Left Popular Front coalition	1936
	Augusto Barcía Trelles Acting	10 May 1936	13 May 1936			President Manuel Azaña (1936–1939)
	Santiago Casares Quiroga	13 May 1936	19 July 1936
	Diego Martínez Barrio Acting	19 July 1936		Republican Union Popular Front coalition
	José Giral Pereira	19 July 1936	4 September 1936	Republican Left Popular Front coalition
	Francisco Largo Caballero	4 September 1936	17 May 1937	Socialist Popular Front coalition
	Juan Negrín López	17 May 1937	1 April 1939

Francoist Spain (1936-1975)

Heads of Government in the Nationalist Zone (1936–1939)

Picture	Title	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Head of State (Term)
	President of the Board of National Defense	Miguel Cabanellas Ferrer	23 July 1936	1 October 1936	Military	Collective Junta of Burgos (1936)
	President of the Technical Board of State	Fidel Dávila Arrondo	3 October 1936	3 June 1937		Caudillo Francisco Franco (1936–1939)
		Francisco Gómez Jordana	3 June 1937	31 January 1938
	President of the Government	Francisco Franco y Bahamonde	31 January 1938	1 April 1939	Falange Military

Prime Ministers (Presidents of the Government)

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Head of State (Term)
	Francisco Franco y Bahamonde	1 April 1939	8 June 1973	Falange Military	Caudillo Francisco Franco (1939–1975)
	Luis Carrero Blanco	9 June 1973	20 December 1973
	Torcuato Fernández-Miranda Acting	20 December 1973	31 December 1973	Falange
	Carlos Arias Navarro	31 December 1973	20 November 1975	Falange

Kingdom of Spain Restored (since 1975)

Prime ministers (Presidents of the Government)

Political Party:       No party       Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)       Socialist (PSOE)       People's Party (PP)       Military

Picture	Name	From	Until	Political Party	Legislature (Election)	Head of State (Term)
	Carlos Arias Navarro	20 November 1975	1 July 1976	Falange	—	King Juan Carlos I (1975– )
		The final Prime Minister of Francoist Spain, he continued in office under Juan Carlos I. Opposed to reform, he resigned.
	Fernando de Santiago y Díaz	1 July 1976	5 July 1976	Military	—
		Vice-President of the Government under Navarro, he served as interim Prime Minister on Navarro's resignation.
	Adolfo Suárez González	5 July 1976	29 January 1981	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	[[Council of Ministers of Spain (Constituent Legislature)|Cst‹See Tfd›.]] (1977)
					I (1979)
		Appointed by Juan Carlos I, before UCD was elected 1977. Oversaw the Spanish Constitution of 1978. Resigned.
	Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo y Bustelo	29 January 1981	2 December 1982	Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	I ( ···· )
		Acting Prime Minister until 25 February 1981. 23-F attempted coup d'état. UCD had split, and was heavily defeated 1982.
	Felipe González Márquez	2 December 1982	5 May 1996	Socialist (PSOE)	II (1982)
					III (1986)
					IV (1989)
					V (1993)
		Spanish NATO membership referendum, 1986; Spain's accession to the European Economic Community. Spain's longest-serving Prime Minister to date.
	José María Aznar López	5 May 1996	17 April 2004	People's Party (PP)	VI (1996)
					VII (2000)
		European single currency; Committed troops to the Iraq War; 2004 Madrid train bombings
	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero	17 April 2004	Incumbent (Term expires in 2012)	Socialist (PSOE)	VIII (2004)
					IX (2008)
		Withdrew troops from Iraq; Same-sex marriage legislation; 2008–2009 Spanish financial crisis

See also

• Prime Minister of Spain
• List of Spanish monarchs
• List of heads of state of Spain
• President of Spain