The minister of defence is the highest authority of Spain's Ministry of Defence, which is in charge of the preparation, development and execution of the defense policy determined by its government, as well as the management of the Military Administration.
List of officeholders Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939)
Portrait Name Term of office Political party Government Took office Left office Time in office Minister of National Defence 1 Indalecio Prieto 17 May 1937 5 April 1938 PSOE Negrín I 2 Juan Negrín 5 April 1938 6 March 1939 PSOE Negrín II
Francoist Spain (1936–1975)
Portrait Name Term of office Political party Government Took office Left office Time in office Minister of National Defence 1 Fidel Dávila Arrondo 31 January 1938 9 August 1939 Military Franco I Fuenterrebollo Gobiernos de Franco. Split into Minister of the Army, Minister of the Navy and Minister of the Air
Kingdom of Spain (1975–present)
Portrait Name Term of office Political party Government Took office Left office Time in office Minister of Defence Reign of Juan Carlos I (1975–2014) 1 Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado 4 July 1977 5 April 1979 Military Suárez II 2 Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún 6 April 1979 27 February 1981 UCD Suárez III 3 Alberto Oliart 26 February 1981 3 December 1982 UCD Calvo-Sotelo 4 Narcís Serra 3 December 1982 12 March 1991 PSOE González I–II–III 5 Julián García Vargas 12 March 1991 3 July 1995 PSOE González III–IV 6 Gustavo Suárez Pertierra 3 July 1995 5 May 1996 PSOE González IV 7 Eduardo Serra Rexach 5 May 1996 27 April 2000 Independent Aznar I 8 Federico Trillo 28 April 2000 18 April 2004 PP Aznar II 9 José Bono 18 April 2004 7 April 2006 PSOE Zapatero I 10 José Antonio Alonso 7 April 2006 14 April 2008 PSOE Zapatero I 11 Carme Chacón 14 April 2008 22 December 2011 PSOE Zapatero II 12 Pedro Morenés 22 December 2011 19 June 2014 Independent Rajoy I Reign of Felipe VI (2014–present) 12 Pedro Morenés 19 June 2014 4 November 2016 Independent Rajoy I 13 María Dolores de Cospedal 4 November 2016 1 June 2018 PP Rajoy II 14 Margarita Robles 7 June 2018 Incumbent Independent Sánchez I–II–III
See also Ministry of Defence (Spain)
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