This is a list of prime ministers of Spain by time in office. The basis of the list is the inclusive number of days from being sworn in until leaving office.

Of the 102 prime ministers, only four served more than 10 years while sixty-six have served less than a year.

Francisco Franco, who also served as the Head of State until his death, is the only person to have served in the post of prime minister for more than two decades, ruling for a total of 35 years that were preceded by the coup of 1936 and the Spanish Civil War.

Ordered by tenure Rank Prime Minister Length served Terms Party Start 1 Francisco Franco 35 years, 129 days 1 National Movement 1939 2 Práxedes Mateo Sagasta 13 years, 175 days 7 LiberalConstitutional 1871 3 Felipe González 13 years, 155 days 4 PSOE 1982 4 Antonio Cánovas del Castillo 11 years, 290 days 6 Conservative 1874 5 Ramón María Narváez 8 years, 240 days 7 Moderate 1844 6 Pedro Sánchez (incumbent) 3 PSOE 2018 7 José María Aznar 7 years, 348 days 2 PP 1996 8 José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero 7 years, 248 days 2 PSOE 2004 9 Mariano Rajoy 6 years, 162 days 2 PP 2011 10 Miguel Primo de Rivera 6 years, 137 days 1 Patriotic Union 1923 11 Leopoldo O'Donnell 5 years, 180 days 4 Liberal Union 1856 12 Manuel González Salmón 5 years, 152 days 1 Nonpartisan 1826 13 Antonio Maura 5 years, 84 days 5 ConservativeMaurist 1903 14 Adolfo Suárez 4 years, 236 days 2 UCDNational Movement 1976 15 Eduardo Dato 3 years, 130 days 3 Conservative 1913 16 Baldomero Espartero 2 years, 293 days 3 Progressive 1837 17 José Canalejas 2 years, 277 days 1 Liberal 1910 18 The Count of Romanones 2 years, 243 days 3 Liberal 1912 19 Francisco Cea Bermúdez 2 years, 211 days 2 Nonpartisan 1824 20 Carlos Arias Navarro 2 years, 185 days 1 National Movement 1973 21 Francisco Silvela 2 years, 94 days 2 Conservative 1899 22 Manuel Azaña 2 years, 49 days 2 Republican ActionIR 1931 23 Juan Bravo Murillo 1 year, 335 days 1 Moderate 1851 24 Juan Negrín 1 year, 318 days 1 PSOE 1937 25 Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo 1 year, 279 days 1 UCD 1981 26 Evaristo Pérez de Castro 1 year, 224 days 1 Moderate 1838 27 Francisco Javier de Istúriz 1 year, 191 days 3 Moderate 1836 28 Francisco Serrano 1 year, 166 days 4 Liberal UnionConstitutional 1868 29 Juan Prim 1 year, 165 days 2 Progressive 1869 30Alejandro Lerroux 1 year, 150 days 3 PRR 1933 31 Francisco Martínez de la Rosa 1 year, 143 days 1 Moderate 1834 32 Manuel García Prieto 1 year, 135 days 4 Liberal Democratic 1917 33 The Count of Heredia-Spínola 1 year, 98 days 2 Nonpartisan 1823 34 The Marquess of Valdeterrazo 1 year, 51 days 2 Progressive 1840 35Dámaso Berenguer 1 year, 19 days 1 Military 1930 36 José María Calatrava 1 year, 4 days 1 Progressive 1836 37 The Marquess of Miraflores 353 days 2 Moderate 1846 38 Segismundo Moret 332 days 3 Liberal 1905 39 The Marquess of Rodil 326 days 1 Progressive 1842 40 Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla 317 days 2 Radical 1871 41 The Count of San Luis 301 days 1 Moderate 1853 42 Luis González Bravo 299 days 2 Moderate 1843Manuel Allendesalazar 299 days 2 Conservative 1919The Duke of the Infantado 299 days 1 Nonpartisan 1825 45 Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde 285 days 2 Conservative 1903 46 Arsenio Martínez Campos 277 days 1 Conservative 1879 47 José Sánchez Guerra 274 days 1 Conservative 1922 48 Francisco Largo Caballero 255 days 1 PSOE 1936The Count of la Alcudia 255 days 1 Nonpartisan 1832 50 Juan Álvarez Mendizábal 233 days 1 Progressive 1835 51 Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero 220 days 3 Conservative 1897 52 Alejandro Mon 199 days 1 Moderate 1864 53 Luis Carrero Blanco 195 days 1 National Movement 1973 54 Niceto Alcalá-Zamora 183 days 1 DLR 1931 55 Saturnino Calderón Collantes 175 days 1 Liberal Union 1859 56 Eugenio Montero Ríos 161 days 1 Liberal 1905 57 Ricardo Samper 159 days 1 PRR 1934 58 Francisco de Lersundi 158 days 1 Moderate 1853 59 Joaquín Francisco Pacheco 156 days 1 Moderate 1847 60 José López Domínguez 147 days 1 Liberal 1906 61 Joaquín Sánchez de Toca 145 days 1 Conservative 1919 62 Joaquín María López 130 days 2 Progressive 1843 63 Juan de Zavala 123 days 1 Constitutional 1874 64 The Count of Alcoy 121 days 1 Moderate 1852 65 Estanislao Figueras 119 days 1 PRDF 1873 66 Emilio Castelar 118 days 1 PRDF 1873 67 The Count of Toreno 99 days 1 Moderate 1835 68 José Posada Herrera 97 days 1 Dynastic Left 1883 69 The Duke of Frías 94 days 1 Moderate 1838 70 The Marquess of Nervión 91 days 1 Moderate 1857 71 Joaquín Jovellar y Soler 81 days 1 Conservative 1875 72 Joaquín Chapaprieta 80 days 1 Nonpartisan 1935 73 José Malcampo 77 days 1 Constitutional 1871 74 Diego Martínez Barrio 70 days 2 PRRUR 1933 75 Manuel Portela Valladares 67 days 1 Democratic Centre 1935 76 Santiago Casares Quiroga 66 days 1 IR 1936 77 Álvaro Gómez Becerra 65 days 1 Progressive 1843 78 Eusebio Bardají 59 days 1 Moderate 1837The Duke of Sotomayor 59 days 1 Moderate 1847 80 Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas 55 days 1 Military 1931 81 The Marquess of Vega de Armijo 52 days 1 Liberal 1906 82 Nicolás Salmerón 51 days 1 PRDF 1873 83 José Giral 47 days 1 IR 1936 84 Lorenzo Arrazola 44 days 1 Moderate 1864 85 Francisco Pi y Margall 37 days 1 PRDF 1873 86 The Marquess of Irujo 23 days 1 Nonpartisan 1823 87 Florencio García Goyena 22 days 1 Moderate 1847 88 Valentín Ferraz 16 days 1 Progressive 1840 89 Modesto Cortázar 13 days 1 Progressive 1840Víctor Damián Sáez 13 days 1 Nonpartisan 1823 91 Miguel Ricardo de Álava 11 days 1 Progressive 1835The Marquess of Havana 11 days 1 Moderate 1868Torcuato Fernández-Miranda 11 days 1 National Movement 1973 94 Joaquín María Ferrer 10 days 1 Progressive 1841 95 Salustiano de Olózaga 9 days 1 Progressive 1843 96 Juan Bautista Topete 8 days 1 Liberal Union 1870 97 Vicente Sancho 5 days 1 Progressive 1840 98 Augusto Barcía Trelles 3 days 1 IR 1936 99 Fernando de Santiago 2 days 1 National Movement 1976 100 The Count of Clonard 1 day 1 Moderate 1849The Duke of Rivas 1 day 1 Moderate 1854The Marquess of Mendigorría 1 day 1 Moderate 1854

See also List of prime ministers of Spain Prime Minister of Spain List of Spanish monarchs List of heads of state of Spain President of the Republic (Spain) List of Spanish regents

References

External links