This section lists the figures within the Spanish government responsible for the proper functioning of the country's legal framework and judiciary. Likewise, the Minister of Justice is the First Notary of the Kingdom, that is, the one responsible for attesting to major State events and matters of the royal family.
The position was originally titled 'Secretary of State and of the Office of Ecclesiastical Affairs, Justice and Jurisdiction' (). Since 1754, it was known as 'Secretary of State and of the Office of Grace and Justice', later Minister of Grace and Justice and, nowadays, simply as Minister of Justice.
List of ministers