This is a list of the Spanish people that have served as solicitor (or attorney) general since the 19th century and, as such, head of the Office of the Solicitor General of the State (), the government agency responsible for providing legal advice to the Spanish government and other State institutions, as well as defending them before the courts of justice.
Introduction The origin of this position goes back to the 18th century, when by Royal Order of 13 May 1786, Antonio María Lozano, Prosecutor of the Council of Finance, was appointed as the first "Advisor to the General Superintendency of Finance". During the first half of the 19th century, the Superintendency of Finance was abolished and it was decided to unify all advisory powers under a new administrative body, the Directorate-General for Public Treasury Litigation () and, at the same time, its advisors were granted the power to represent the public treasury before the courts of justice, giving rise to the current figure of the "Solicitor General of the State".
Over time, the Solicitor General went from advising only the Public Treasury to advising the entire government apparatus, becoming the head of the State's Legal Service. Today, the solicitor general answers to the minister of justice.
List of solicitors general For the purpose of this list, the date used is the date on which the decree of appointment or dismissal received royal assent, which may differ from the date of publication or of the effective taking of office.
Name Start End DurationPartyGovernmentVentura González Romero28 December 184914 January 1851ModerateThe Duke of ValenciaIsabella IINicolás de Mélida y Lizana14 January 18519 February 1851ModerateJuan Bravo MurilloAntonio Pérez de Herrasti y Pérez de Herrasti9 February 185125 October 1853ModerateThe Count of AlcoyFrancisco de Lersundi y HormaecheaThe Count of San LuisJosé Juan Navarro González25 October 185314 July 1854ModerateThe Marquess of MendigorríaThe Duke of RivasThe Prince of VergaraJacobo Ulloa de las Riberas3 November 185418 October 1856IndependentThe Duke of TetuánThe Duke of ValenciaAntonio Pérez de Herrasti y Pérez de Herrasti18 October 18566 May 1858ModerateThe Marquess of NerviónFrancisco Javier de IstúrizFrancisco de Cárdenas Espejo6 May 18583 November 1863ModeradoThe Duke of TetuánThe Marquess of MirafloresJuan Bautista Trúpita5 November 186317 January 1864ModerateAntonio Remón Zarco del Valle y Huet17 January 186422 January 1864ModerateLorenzo Arrazola y GarcíaRafael Ramírez de Arellano22 January 186428 August 1864ModerateAlejandro Mon y MenéndezAmbrosio González y Rodríguez28 August 186422 February 1865ModerateThe Duke of ValenciaFelipe Vereterra y Carreño22 February 18651 July 1865IndependentThe Duke of TetuánAntonio Remón Zarco del Valle y Huet1 July 186515 October 1865ModerateVicente Hernández de la Rua15 October 186515 July 1866ModerateThe Duke of Valencia†Benito Plá y Cancela15 July 18666 August 1868ModerateLuis González BravoIgnacio Páez Jaramillo23 August 18689 October 1868IndependentThe Marquess of HavanaThe Duke of the TowerThe Duke of the Tower(regent)Antonio Ramos Calderón5 November 186830 June 1869IndependentThe Marquess of Castillejos Justo Pelayo de la Cuesta Núñez 26 July 18745 January 1875ConstitutionalistThe Marquess of Sierra BullonesPráxedes Mateo SagastaAlfonso XIIManuel Núñez de Haro5 January 187515 January 1875IndependentEmilio Cánovas del Castillo15 January 18752 March 1878ConservativeAntonio Cánovas del CastilloJoaquín Jovellar y SolerAntonio Cánovas del CastilloAntonino Sánchez de Milla2 March 187810 May 1880†ConservativeArsenio Martínez CamposAntonio Cánovas del CastilloFernando de Madrazo y Kuntz10 May 188022 June 1880IndependentSaturnino Arenillas Paredes22 June 188014 February 1881ConservativePráxedes Mateo SagastaJosé Gallostra y Frau14 February 188117 September 1881LiberalThe Count of Albox17 September 18814 October 1881LiberalMiguel Monares Insa4 October 188131 December 1881IndependentManuel Núñez de Haro31 December 188111 January 1883LiberalMiguel Monares Insa11 January 188316 January 1883IndependentManuel Díaz Valdés16 January 188312 March 1883IndependentFederico Pons y Montells12 March 188322 January 1884LiberalJosé Posada Herrera Antonio Cánovas del CastilloMiguel Monares Insa22 January 188429 January 1884IndependentJosé de Cárdenas Uriarte29 January 18841 December 1885ConservativePráxedes Mateo SagastaAlfonso XIIIFidel García Lomas3 December 188521 October 1886IndependentManuel Gómez Marín21 October 188613 September 1888LiberalJosé María Carrascosa y Carrión13 September 188830 September 1888IndependentJosé María Jimeno de Lerma30 September 18884 October 1890Liberal Antonio Cánovas del CastilloThe Marquess of Vadillo4 October 189027 November 1891ConservativeFermín Hernández Iglesias27 November 189120 December 1892ConservativePráxedes Mateo SagastaJuan Rosell y Rubert20 December 1892 22 March 1895 LiberalAntonio Fidalgo Sánchez-Ocaña22 March 189511 July 1895IndependentAntonio Cánovas del Castillo†The Marquess of Figueroa11 July 189519 October 1897ConservativeMarcelo AzcárragaPráxedes Mateo SagastaThe Marquess of Alhucemas19 October 189731 May 1898LiberalAntonio Fidalgo Sánchez-Ocaña31 May 18981 July 1898IndependentÁlvaro López Mora1 July 18989 March 1899LiberalFrancisco SilvelaFederico Arrazola y Guerrero9 March 189929 April 1899ConservativeFederico de Arriaga y del Arco29 April 189921 May 1901ConservativeMarcelo Azcárraga Práxedes Mateo SagastaAntonio Fidalgo Sánchez-Ocaña21 May 190115 September 1910Independent Francisco SilvelaThe Marquess of Pozo RubioAntonio MauraMarcelo AzcárragaThe Marquess of Pozo RubioEugenio Montero RíosSegismundo MoretJosé López DomínguezSegismundo MoretThe Marquess of Vega de ArmijoAntonio MauraSegismundo MoretJosé Canalejas y Méndez†Pablo Garnica y Echevarría15 September 191030 June 1913LiberalThe Marquess of AlhucemasThe Count of Romanones Antonio Fidalgo Sánchez-Ocaña 30 June 191323 March 1915 IndependentEduardo DatoNicanor de las Alas Pumariño23 March 191518 December 1915ConservativeThe Count of RomanonesFederico Marín y López18 December 191527 September 1920IndependentThe Marquess of AlhucemasEduardo DatoThe Marquess of AlhucemasAntonio Maura The Marquess of Alhucemas The Count of RomanonesAntonio MauraJoaquín Sánchez de TocaManuel AllendesalazarEduardo Dato†Juan Díaz de la Sala27 September 192013 October 1920IndependentThe Count of BugallalManuel Allendesalazar13 October 19203 January 1923Antonio MauraJosé Sánchez-Guerra y MartínezThe Marquess of AlhucemasAntonio Fidalgo de Solís3 January 192330 January 1923LiberalThe Marquess of Estella30 January 192323 August 1926The Count of Santamaría de Paredes23 August 192616 April 1931IndependentThe Marquess of EstellaThe Count of XauenJuan Bautista Aznar-CabañasNiceto Alcalá-ZamoraNiceto Alcalá-ZamoraValeriano Casanueva Picazo16 April 193111 March 1933SocialistManuel Azaña Luis Martínez Sureda 11 March 193313 June 1934IndependentAlejandro LerrouxDiego Martínez BarrioAlejandro LerrouxRicardo SamperBaldomero de Campo-Redondo y Fernández19 June 193427 February 1936IndependentAlejandro LerrouxJoaquín ChapaprietaManuel Portela ValladaresManuel AzañaLuis de la Peña y Costa27 February 193615 September 1936IndependentAugusto Barcia TrellesManuel AzañaSantiago Casares QuirogaDiego Martínez BarrioJosé GiralFrancisco Largo CaballeroJosé Prat García15 September 193627 May 1937SocialistJuan NegrínEleazar Huerta Valcárcel15 October 193731 March 1939SocialistNational Defence CouncilJosé MiajaPedro Alfaro y Alfaro2 February 19383 September 1941National MovementFranco IFrancisco FrancoFranco IIJosé María de Lapuerta y de las Pozas3 September 194116 October 1942National MovementFrancisco Gómez de Llano16 October 194219 July 1951National MovementFranco IIIJosé Fernández Arroyo Caro27 July 19518 March 1957National MovementFranco IVFranco VJosé María Zabia Pérez8 March 195715 November 1963National MovementFranco VILuis Peralta España15 November 196325 February 1966National MovementFranco VIIJuan Antonio Ollero de la Rosa25 February 196620 April 1968National MovementJosé María Tejera Victory4 May 19689 February 1973National MovementFranco VIIIAlfonso Carrillo de Mendoza y Morales9 February 197317 May 1974National MovementLuis Carrero Blanco†The Duke of Fernández-MirandaThe Marquess of Arias NavarroJosé Luis Gómez-Dégano y Ceballos-Zúñiga31 May 197417 October 1986National MovementJuan Carlos IIndependentThe Duke of SuárezThe Marquess of Ría de RibadeoFelipe GonzálezFernando Valdés Dal-Ré17 October 19862 November 1990IndependentGonzalo Quintero Olivares 8 November 1990 18 September 1992IndependentEmilio Jiménez Aparicio2 October 199224 May 1996IndependentJosé Javier Abad-Pérez Berenguer24 May 199612 May 2000IndependentJosé María AznarArturo García-Tizón López12 May 200023 April 2004PopularJoaquín Fuentes Bardají23 April 200413 January 2012SocialistJosé Luis Rodríguez ZapateroMarta Silva13 January 201225 November 2016IndependentMariano RajoyFelipe VIEugenio López Álvarez25 November 201629 June 2018IndependentConsuelo Castro Rey29 June 201818 June 2024IndependentPedro SánchezDavid Vilas Álvarez18 June 2024IncumbentIndependent
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