# List of deputy prime ministers of Spain

The Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, Vice President of the Government or First Deputy Prime Minister (when there is more than one deputy prime minister) is the second highest position in the Government of Spain. Between 1840 and 1934 the title was Vice President of the Council of Ministers. Since its creation, there have been twenty-one deputy prime ministers.

## List of officeholders

Office name:
* Vice Presidency of the Council of Ministers (1840–1841; 1925–1931; 1933–1934)
* Vice Presidency of the Government (1938–1939; 1962–1973; 1982–1995; 2011–2020)
* First Vice Presidency of the Government (1974–1975; 1976; 1977–1979; 1981–1982; 1996–2011; 2020–present)
* Vice Presidency of the Government for Defence Affairs (1975–1976)
* First Vice Presidency of the Government for Defence Affairs (1976–1977)
* First Vice Presidency of the Government, in charge of the Coordination of the Security and National Defence Affairs (1979–1981)
* Vice Presidency of the Government for Economic Affairs (1982; 2011)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Party | Government | Prime Minister (Tenure) | Prime Minister (Tenure) | Ref. |
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Duration | Party | Party | Government | Prime Minister (Tenure) | Prime Minister (Tenure) | Ref. |
| | Joaquín María Ferrer (1777–1861) | 3 October 1840 | 10 May 1841 | 219 days | | Progressive (Esparterist) | Espartero II | | Baldomero Espartero (1840–1841) | [1] [2] |
| Office disestablished during this interval. |||||||||||
| | Severiano Martínez Anido (1862–1938) | 3 December 1925 | 30 January 1930 | 4 years and 58 days | | Military | Civil Directory | | Miguel Primo de Rivera (1923–1930) | [3] [4] |
| Office disestablished during this interval. |||||||||||
| | Diego Martínez Barrio (1883–1962) | 22 December 1933 | 3 March 1934 | 71 days | | PRR | Lerroux II | | Alejandro Lerroux (1933–1934) | [5] [6] |
| Office disestablished during this interval. |||||||||||
| | Francisco Gómez-Jordana (1876–1944) | 31 January 1938 | 9 August 1939 | 1 year and 190 days | | National Movement (Military) | Franco I | | Francisco Franco (1938–1973) | [7] [8] |
| Office disestablished during this interval. |||||||||||
| | Agustín Muñoz Grandes (1896–1970) | 11 July 1962 | 28 July 1967 | 5 years and 17 days | | National Movement (Military) | Franco VI | | Francisco Franco (1938–1973) | [9] [10] |
| | Agustín Muñoz Grandes (1896–1970) | 11 July 1962 | 28 July 1967 | 5 years and 17 days | | National Movement (Military) | Franco VII | | Francisco Franco (1938–1973) | [9] [10] |
| | Luis Carrero Blanco (1904–1973) | 22 September 1967 | 9 June 1973 | 5 years and 260 days | | National Movement (Military) | Franco VII | | Francisco Franco (1938–1973) | [11] [12] |
| | Luis Carrero Blanco (1904–1973) | 22 September 1967 | 9 June 1973 | 5 years and 260 days | | National Movement (Military) | Franco VIII | | Francisco Franco (1938–1973) | [11] [12] |
| | Torcuato Fernández-Miranda (1915–1980) | 12 June 1973 | 31 December 1973 | 202 days | | National Movement (Nonpartisan) | Carrero Blanco | | Luis Carrero Blanco (1973) | |
| | José García Hernández (1915–2000) | 4 January 1974 | 12 December 1975 | 1 year and 342 days | | National Movement (Nonpartisan) | Arias Navarro I | | Carlos Arias Navarro (1973–1976) | [14] [15] |
| | Fernando de Santiago (1910–1994) | 12 December 1975 | 5 July 1976 | 286 days | | National Movement (Military) | Arias Navarro II | | Carlos Arias Navarro (1973–1976) | [16] [17] [18] |
| | Fernando de Santiago (1910–1994) | 8 July 1975 | 23 September 1976 | 286 days | | National Movement (Military) | Suárez I | | Adolfo Suárez (1976–1981) | [16] [17] [18] |
| | Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado (1912–1995) | 23 September 1976 | 5 July 1977 | 4 years and 157 days | | National Movement (Military) | Suárez I | | Adolfo Suárez (1976–1981) | [19] [20] [21] [22] |
| | Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado (1912–1995) | 5 July 1977 | 6 April 1979 | 4 years and 157 days | | Military | Suárez II | | Adolfo Suárez (1976–1981) | [19] [20] [21] [22] |
| | Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado (1912–1995) | 6 April 1979 | 27 February 1981 | 4 years and 157 days | | Military | Suárez III | | Adolfo Suárez (1976–1981) | [19] [20] [21] [22] |
| | Rodolfo Martín Villa (born 1934) | 2 December 1981 | 30 July 1982 | 240 days | | UCD | Calvo-Sotelo | | Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo (1981–1982) | [23] [24] |
| | Juan Antonio García Díez (1940–1998) | 30 July 1982 | 3 December 1982 | 126 days | | UCD | Calvo-Sotelo | | Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo (1981–1982) | [25] [26] |
| | Alfonso Guerra (born 1940) | 3 December 1982 | 26 July 1986 | 8 years and 42 days | | PSOE | González I | | Felipe González (1982–1996) | [27] [28] [29] [30] |
| | Alfonso Guerra (born 1940) | 26 July 1986 | 7 December 1989 | 8 years and 42 days | | PSOE | González II | | Felipe González (1982–1996) | [27] [28] [29] [30] |
| | Alfonso Guerra (born 1940) | 7 December 1989 | 14 January 1991 | 8 years and 42 days | | PSOE | González III | | Felipe González (1982–1996) | [27] [28] [29] [30] |
| | Narcís Serra (born 1943) | 13 March 1991 | 14 July 1993 | 4 years and 111 days | | PSC–PSOE | González III | | Felipe González (1982–1996) | [31] [32] [33] |
| | Narcís Serra (born 1943) | 14 July 1993 | 2 July 1995 | 4 years and 111 days | | PSC–PSOE | González IV | | Felipe González (1982–1996) | [31] [32] [33] |
| Office disestablished during this interval. |||||||||||
| | Francisco Álvarez-Cascos (born 1947) | 6 May 1996 | 28 April 2000 | 3 years and 358 days | | PP | Aznar I | | José María Aznar (1996–2004) | [34] [35] |
| | Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) | 28 April 2000 | 4 September 2003 | 3 years and 129 days | | PP | Aznar II | | José María Aznar (1996–2004) | [36] [37] |
| | Rodrigo Rato (born 1949) | 4 September 2003 | 18 April 2004 | 227 days | | PP | Aznar II | | José María Aznar (1996–2004) | [38] [39] |
| | María Teresa Fernández de la Vega (born 1949) | 18 April 2004 | 14 April 2008 | 6 years and 186 days | | Independent | Zapatero I | | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2004–2011) | [40] [41] [42] |
| | María Teresa Fernández de la Vega (born 1949) | 14 April 2008 | 21 October 2010 | 6 years and 186 days | | Independent | Zapatero II | | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2004–2011) | [40] [41] [42] |
| | Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba (1951–2019) | 21 October 2010 | 12 July 2011 | 264 days | | PSOE | Zapatero II | | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2004–2011) | [43] [44] |
| | Elena Salgado (born 1949) | 12 July 2011 | 22 December 2011 | 163 days | | Independent | Zapatero II | | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2004–2011) | [45] [46] |
| | Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría (born 1971) | 22 December 2011 | 4 November 2016 | 6 years and 167 days | | PP | Rajoy I | | Mariano Rajoy (2011–2018) | [47] [48] [49] |
| | Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría (born 1971) | 4 November 2016 | 7 June 2018 | 6 years and 167 days | | PP | Rajoy II | | Mariano Rajoy (2011–2018) | [47] [48] [49] |
| | Carmen Calvo (born 1957) | 7 June 2018 | 13 January 2020 | 3 years and 35 days | | PSOE | Sánchez I | | Pedro Sánchez (2018–present) | [50] [51] [52] |
| | Carmen Calvo (born 1957) | 13 January 2020 | 12 July 2021 | 3 years and 35 days | | PSOE | Sánchez II | | Pedro Sánchez (2018–present) | [50] [51] [52] |
| | Nadia Calviño (born 1968) | 12 July 2021 | 21 November 2023 | 2 years and 170 days | | Independent | Sánchez II | | Pedro Sánchez (2018–present) | [53] [54] [55] |
| | Nadia Calviño (born 1968) | 21 November 2023 | 29 December 2023 | 2 years and 170 days | | Independent | Sánchez III | | Pedro Sánchez (2018–present) | [53] [54] [55] |
| | María Jesús Montero (born 1966) | 29 December 2023 | Incumbent | 282 days | | PSOE | Sánchez III | | Pedro Sánchez (2018–present) | |