page_title: Ministry of Defence (Spain)
section_title: Structure
hierarchical_section_title: Ministry of Defence (Spain) / Structure
caption_attribution_description: Con la presidenta del Congreso, Ana Pastor Julián, escuchando en el desayuno del Nueva Economía Fórum a la directora de 20minutos.es, Encarna Samitier, hablar sobre los retos del periodismo “en tiempos de ruido”.
context_page_description: The Ministry of Defence is the department of the Government of Spain responsible for planning, developing and carrying out the general guidelines of the Government about the defence policy and the managing of the military administration. It is the administrative and executive body of the Spanish Armed Forces.
  According to the Constitution of 1978, the Monarch is the Commander in Chief of the Spanish military. He can declare war or conclude peace with authorization of the Cortes Generales, provided this act is countersigned by the Prime Minister.
  The Ministry of Defense is headed by the Minister of Defence, a Cabinet member who depends directly from the Prime Minister. Beneath the Ministry of Defense are five subordinate principal departments: the Armed Forces headed by the Chief of the Defence Staff which is divided in three military branches led by the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief of Staff of the Navy and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force; the Secretariat of State for Defence; the Undersecretariat of Defence headed by the Ministry's Under-Secretary and the General Secretariat for Defence Policy head by the Secretary-General.
context_section_description: The Department is organized as follows:
  The Armed Forces.
  The Chief of the Defence Staff.
  The Chief of Staff of the Army.
  The Chief of Staff of the Navy.
  The Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
  The Secretariat of State for Defence.
  The Directorate-General for Armament and Materiel.
  The Directorate-General for Economic Affairs.
  The Directorate-General for Infraestructure.
  The Center of Systems and Technologies of the Information and Communications.
  The Undersecretariat of Defence.
  The Technical General Secretariat.
  The Directorate-General for Personnel.
  The Directorate-General for Military Recruitment and Teaching.
  The Deputy Directorate-General for the Internal Regime.
  The Deputy Directorate-General for Economic and Payroll Services.
  The Legal Department of the Defence.
  The Office of the Comptroller General of the Defence.
  The Inspectorate-General for Defence Health.
  The Military Prison of Alcalá de Henares.
  The General Secretariat for Defence Policy.
  The Directorate-General for Defence Policy.
  The Division for Security and Defense Studies and Coordination.
  The Directorate for Institutional Communication of Defense.
  The Civil Guard depends on the Ministry of Defence in the terms stipulated by laws.
  The Ministry of Defence's consultant and advisory bodies are:
  The Superior Council of the Army.
  The Superior Council of the Navy.
  The Superior Council of the Air Force.
  The Superior Boards of the Common Corps of the Armed Forces.
caption: Margarita Robles, current Minister of Defence
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