List of education ministers of Spain

This is a list of the Spanish ministers of education since the early nineteenth century, when the government department was established. Throughout history, this position has also had jurisdiction over culture, historical heritage, science and sports. Before 1900, it was the Ministry of Development the department responsible for education affairs.

Name			Term		Duration	Party	Government			Ref.
		Antonio García Alix (1852–1911)	18 April 1900	6 March 1901	322 days	Conservative		Francisco Silvela	Alfonso XIII (1886–1931)	[1]
								Marcelo Azcárraga
		The Count of Romanones (1863–1950)	6 March 1901	6 December 1902	1 year, 275 days	Liberal		Práxedes Mateo Sagasta		[2]
		Manuel Allendesalazar (1856–1923)	6 December 1902	20 July 1903	226 days	Conservative		Francisco Silvela		[3]
		The Count of Bugallal[a] (1861–1932)	20 July 1903	5 December 1903	138 days	Conservative		The Marquess of Pozo Rubio		[4]
		Lorenzo Domínguez Pascual[b] (1863–1926)	5 December 1903	16 December 1904	1 year, 11 days	Conservative		Antonio Maura		[5]
		Juan de la Cierva y Peñafiel (1864–1938)	16 December 1904	8 April 1905	113 days	Conservative		Marcelo Azcárraga		[6]
								The Marquess of Pozo Rubio
		Carlos María Cortezo y Prieto de Orche (1850–1933)	8 April 1905	23 June 1905	76 days	Conservative				[7]
		Andrés Mellado y Fernández (1846–1913)	23 June 1905	31 October 1905	130 days	Liberal		Eugenio Montero Ríos		[8]
		The Count of Albox (1842–1931)	31 October 1905	1 December 1905	31 days	Liberal				[9]
		Vicente Santamaría de Paredes (1853–1924)	1 December 1905	10 June 1906	191 days	Liberal		Segismundo Moret		[10]
		Alejandro San Martín y Satrústegui (1847–1908)	10 June 1906	6 July 1906	26 days	Liberal				[11]
		The Count of Gimeno (1852–1936)	6 July 1906	30 November 1906	147 days	Liberal		José López Domínguez		[12]
		Pedro Rodríguez de la Borbolla (1855–1922)	30 November 1906	4 December 1906	4 days	Liberal		Segismundo Moret		[13]
		The Count of Gimeno (1852–1936)	4 December 1906	25 January 1907	52 days	Liberal		The Marquess of Vega de Armijo		[14]
		Faustino Rodríguez-San Pedro[c] (1833–1925)	25 January 1907	21 October 1909	2 years, 269 days	Conservative		Antonio Maura		[15]
		Antonio Barroso y Castillo (1854–1916)	21 October 1909	9 February 1910	111 days	Liberal		Segismundo Moret		[16]
		The Count of Romanones (1863–1950)	9 February 1910	9 June 1910	120 days	Liberal		José Canalejas y Méndez		[17]
		Julio Burell[d] (1859–1919)	9 June 1910	2 January 1911	207 days	Liberal				[18]
		Amós Salvador Rodrigáñez (1845–1922)	2 January 1911	3 April 1911	91 days	Liberal				[19]
		The Count of Gimeno (1852–1936)	3 April 1911	12 March 1912	344 days	Liberal				[20]
		Santiago Alba y Bonifaz (1872–1949)	12 March 1912	31 December 1912	294 days	Liberal				[21]
								The Marquess of Alhucemas[e]
								The Count of Romanones
		The Count of López Muñoz (1850–1929)	31 December 1912	13 June 1913	164 days	Liberal				[22]
		Joaquín Ruiz Jiménez (1854–1934)	13 June 1913	27 October 1913	136 days	Liberal				[23]
		Francisco Bergamín y García (1855–1937)	27 October 1913	11 December 1914	1 year, 45 days	Conservative		Eduardo Dato		[24]
		The Count of Bugallal (1861–1932) acting minister	11 December 1914	4 January 1915	24 days	Conservative				[25]
		The Count of Esteban Collantes[f] (1847–1937)	4 January 1915	25 October 1915	294 days	Conservative				[26]
		Rafael Andrade Navarrete (1856–1928)	25 October 1915	9 December 1915	45 days	Conservative				[27]
		Julio Burell[g] (1859–1919)	9 December 1915	19 April 1917	1 year, 131 days	Liberal		The Count of Romanones		[28]
		José Francos Rodríguez (1862–1931)	19 April 1917	11 June 1917	53 days	Liberal		The Marquess of Alhucemas		[29]
		Rafael Andrade Navarrete (1856–1928)	11 June 1917	3 November 1917	145 days	Conservative		Eduardo Dato		[30]
		Felipe Rodés Baldrich[h] (1878–1957)	3 November 1917	2 March 1918	119 days	Liberal		The Marquess of Alhucemas		[31]
		Luis Silvela Casado (1865–1928)	2 March 1918	22 March 1918	20 days	Liberal				[32]
		Santiago Alba y Bonifaz (1872–1949)	22 March 1918	10 October 1918	202 days	Liberal		Antonio Maura		[33]
		The Count of Romanones (1863–1950)	10 October 1918	9 November 1918	30 days	Liberal				[34]
		Julio Burell (1859–1919)	9 November 1918	5 December 1918	26 days	Liberal		The Marquess of Alhucemas		[35]
		Joaquín Salvatella (1881–1932)	5 December 1918	15 April 1919	131 days	Liberal		The Count of Romanones		[36]
		César Silió (1865–1944)	15 April 1919	20 July 1919	96 days	Conservative		Antonio Maura		[37]
		José del Prado Palacio[i] (1865–1926)	20 July 1919	12 December 1919	145 days	Conservative		Joaquín Sánchez de Toca		[38]
		Natalio Rivas Santiago (1865–1958)	12 December 1919	5 May 1920	145 days	Conservative		Manuel Allendesalazar		[39]
		Luis Espada Guntín[j] (1858–1937)	5 May 1920	1 September 1920	119 days	Conservative		Eduardo Dato		[40]
		The Marquess of Portago (1865–1921)	1 September 1920	29 December 1920	119 days	Conservative				[41]
		Tomás Montejo y Rica (1856–1933)	29 December 1920	13 March 1921	74 days	Conservative				[42]
								The Count of Bugallal[k]		[43]
		Francisco Aparicio y Ruiz[l] (1852–1932)	13 March 1921	14 August 1921	154 days	Conservative		Manuel Allendesalazar		[44]
		César Silió (1865–1944)	14 August 1921	1 April 1922	230 days	Conservative		Antonio Maura		[45]
								José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez
		Tomás Montejo y Rica[m] (1856–1933)	1 April 1922	4 December 1922	247 days	Conservative				[46]
		Isidoro de la Cierva y Peñafiel (1870–1939)	4 December 1922	7 December 1922	3 days	Conservative				[47]
		Joaquín Salvatella (1881–1932)	7 December 1922	15 September 1923	282 days	Liberal		The Marquess of Alhucemas		[48]
		Alfonso Pérez Nieva[n] (1859–1931) acting minister	17 September 1923	21 December 1923	95 days	Independent		The Marquess of Estella		[49]
		Javier García de Leániz[n][o] (1862–1938)	22 September 1923	3 December 1925	2 years, 72 days	Conservative				[50]
		Eduardo Callejo de la Cuesta[p] (1875–1950)	3 December 1925	30 January 1930	4 years, 58 days	Patriotic Union				[51]
		The Duke of Alba (1878–1953)	30 January 1930	22 February 1930	23 days	Independent		The Count of Xauen		[52]
		Elías Tormo (1869–1957)	24 February 1930	18 February 1931	85 days	Conservative				[53]
		José Gascón y Marín (1875–1962)	19 February 1931	14 April 1931	54 days	Independent		Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas		[54]
		Marcelino Domingo (1884–1939)	15 April 1931	16 December 1931	245 days	Radical Socialist Republican		Niceto Alcalá-Zamora	Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1931–1936)	[55]
								Manuel Azaña
		Fernando de los Ríos (1879–1949)	16 December 1931	12 June 1933	1 year, 178 days	Socialist				[56]
		Francisco Barnés Salinas (1877–1947)	12 June 1933	12 September 1933	92 days	Radical Socialist Republican				[57]
		Domingo Barnés Salinas (1879–1940)	12 September 1933	16 December 1933	95 days	Radical Socialist Republican		Alejandro Lerroux		[58]
								Diego Martínez Barrio
		José Pareja Yévenes (1888–1951)	16 December 1933	3 March 1934	77 days	Radical Republican		Alejandro Lerroux		[59]
		Salvador de Madariaga[q] (1883–1962)	3 March 1934	28 April 1934	56 days	Independent				[60]
		Filiberto Villalobos[r] (1879–1955)	28 April 1934	29 December 1934	245 days	Liberal Democrat		Ricardo Samper		[61]
		Joaquín Dualde Gómez (1875–1963)	29 December 1934	3 April 1935	95 days	Liberal Democrat		Alejandro Lerroux		[62]
		Ramón Prieto Bances (1889–1972)	3 April 1935	6 May 1935	33 days	Independent				[63]
		Joaquín Dualde Gómez (1875–1963)	6 May 1935	25 September 1935	142 days	Liberal Democrat				[64]
		Juan José Rocha García (1877–1938)	25 September 1935	29 October 1935	34 days	Radical Republican		Joaquín Chapaprieta		[65]
		Luis Bardají López (1880–1942)	29 October 1935	14 December 1935	46 days	Radical Republican				[66]
		Manuel Becerra Fernández (1867–1940)	14 December 1935	30 December 1935	16 days	Radical Republican		Manuel Portela Valladares		[67]
		Filiberto Villalobos (1879–1955)	30 December 1935	19 February 1936	51 days	Independent				[68]
		Marcelino Domingo (1884–1939)	19 February 1936	13 May 1936	84 days	Republican Left		Manuel Azaña		[69]
								Augusto Barcia Trelles[s]	Manuel Azaña (1936–1939)
		Francisco Barnés Salinas (1877–1947)	13 May 1936	19 July 1936	67 days	Republican Left		Santiago Casares Quiroga		[70]
		Marcelino Domingo (1884–1939)	19 July 1936	19 July 1936	0 days	Republican Left		Diego Martínez Barrio		[71]
Start of the Spanish Civil War
Republican side										[72]
		Francisco Barnés Salinas (1877–1947)	19 July 1936	4 September 1936	47 days	Republican Left		José Giral
		Jesús Hernández Tomás (1907–1971)	4 September 1936	5 April 1938	1 year, 213 days	Communist		Francisco Largo Caballero		[73]
								Juan Negrín		[74]
		Segundo Blanco (1899–1957)	5 April 1938	5 March 1939	334 days	Independent (CNT)				[75]
		José del Río Rodríguez (?–1988)	5 March 1939	31 March 1939	26 days	Republican Union		National Defence Council	José Miaja (1939)	[76]
Rebel side
		José María Pemán[t] (1897–1981)	4 October 1936	31 January 1938	1 year, 119 days	Independent		Junta Técnica del Estado	Francisco Franco (1939–1975)	[77]
		Pedro Sainz Rodríguez (1897–1986)	31 January 1938	1 April 1939	1 year, 60 days	National Movement		Franco I		[78]
End of the Spanish Civil War
		Pedro Sainz Rodríguez (1897–1986)	1 April 1939	27 April 1939	26 days	National Movement		Franco I
		The Count of Rodezno (1882–1952) acting minister	28 April 1939	9 August 1939	103 days	Independent				[79]
		José Ibáñez Martín (1896–1969)	9 August 1939	19 July 1951	11 years, 344 days	National Movement		Franco II		[80]
								Franco III
		Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez Cortés (1913–2009)	19 July 1951	15 February 1956	4 years, 211 days	National Movement		Franco IV		[81]
		Jesús Rubio García-Mina (1908–1976)	15 February 1956	10 July 1962	6 years, 145 days	National Movement				[82]
								Franco V
		Manuel Lora-Tamayo (1904–2002)	10 July 1962	16 April 1968	5 years, 281 days	National Movement		Franco VI		[83]
								Franco VII
		José Luis Villar Palasí (1922–2012)	16 April 1968	11 June 1973	5 years, 56 days	National Movement				[84]
								Franco VIII
		Julio Rodríguez Martínez (1928–1979)	11 June 1973	3 January 1974	206 days	National Movement		Luis Carrero Blanco		[85]
								The Duke of Fernández-Miranda (acting)
								The Marquess of Arias Navarro
		Cruz Martínez Esteruelas (1932–2000)	3 January 1974	11 December 1975	1 year, 342 days	National Movement				[86]
									Juan Carlos I (1975–2014)
		Carlos Robles Piquer (1925–2018)	11 December 1975	7 July 1976	209 days	National Movement				[87]
		The Marquess of Ibias (1927–2018)	7 July 1976	4 July 1977	362 days	Independent		The Duke of Suárez		[88]
		The Baron of Carondelet (1913–2003)	4 July 1977	5 April 1979	1 year, 275 days	Centrist				[89]
		José Manuel Otero (1940–)	5 April 1979	8 September 1980	1 year, 156 days	Centrist				[90]
		Juan Antonio Ortega y Díaz-Ambrona (1939–)	8 September 1980	1 December 1981	1 year, 84 days	Centrist				[91]
								The Marquess of Ría de Ribadeo
		Federico Mayor Zaragoza (1934–2024)	1 December 1981	2 December 1982	1 year, 1 day	Centrist				[92]
		José María Maravall (1942–)	2 December 1982	11 July 1988	5 years, 222 days	Socialist		Felipe González		[93]
		Javier Solana (1942–)	11 July 1988	23 June 1992	3 years, 348 days	Socialist				[94]
		Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba (1951–2019)	23 June 1992	13 July 1993	1 year, 20 days	Socialist				[95]
		Gustavo Suárez Pertierra (1949–)	13 July 1993	2 July 1995	1 year, 354 days	Socialist				[96]
		Jerónimo Saavedra (1936–2023)	2 July 1995	5 May 1996	308 days	Socialist				[97]
		The Countess of Bornos (1952–)	5 May 1996	18 January 1999	2 years, 258 days	Popular		José María Aznar		[98]
		Mariano Rajoy (1955–)	18 January 1999	28 April 2000	1 year, 101 days	Popular				[99]
		Pilar del Castillo (1952–)	28 April 2000	18 April 2004	3 years, 356 days	Popular				[100]
		María Jesús San Segundo (1958–2010)	18 April 2004	11 April 2006	1 year, 358 days	Socialist		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero		[101]
		Mercedes Cabrera (1951–)	11 April 2006	8 April 2009	2 years, 362 days	Socialist				[102]
		Ángel Gabilondo (1949–)	8 April 2009	22 December 2011	2 years, 258 days	Independent				[103]
		José Ignacio Wert (1950–)	22 December 2011	26 June 2015	3 years, 186 days	Independent		Mariano Rajoy		[104]
									Felipe VI (2014-present)
		The Baron of Claret (1956–)	26 June 2015	7 June 2018	2 years, 346 days	Popular				[105]
		Isabel Celaá (1949–)	7 June 2018	12 July 2021	3 years, 35 days	Socialist		Pedro Sánchez		[106]
		Pilar Alegría (1977–)	12 July 2021	22 December 2025	4 years, 163 days	Socialist				[107]
		Milagros Tolón (1968–)	22 December 2025	Incumbent	71 days	Socialist				[108]