List of labour ministers of Spain

This is a list of the Spanish ministers of labour since 1920, when the government department was established. Throughout history, this position has also had jurisdiction over social security, social protection, migrations and, occasionally, over industry, trade, justice and health care.

Before 1920, labour responsibilities were divided between the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Development.

Name			Term		Duration	Party	Government			Ref.
		Carlos Cañal y Migolla (1876–1938)	8 May 1920	13 March 1921	309 days	Conservative		Eduardo Dato	Alfonso XIII (1886–1931)	[1]
								The Count of Bugallal[a]
		The Count of Lizárraga (1855–1939)	13 March 1921	14 August 1921	154 days	Conservative		Manuel Allendesalazar		[2]
		Leopoldo Matos y Massieu (1878–1936)	14 August 1921	8 March 1922	206 days	Conservative		Antonio Maura		[3]
		Abilio Calderón Rojo[b] (1867–1939)	8 March 1922	7 December 1922	274 days	Conservative		José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez		[4]
		Joaquín Chapaprieta (1871–1951)	7 December 1922	3 September 1923	270 days	Liberal		The Marquess of Alhucemas		[5]
		Luis Armiñán Pérez (1871–1949)	3 September 1923	15 September 1923	12 days	Liberal Left				[6]
		Alejandro García Martín[c] acting minister	17 September 1923	21 December 1923	95 days	Independent		The Marquess of Estella		[7]
		Juan Flórez Posada[d] (1877–1933) acting minister	21 December 1923	7 February 1924	48 days	Independent				[8]
		Eduardo Aunós[e] (1894–1967)	7 February 1924	30 January 1930	5 years, 357 days	Patriotic Union				[9][10]
		The Marquess of Guad-el-Jelú[f] (1878–1959)	30 January 1930	18 February 1931	1 year, 19 days	Independent		The Count of Xauen		[11]
		The Duke of Maura (1879–1963)	18 February 1931	14 April 1931	55 days	Conservative		Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas		[12]
		Francisco Largo Caballero (1869–1946)	14 April 1931	12 September 1933	2 years, 151 days	Socialist		Niceto Alcalá-Zamora	Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1931–1936)	[13]
								Manuel Azaña
		Ricardo Samper (1881–1938)	12 September 1933	8 October 1933	26 days	Radical Republican		Alejandro Lerroux		[14]
		Carlos Pi y Suñer (1881–1938)	8 October 1933	16 December 1933	69 days	Catalan Republican Left		Diego Martínez Barrio		[15]
		José Estadella Arnó (1880–1951)	16 December 1933	4 October 1934	292 days	Radical Republican		Alejandro Lerroux		[16]
								Ricardo Samper
		José Oriol Anguera de Sojo (1879–1956)	4 October 1934	3 April 1935	181 days	CEDA		Alejandro Lerroux		[17]
		Eloy Vaquero Cantillo (1888–1960)	3 April 1935	6 May 1935	33 days	Radical Republican				[18]
		Federico Salmón Amorín (1900–1936)	6 May 1935	14 December 1935	222 days	CEDA				[19]
								Joaquín Chapaprieta
		Alfredo Martínez García-Argüelles (1877–1936)	14 December 1935	30 December 1935	16 days	Liberal Democrat		Manuel Portela Valladares		[20]
		Manuel Becerra Fernández (1867–1940)	30 December 1935	19 February 1936	51 days	Radical Republican				[21]
		Enrique Ramos Ramos (1873–1957)	19 February 1936	13 May 1936	84 days	Republican Left		Manuel Azaña		[22]
								Augusto Barcia Trelles[g]	Manuel Azaña (1936–1939)
		Joan Lluhí (1897–1944)	13 May 1936	19 July 1936	67 days	Catalan Republican Left		Santiago Casares Quiroga		[23]
		Bernardo Giner de los Ríos (1888–1970)	19 July 1936	19 July 1936	0 days	Republican Left		Diego Martínez Barrio		[24]
Start of the Spanish Civil War
Republican side										[25]
		Joan Lluhí (1897–1944)	19 July 1936	4 September 1936	47 days	Catalan Republican Left		José Giral
		Josep Tomàs i Piera (1900–1976)	4 September 1936	4 November 1936	61 days	Catalan Republican Left		Francisco Largo Caballero		[26]
		Anastasio de Gracia (1890–1981)	4 November 1936	17 May 1937	194 days	Socialist				[27]
		Jaume Aiguader (1882–1943)	17 May 1937	16 August 1938	1 year, 91 days	Catalan Republican Left		Juan Negrín		[28]
		José Moix Regàs (1898–1973)	16 August 1938	5 March 1939	201 days	PSUC				[29]
		Antonio Pérez García (1890–1955)	5 March 1939	31 March 1939	26 days	Independent (UGT)		National Defence Council	José Miaja (1939)	[30]
Rebel side
		Alejandro Gallo Artacho[h] (1887–1966)	4 October 1936	31 January 1938	1 year, 119 days	Independent		Junta Técnica del Estado	Francisco Franco (1939–1975)	[31]
		Pedro González Bueno (1896–1985)	31 January 1938	1 April 1939	1 year, 60 days	National Movement		Franco I		[32]
End of the Spanish Civil War
		Pedro González Bueno (1896–1985)	1 April 1939	9 August 1939	130 days	National Movement		Franco I
		The Count of Benjumea (1878–1963)	9 August 1939	19 May 1941	1 year, 283 days	National Movement		Franco II		[33]
		José Antonio Girón (1911–1995)	19 May 1941	25 February 1957	15 years, 282 days	National Movement				[34]
								Franco III
								Franco IV
		Fermín Sanz-Orrio (1901–1998)	25 February 1957	10 July 1962	5 years, 135 days	National Movement		Franco V		[35]
		Jesús Romeo Gorría (1916–2001)	10 July 1962	29 October 1969	7 years, 111 days	National Movement		Franco VI		[36]
								Franco VII
		Licinio de la Fuente (1923–2015)	29 October 1969	4 March 1975	5 years, 126 days	National Movement		Franco VIII		[37]
								Luis Carrero Blanco		[38]
								The Duke of Fernández-Miranda (acting)
								The Marquess of Arias Navarro
		Fernando Suárez González (1933–2024)	4 March 1975	11 December 1975	282 days	National Movement				[39]
									Juan Carlos I (1975–2014)
		José Solís Ruiz (1913–1990)	11 December 1975	7 July 1976	209 days	National Movement				[40]
		Álvaro Rengifo (1932–2020)	7 July 1976	4 July 1977	362 days	Independent		The Duke of Suárez		[41]
		Manuel Jiménez de Parga (1929–2014)	4 July 1977	24 February 1978	235 days	Centrist				[42]
		Rafael Calvo Ortega (1933–2025)	24 February 1978	2 May 1980	2 years, 68 days	Centrist				[43]
		Salvador Sánchez-Terán (1934–2022)	2 May 1980	8 September 1980	129 days	Centrist				[44]
		Félix Manuel Pérez Miyares (1936–2024)	8 September 1980	26 February 1981	171 days	Centrist				[45]
		Jesús Sancho Rof (born 1940)	26 February 1981	1 December 1981	278 days	Centrist		The Marquess of Ría de Ribadeo		[46]
		Santiago Rodríguez-Miranda (born 1940)	1 December 1981	2 December 1982	1 year, 1 day	Centrist				[47]
		Joaquín Almunia (born 1948)	2 December 1982	25 July 1986	3 years, 235 days	Socialist		Felipe González		[48]
		Manuel Chaves (born 1945)	25 July 1986	27 April 1990	3 years, 276 days	Socialist				[49]
		Luis Martínez Noval (1948–2013)	27 April 1990	13 July 1993	3 years, 77 days	Socialist				[50]
		José Antonio Griñán (born 1946)	13 July 1993	5 May 1996	2 years, 297 days	Socialist				[51]
		Javier Arenas (born 1957)	5 May 1996	18 January 1999	2 years, 258 days	Popular		José María Aznar		[52]
		Manuel Pimentel (born 1961)	18 January 1999	20 February 2000	1 year, 33 days	Popular				[53]
		Juan Carlos Aparicio (born 1955)	20 February 2000	9 July 2002	2 years, 139 days	Popular				[54]
		Eduardo Zaplana (born 1956)	9 July 2002	17 April 2004	1 year, 283 days	Popular				[55]
		Jesús Caldera (born 1957)	18 April 2004	14 April 2008	3 years, 362 days	Socialist		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero		[56]
		Celestino Corbacho (born 1949)	14 April 2008	20 October 2010	2 years, 359 days	Socialist				[57]
		Valeriano Gómez (born 1957)	20 October 2010	22 December 2011	2 years, 258 days	Socialist				[58]
		Fátima Báñez (born 1967)	22 December 2011	7 June 2018	6 years, 167 days	Popular		Mariano Rajoy		[59]
									Felipe VI (2014-present)
		Magdalena Valerio (born 1959)	7 June 2018	13 January 2020	1 year, 220 days	Socialist		Pedro Sánchez		[60]
		Yolanda Díaz (born 1971)	13 January 2020	Incumbent	6 years, 96 days	Communist				[61]
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