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 Term of office Party Government Prime Minister Joaquín María Ferrer 1840 1841 Progressive Espartero II Baldomero Espartero Severiano Martínez Anido 1925 1930 Military Civil Directory Miguel Primode Rivera Diego Martínez Barrio 1933 1934 PRR Lerroux II Alejandro Lerroux Francisco Gómez-Jordana 1938 1939 NationalMovement Franco I Francisco Franco Agustín Muñoz Grandes 1962 1967 NationalMovement Franco VI Francisco Franco Franco VII Luis Carrero Blanco 1967 1973 NationalMovement Franco VIII Torcuato Fernández-Miranda 1973 1973 NationalMovement Carrero Blanco Luis Carrero Blanco José García Hernández 1974 1975 NationalMovement Arias Navarro I Carlos Arias Navarro Fernando de Santiago 1975 1976 NationalMovement Arias Navarro II 1975 1976 Suárez I Adolfo Suárez Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado 1976 1977 NationalMovement 1977 1979 Military Suárez II 1979 1981 Suárez III Rodolfo Martín Villa 1981 1982 UCD Calvo-Sotelo Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo Juan Antonio García Díez 1982 1982 UCD Alfonso Guerra 1982 1986 PSOE González I Felipe González 1986 1989 González II 1989 1991 González III Narcís Serra 1991 1993 PSC–PSOE 1993 1995 González IV Francisco Álvarez-Cascos 1996 2000 PP Aznar I José María Aznar Mariano Rajoy 2000 2003 PP Aznar II Rodrigo Rato 2003 2004 PP María Teresa Fernández de la Vega 2004 2008 Independent Zapatero I José LuisRodríguez Zapatero 2008 2010 Zapatero II Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba 2010 2011 PSOE Elena Salgado 2011 2011 Independent Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría 2011 2016 PP Rajoy I Mariano Rajoy 2016 2018 Rajoy II Carmen Calvo 2018 2020 PSOE Sánchez I Pedro Sánchez 2020 2021 Sánchez II Nadia Calviño 2021 2023 Independent 2023 2023 Sánchez III María Jesús Montero 2023 2026 PSOE Carlos Cuerpo 2026 Incumbent Independent
Timeline since 1981
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See also Deputy Prime Minister of Spain Prime Minister of Spain List of Spanish monarchs List of heads of state of Spain President of the Republic (Spain) List of Spanish regents