The Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes is a department in the Government of Spain responsible for providing political and administrative support to the Prime Minister and his staff, to the Royal Household, as well as managing the relations between the Government and the Cortes Generales (Parliament). Likewise, it is also responsible for coordinating constitutional affairs and for designing, implementing and monitoring the government's legislative program.
Furthermore, the department is responsible for the government policy on justice, legal system development and freedom of religion. In this sense, it manages relations with the General Council of the Judiciary and the rest of the Administration of Justice, the Prosecution Ministry and the Catholic Church, and is in charge of international legal cooperation.
Sometimes described as a "superministry", it was established in November 2023 by prime minister Pedro Sánchez as a result of the merger of two previous ministries: the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of the Presidency.
Organization
The Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes is the most senior official of the department. The minister sets the general policy and is assisted by two secretaries of state, one for justice affairs and other for parliamentary matters.
The Ministry also has an under-secretary for the day-to-day management of the department and the Solicitor General, with the rank of under-secretary, who directs the State's legal servicies.
The Ministry is organised as follows: Ministry Organization (2025)MinisterCabinet (Chief of Staff)Centre for Political and Constitutional StudiesCentre for Sociological ResearchPatrimonio NacionalSecretary of State forJusticeGeneral Secretariat for Innovation and Quality in the Public Justice ServiceDirectorate-General for Efficiency in the Public Justice ServiceDirectorate-General for Digital Transformation of the Administration of JusticeDirectorate-General for Legal Certainty and Public AttestationDeputy Directorate-General for Innovation and Quality in the Judicial and Prosecutorial ServicesDirectorate-General for International Legal CooperationCentre for Legal StudiesGeneral Mutual Benefit Society for the Personnel of the Administration of JusticeSecretary of State forRelations with the Cortes and Constitutional AffairsDirectorate-General for Relations with the CortesDirectorate-General for Constitutional Affairs and Legal CoordinationUnder-SecretaryTechnical General Secretariat–Government SecretariatDirectorate-General for ServicesDirectorate-General for Religious FreedomOfficial State GazetteSolicitor General of the StateDirectorate-General for Advisory ServicesDirectorate-General for LitigationDeputy Directorate-General for Human and Material ResourcesDeputy Directorate-General for Constitutional Affairs and Human RightsDeputy Directorate-General for European Union and International AffairsDeputy Directorate-General for Internal Audit and Knowledge ManagementRegional Offices of the Solicitor General's Office The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) and the Independent Whistleblower Protection Authority (AIPI) are linked to the Government through this department.
Budget For fiscal year 2023, extended to 2026, the Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes has a consolidated budget of €2.73 billion. Of this amount, €2.36 billion are directly managed by the ministry's central services while €369 million are managed by its agencies.
The budget can be divided into three main areas:
Justice (Programs 111N, 111Q, 111R, 111S, 112A, 113M, 135M, 222M, 312E, 42KD & 921S), which covers funding for the Administration of Justice, personnel and social protection, data protection and State legal services, among others. Relations with Parliament (912O), covering the relationship between the executive and legislative branches. Administrative and institutional support (337A, 337D, 462M, 467G, 911Q, 912M, 921Q & 921R), which includes administrative and institutional support for the Government, the Prime Minister's Office and the Royal Household, as well as finances some cross-cutting services.
In addition, Programme 000X (“Internal Transfers and Disbursements”) is excluded from the analysis, as it consists of transfers between public sector entities and would otherwise lead to double counting and distort the overall budget.
Audit The Ministry's accounts, as well as those of its agencies, are internally audited by the Office of the Comptroller General of the State (IGAE), through a Delegated Comptroller's Office within the Department itself. Externally, the Court of Auditors is responsible for auditing expenditures.
The Ministry's accounts are also subject to scrutiny by the relevant committees of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate.
List of officeholders Office name: Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes (2023–present)
Portrait Name Term of office Party Government Prime Minister Félix Bolaños 2023 Incumbent PSOE Sánchez III Pedro Sánchez
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