Ministry of the Interior (Spain)

Ministry of the Interior
Ministerio del Interior
	; The main headquarters
Agency overview
Formed	19 March 1812; 212 years ago (as Secretariat of the Dispatch of the Governance of the Kingdom)
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Government of Spain
Headquarters	Paseo de la Castellana, 5; Madrid
Employees	178,376 (2019)
Annual budget	€ 11.4 billion, 2023
Minister responsible	Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Minister of the Interior;
Agency executives	Rafael Pérez Ruiz, Secretary of State for Security; Ángel Luis Ortiz González, Secretary-General for Penitentiary Institutions; Isabel Goicoechea, Under-Secretary;
Child agencies	State Security Infrastructure and Equipment Office; National Police Corps; Civil Guard; CITCO;
Website	www.interior.gob.es

The Ministry of the Interior (MIR) is a department of the Government of Spain responsible for public security, the protection of the constitutional rights, the command of the law enforcement agencies, national security, immigration affairs, prisons, civil defense and road traffic safety. Through the Undersecretariat of the Interior and its superior body, the Directorate-General for Internal Policy, the Ministry is responsible for all actions related to ensuring political pluralism and the proper functioning of electoral processes.^[4]

The MIR is headed by the Minister for Home Affairs, who is appointed by the Monarch at request of the Prime Minister. The Minister is assisted by three main officials, the Secretary of State for Security, the Secretary-General for Penitentiary Institutions and the Under-Secretary of the Interior. Among the director generals, the most important are the Director-General of the Police and the Director-General of the Civil Guard.

This department has historically received numerous denominations such as Ministerio de la Gobernación (literally Ministry of the Governance), Ministerio de Orden Público (Ministry of Public Order) and Ministerio del Interior y Justicia (Ministry of the Interior and Justice) when both ministries joint in one.

As of 2022, central, regional and local governments in Spain spend around €26 billion per year (1.9 % of GDP) on security and public order.^[5]

History

Early period

The Ministry of the Interior responsibilities during centuries were assumed by the Royal Council of Castile (with the exception of the judicial ones). This body was composed for expert royal servants in charge of advising the Sovereign and with the passage of the time this royal servants gain more power and autonomy and they were the real governors of the Kingdom.

In the 18th century, the extinction of the Habsburg dynasty and the arrival of the Bourbons brought profound institutional reforms. With King Philip V, this Council extended its jurisdiction to the territories of the Crown of Aragon and the whole country was ruled by the same institutions. Also during this time, the Councils started to lose importance and the Secretariats of State and of the Dispatch were created.

Since 1621 existed in Spain the Secretariat of the Universal Dispatch, a unique government department where the sovereign delegated its power. With the new dynasty, it was necessary to divide it into several Secretariats of State that took care of the diverse administrative subjects: by means of the Decree of 11 July 1705, Philip V created a "Secretariat of State for War and Treasury" and another one for "Everything else".

But the accumulation of business and the need for a more agile body led to a system similar to that of France: the Decree of 30 November 1714, established four Secretariats of the Dispatch: of State, of War, of the Navy and of the Indies, and of Ecclesiastical business, justice and jurisdiction -, and questions of a financial nature were made to lie in the General Treasury. With slight variations, the result of various reforms, this situation will continue until the 1754-1755 biennium. With regard to the Secretariat of the Dispatch of Ecclesiastical Affairs, Justice and Jurisdiction, by Decree of 2 April 1717, it was renamed the Secretariat of the Dispatch of Justice, Political Government and Treasury of Spain and the Indies. It was commissioned to José Rodrigo. In the reform of 1720, it was named Secretariat of the Dispatch of Justice and Political Government of Spain and the Indies.

Late period

However, the direct antecedent is at the beginning of the 19th century, first created by Bonaparte in 1808 in imitation of the French model and a few years later, in 1812, the Cortes of Cádiz created it the Secretariat of the Dispatch of the Governance of the Kingdom and Islands adjacent and the Secretary of the Dispatch of the Governance of the Kingdom for Overseas. The vast majority of authors do not consider the department created by the Napoleonic Government as the original one, because of its invasor nature.^[6]

With the return of Ferdinand VII, both secretaries were suppressed in 1814, restored during the Liberal Triennium and created as Ministry of the Interior in 1823, which lasted only a short time after being suppressed by King Ferdinand. In 1832 the Ministry of Development was created, which assumed security competences, fleeing from the denominations of "Interior" and "Governance" since they were reminiscent of the time of the war against Napoleon. In 1835 it was again called "Ministry of the Interior".^{[citation needed]}

In 1847, all matters related to the services of public, economic and cultural works were disbanded from the Ministry of the Interior. The Ministry of the Interior maintained the functions of public order, municipal and provincial organization —being responsible for the Civil Governors—, health, post and telegraph, and the Overseas Office was incorporated. The so-called Sections were changed by Directorates-General, whose number was changing in the following decades.^{[citation needed]}

During the reign of Alfonso XIII (1902-1931) the then created Institute of Social Reforms (1903), the Superior Charity Board (1908), the Internal Health Service (1909) were made dependent on the Ministry of the Interior; the Directorate-General for Security was divided into two sections, Surveillance and Security, and then called Public Order (1921); the Legal Department expanded its functions beyond the branch of charity (1913); the General Department of Charity (1919), the Health Department (1921), the Supply Department (1925) and the National Broadcasting Service (1929) were created.^{[citation needed]}

Already during the Second Republic, by decree of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of 16 August 1932, raised to the rank of Law on 8 September, the Directorate-General of the Civil Guard, which had been attached to the Ministry of War, and all the agencies and services of it dependents were transferred to the Ministry of the Interior, creating the Inspectorate-General of the Civil Guard. In 1933, the Health and Welfare services were transferred to the Ministry of Labor, Health and Welfare.^{[citation needed]}

In 1959 the Central Traffic Office was created by Law 47/1959, of 30 July; the Technical General Secretariat by Decree 1841/1960, of 21 September, in accordance with the provisions of the Law on the Legal System of the State Administration of 26 July 1957; and the Data Processing Center by Order of 16 November 1971.^[6]

Democracy

In 1977 it was renamed "Ministry of the Interior" and from then until now the Ministry has maintained this denomination, except for the period between 1994 and 1996, when it was renamed the Ministry of Justice and the Interior, structured in two main higher bodies, the Secretariat of State for Justice and the Secretariat of State for the Interior.^[7]^[8]

During the democratic period, the Ministry of the Interior has focused its powers on public security, losing its functions on territorial organization in favor of the Ministry for Territorial Administrations.

Structure

The Ministry of the Interior is organised in the following bodies:^[9]

The Secretariat of State for Security.
- The Directorate-General of the Police.
- The Directorate-General of the Civil Guard.
- The Directorate-General for International Relations and Immigration.
- The Directorate-General for Coordination and Studies.
The General Secretariat for Penitentiary Institutions.
- The Directorate-General for Criminal Enforcement and Social Reintegration.
The Undersecretariat of the Interior
- The Technical General Secretariat.
- The Directorate-General for Internal Policy.
- The Directorate-General for Traffic.
- The Directorate-General for Civil Protection and Emergencies.
- The Directorate-General for Support to Victims of Terrorism.
- The Directorate-General for International Protection.

Agencies and companies

The Civil Guard.
The National Police Corps.
The Intelligence Center for Counter-Terrorism and Organized Crime.
The State Security Infrastructure and Equipment Office.
Penitentiary Work and Employment Training (public company).

List of ministers of the interior

The holders of the office of minister of the interior of Spain, from the reign of Ferdinand VII to the present time:

Period	Took office	Left office	Name	Party
Reign of Ferdinand VII (1814–1833)
	18 March 1820	2 March 1821	Agustín de Argüelles Álvarez (6)
	4 March 1821	4 May 1821	Mateo Valdemoros (6)
	4 May 1821	8 January 1822	Ramón Feliú (6)
	8 January 1822	28 February 1822	Francisco Javier Pinilla (Interim) (6)
	28 February 1822	7 July 1822	José María Moscoso y Quiroga (6)
	10 July 1822	5 August 1822	José María Calatrava (6)
	5 August 1822	28 February 1823	Francisco de Paula Fernández Gascó (6)
	28 February 1823	12 May 1823	José María Calatrava (6)
	18 May 1823	2 June 1823	Manuel García Herreros (6)
	2 June 1823	30 September 1823	Salvador Manzanares (6)
	30 September 1823	2 December 1823	José Aznarez Navarro (6)(7)
Regency of Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (1833–1840)
	13 June 1835	28 August 1835	Juan Álvarez Guerra (3)
	28 August 1835	14 September 1835	Manuel de la Riva Herrera (3)
	14 September 1835	27 September 1835	Ramón Gil de la Cuadra (3)
	27 September 1835	15 May 1836	Martín de los Heros (3)
	15 May 1836	14 August 1836	Ángel de Saavedra (1)
	14 August 1836	11 September 1836	Ramón Gil de la Cuadra (1)
	11 September 1836	27 March 1837	Joaquín María López (1)
	27 March 1837	9 July 1837	Pío Pita Pizarro (1)
	9 July 1837	18 August 1837	Pedro Antonio Acuña y Cuadros (1)
	18 August 1837	23 August 1837	José Manuel Vadillo (1)
	23 August 1837	1 October 1837	Diego González Alonso (1)
	1 October 1837	26 November 1837	Rafael Pérez (1)
	26 November 1837	16 December 1837	Francisco Javier Ulloa (Interim) (1)
	16 December 1837	6 September 1838	Joaquín José de Muro y Vidaurreta (1)
	6 September 1838	21 November 1838	Alberto Felipe Baldrich (1)
	6 December 1838	9 December 1838	Francisco Agustín Silvela y Blanco (1)
	9 December 1838	10 May 1839	Antonio Hompanera of Cos (1)
	10 May 1839	18 May 1839	Lorenzo Arrazola (Interim) (1)
	18 May 1839	21 October 1839	Juan Martín Carramolino (1)
	21 October 1839	16 November 1839	Lorenzo Arrazola (Interim) (1)
	16 November 1839	8 April 1840	Saturnino Calderón Collantes (1)
	8 April 1840	20 July 1840	Agustín Armendariz (1)
	20 July 1840	12 August 1840	Vicente Sancho (1)
	12 August 1840	19 July 1840	Francisco Cabello (1)
	19 July 1840	29 August 1840	José María Secades del Rivero (Interim) (1)
	29 August 1840	11 September 1840	Fermín Arteta Sesma (1)
	11 September 1840	16 September 1840	Francisco Cabello (1)
Regency of Baldomero Espartero (1840–1843)
	3 October 1840	21 May 1841	Manuel Cortina (1)
	21 May 1841	17 June 1842	Facundo Infante (1)
	17 June 1842	9 May 1843	Mariano Torres Solanot (1)
	9 May 1843	19 May 1843	Fermín Caballero (1)
	19 May 1843	30 July 1843	Pedro Gómez de la Serna (1)
Reign of Isabella II (1843–1868)
	30 July 1843	24 November 1843	Fermín Caballero (1)
	24 November 1843	1 December 1843	Jacinto Félix Domenech (1)
	1 December 1843	3 May 1844	José Justiniani (1)
	3 May 1844	12 February 1846	Pedro José Pidal (1)
	12 February 1846	16 March 1846	Francisco Javier de Istúriz (1)
	16 March 1846	5 April 1846	Javier de Burgos (1)
	5 April 1846	28 January 1847	Pedro José Pidal (1)
	28 January 1847	28 March 1847	Manuel Seijas Lozano (1)
	28 March 1847	31 August 1847	Antonio de Benavides (1)
	31 August 1847	4 October 1847	Patricio de la Escosura (1)
	4 October 1847	19 October 1849	Luis José Sartorius (1)
	19 October 1849	20 October 1849	Trinidad Balboa (1)
	20 October 1849	14 January 1851	Luis José Sartorius (1)
	14 January 1851	5 April 1851	Fermín Arteta Sesma (1)
	5 April 1851	7 August 1851	Manuel Bertrán de Lis y Ribes (1)
	7 August 1851	15 November 1851	Melchor Ordóñez (1)
	15 November 1851	14 December 1852	Cristobal Bordiú (1)
	14 December 1852	10 January 1853	Alejandro Llorente (1)
	10 January 1853	14 April 1853	Antonio de Benavides (1)
	14 April 1853	19 September 1853	Pablo Egaña (1)
	19 September 1853	18 July 1854	Luis José Sartorius (1)
	18 July 1854	30 July 1854	Antonio de los Ríos Rosas (1)
	30 July 1854	6 June 1855	Francisco Santa Cruz (1)
	6 June 1855	15 January 1856	Julián Huelves (1)
	15 January 1856	14 July 1856	Patricio de la Escosura (1)
	14 July 1856	12 October 1856	Antonio de los Ríos Rosas (1)
	12 October 1856	15 October 1857	Cándido Nocedal (1)
	15 October 1857	25 October 1857	Francisco Armero Peñaranda (Interim) (1)
	25 October 1857	14 January 1858	Manuel Bermúdez de Castro y Díez (1)
	14 January 1858	5 May 1858	Ventura Díaz (1)
	5 May 1858	17 January 1863	José de Posada Herrera (1)
	17 January 1863	2 March 1863	Antonio Aguilar y Correa (1)
	2 March 1863	17 January 1864	Florencio Rodríguez Vaamonde (1)
	17 January 1864	1 March 1864	Antonio de Benavides (1)
	1 March 1864	16 September 1864	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1)
	16 September 1864	21 June 1865	Luis González Bravo (1)
	21 June 1865	10 July 1866	José de Posada Herrera (1)
	10 July 1866	20 September 1868	Luis González Bravo (1)
Junta Revolucionaria Interina (1868)
	8 October 1868	9 January 1870	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1)
	9 January 1870	25 December 1870	Nicolás María Rivero (1)
	25 December 1870	4 January 1871	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1)
Reign of Amadeo I (1871–1873)
	4 January 1871	24 July 1871	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1)
	24 July 1871	5 October 1871	Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla (1)
	5 October 1871	21 December 1871	Francisco de Paula Candau (1)
	21 December 1871	26 May 1872	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1)
	26 May 1872	13 June 1872	Francisco de Paula Candau (1)
	13 June 1872	12 February 1873	Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla (1)
First Spanish Republic. Presidency of Estanislao Figueras (1873)
	12 February 1873	11 June 1873	Francisco Pi y Margall (1)
First Spanish Republic. Presidency of Francisco Pi y Margall (1873)
	11 June 1873	18 July 1871	Francisco Pi y Margall (1)
First Spanish Republic. Presidency of Nicolás Salmerón (1873)
	19 July 1873	4 September 1873	Eleuterio Maisonnave (1)
First Spanish Republic. Presidency of Emilio Castelar (1873–1874)
	4 September 1873	3 January 1874	Eleuterio Maisonnave (1)
First Spanish Republic. Presidency of Francisco Serrano y Domínguez (1874)
	3 January 1874	13 May 1874	Eugenio García Ruiz (1)
	13 May 1874	31 December 1874	Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1)
Reign of Alfonso XII (1874–1885)	31 December 1874	7 March 1879	Francisco Romero Robledo (1)
	7 March 1879	9 December 1879	Francisco Silvela y Le Vielleuze (1)
	9 December 1879	8 February 1881	Francisco Romero Robledo (1)
	8 February 1881	9 January 1883	Venancio González y Fernández (1)
	9 January 1883	13 October 1883	Pío Gullón Iglesias (1)
	13 October 1883	18 January 1884	Segismundo Moret y Prendergast (1)
	18 January 1884	13 July 1885	Francisco Romero Robledo (1)
	13 July 1885	27 November 1885	Raimundo Fernández Villaverde (1)
Regency of María Cristina for Alfonso XIII (1885–1902)	27 November 1885	10 October 1886	Venancio González y Fernández (1)
	10 October 1886	12 November 1887	Fernando León y Castillo (1)
	12 November 1887	14 June 1888	José Luis Albareda y Sezde (1)
	14 June 1888	11 December 1888	Segismundo Moret y Prendergast (1)
	11 December 1888	5 July 1890	Trinitario Ruiz Capdepón (1)
	5 July 1890	23 November 1891	Francisco Silvela Le Vielleuze (1)
	23 November 1891	25 June 1892	José Elduayen Gorriti (1)
	25 June 1892	30 November 1892	Raimundo Fernández Villaverde (1)
	30 November 1892	11 December 1892	Manuel Danvila Collado (1)
	11 December 1892	14 October 1893	Venancio González y Fernández (1)
	14 October 1893	12 March 1894	Joaquín López Puigcerver (1)
	12 March 1894	4 November 1894	Alberto Aguilera Velasco (1)
	4 November 1894	23 March 1895	Trinitario Ruiz Capdepón (1)
	23 March 1895	4 October 1897	Fernando Cos-Gayón y Pons (1)
	4 October 1897	4 March 1899	Trinitario Ruiz Capdepón (1)
	4 March 1899	23 October 1900	Eduardo Dato Iradier (1)
	23 October 1900	6 March 1901	Francisco Javier Ugarte Pagés (1)
	6 March 1901	15 July 1901	Segismundo Moret y Prendergast (1)
	15 July 1901	23 July 1901	Miguel Villanueva y Gómez (1)
	23 July 1901	19 March 1902	Alfonso González Lozano (1)
	19 March 1902	17 May 1902	Segismundo Moret y Prendergast (1)
Reign of Alfonso XIII (1902–1931)	17 May 1902	6 December 1902	Segismundo Moret y Prendergast (1)
	6 December 1902	20 July 1903	Antonio Maura y Montaner (1)
	20 July 1903	5 December 1903	Antonio García Alix (1)
	5 December 1903	5 December 1904	José Sánchez Guerra (1)
	5 December 1904	16 December 1904	Manuel Allendesalazar Muñoz (1)
	16 December 1904	27 January 1905	Francisco Javier González de Castejón y Elío (1)
	27 January 1905	23 June 1905	Augusto González Besada (1)
	23 June 1905	1 December 1905	Manuel García Prieto (1)
	1 December 1905	10 June 1906	Álvaro de Figueroa y Torres (1)
	10 June 1906	6 July 1906	Benigno Quiroga y López Ballesteros (1)
	6 July 1906	30 November 1906	Bernabé Dávila y Bertololi (1)
	30 November 1906	4 December 1906	Benigno Quiroga y López Ballesteros (1)
	4 December 1906	25 January 1907	Álvaro de Figueroa y Torres (1)
	25 January 1907	21 October 1909	Juan de la Cierva y Peñafiel (1)
	21 October 1909	9 February 1910	Segismundo Moret y Prendergast (1)
	9 February 1910	2 January 1911	Fernando Merino Villarino (1)
	2 January 1911	3 April 1911	Demetrio Alonso Castrillo (1)
	3 April 1911	29 June 1911	Trinitario Ruiz Valarino (1)
	29 June 1911	31 December 1912	Antonio Barroso Castillo (1)
	31 December 1912	27 October 1913	Santiago Alba Bonifaz (1)
	27 October 1913	9 December 1915	José Sánchez Guerra (1)
	9 December 1915	30 April 1916	Santiago Alba Bonifaz (1)
	30 April 1916	19 April 1917	Joaquín Ruiz Jiménez (1)
	19 April 1917	11 June 1917	Julio Burell y Cuéllar (1)
	11 June 1917	3 November 1917	José Sánchez Guerra (1)
	3 November 1917	22 March 1918	José Bahamonde y de Lanz (1)
	23 March 1918	9 November 1918	Manuel García Prieto (1)
	9 November 1918	5 December 1918	Luis Silvela Casado (1)
	5 December 1918	15 April 1919	Amalio Gimeno y Cabañas (1)
	15 April 1919	20 July 1919	Antonio Goicoechea Cosculluela (1)
	20 July 1919	12 December 1919	Manuel de Burgos y Mazo (1)
	12 December 1919	5 May 1920	Joaquín Fernández Prida (1)
	5 May 1920	1 September 1920	Francisco Bergamín García (1)
	1 September 1920	14 August 1921	Gabino Bugallal Araújo (1)
	14 August 1921	8 March 1922	Rafael Coello y Oliván (1)
	8 March 1922	7 December 1922	Vicente Piniés Bayona (1)
	7 December 1922	15 September 1923	Martín Rosales Martel (1)
	17 September 1923	22 September 1923	Millán Millán de Pedro (1)
	22 September 1923	30 January 1930	Severiano Martínez Anido (1)
	30 January 1930	25 November 1930	Enrique March Balaguer (1)
	25 November 1930	18 February 1931	Leopoldo Matos y Massieu (1)
	18 February 1931	14 April 1931	José María de Hoyos y Vinent (1)
II Republic (1931–1939)	14 April 1931	14 October 1931	Miguel Maura Gamazo (1)	PRC
	14 October 1931	12 September 1933	Santiago Casares Quiroga (1)	FRG
	12 September 1933	8 October 1933	Diego Martínez Barrio (1)	PRR
	8 October 1933	23 January 1934	Manuel Rico Avello (1)	Inofp.
	23 January 1934	3 March 1934	Diego Martínez Barrio (1)	PRR
	3 March 1934	4 October 1934	Rafael Salazar Alonso (1)	PRR
	4 October 1934	3 April 1935	Eloy Vaquero Cantillo (1)	PRR
	3 April 1935	25 September 1935	Manuel Portela Valladares (1)	Inofp.
	25 September 1935	14 December 1935	Joaquín de Pablo-Blanco Torres (1)	PRR
	14 December 1935	19 February 1936	Manuel Portela Valladares (1)	Inofp.
	19 February 1936	17 April 1936	Amós Salvador Carreras (1)	IR
	17 April 1936	19 July 1936	Santiago Casares Quiroga (1)	IR
	19 July 1936	19 July 1936	Augusto Barcia Trelles (1)	IR
	19 July 1936	4 September 1936	Sebastián Pozas Perea (1)	Military
	4 September 1936	17 May 1937	Ángel Galarza Gago (1)	PSOE
	17 May 1937	5 April 1938	Julián Zugazagoitia Mendiesta (1)	PSOE
	5 April 1938	1 April 1939	Paulino Gómez Sáiz (1)	PSOE
Dictatorship of Francisco Franco (1936–1975)	30 January 1938	24 December 1938	Severiano Martínez Anido (2) and Ramón Serrano Súñer (3)
	24 December 1938	16 October 1940	Ramón Serrano Súñer (1)
	16 October 1940	3 September 1942	Valentín Galarza Morante (1)
	3 September 1942	25 February 1957	Blas Pérez González (1)
	25 February 1957	29 October 1969	Camilo Alonso Vega (1) and Vicente Fernández Bascarán (1) (Interim)
	29 October 1969	9 June 1973	Tomás Garicano Goñi (1)
	9 June 1973	3 January 1974	Carlos Arias Navarro (1)
	3 January 1974	12 December 1975	José García Hernández (1)
Reign of Juan Carlos I (1975–2014) Felipe VI (2014–present)	12 December 1975	5 July 1976	Manuel Fraga Iribarne (4)
	5 July 1976	5 April 1979	Rodolfo Martín Villa (1)	UCD	Cst. (Suárez)
	5 April 1979	2 May 1980	Antonio Ibáñez Freire (3)	Military	I (Suárez/Calvo-Sotelo)
	2 May 1980	2 December 1982	Juan José Rosón Pérez (3)	UCD	I (Suárez/Calvo-Sotelo)
	2 December 1982	11 July 1988	José Barrionuevo Peña (3)	PSOE	II • III • IV • V (González)
	11 July 1988	24 November 1993	José Luis Corcuera Cuesta (3)	PSOE	II • III • IV • V (González)
	24 November 1993	5 May 1994	Antoni Asunción Hernández (3)	PSOE	V (González)
	5 May 1994	4 May 1996	Juan Alberto Belloch Julbe (5)	PSOE	V (González)
	4 May 1996	27 February 2001	Jaime Mayor Oreja (3)	PP	VI • VII (Aznar)
	27 February 2001	9 July 2002	Mariano Rajoy Brey (3)	PP	VII (Aznar)
	9 July 2002	17 April 2004	Ángel Acebes Paniagua (3)	PP	VII (Aznar)
	17 April 2004	11 April 2006	José Antonio Alonso Suárez (3)	PSOE	VIII (Zapatero)
	11 April 2006	11 July 2011	Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba (3)	PSOE	VIII • IX (Zapatero)
	11 July 2011	22 December 2011	Antonio Camacho Vizcaíno (3)	PSOE	IX (Zapatero)
	22 December 2011	4 November 2016	Jorge Fernández Díaz (3)	PP	X (Rajoy) Acting XI (Rajoy)
	4 November 2016	1 June 2018	Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez (3)	PP	XII (Rajoy)
	7 June 2018	Incumbent	Fernando Grande-Marlaska	Independent	XIII (Pedro Sánchez)

(1) Minister of Governance
(2) Minister of Public Order
(3) Minister of the Interior
(4) Minister of the Interior and Governance
(5) Minister of Justice and the Interior
(6) Minister of Governance of the Peninsula
(7) Between 1823 and 1835, neither a Ministry of the Interior nor Governance existed.

Notes

^ 9,520 ministry employees
146,482 police officers
22,374 prison officers

References

^ Ministry of Territorial Policy and Civil Service (2018). Statistical Bulletin of the personnel at the service of the Public Administrations (PDF). pp. 32 and 48. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^ López-Fonseca, Óscar (7 March 2020). "Interior aumenta en 3.800 el número de policías y guardias civiles en dos años". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2020.
^ "2023 State Budget" (PDF). boe.es. 1 January 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ "Royal Decree 952/2018, of July 27, by which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of the Interior is developed". boe.es. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
^ "Government expenditure on public order and safety". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b Rojas Juárez, José Rafael; de Andrés Díaz, Rosana (2015). Ministry of the Interior - Two Centuries of History. Bilbao, Spain: Ministry of the Interior.
^ "Ministerio del Interior - Dos siglos de historia". 2015.
^ "History of the Ministry of the Interior".
^ "Royal Decree 734/2020, of August 4, which establishes the basic organic structure of the Ministry of the Interior". boe.es. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

External links

Official website

[1] 9,520 ministry employees
146,482 police officers
22,374 prison officers

[2] Ministry of Territorial Policy and Civil Service (2018). Statistical Bulletin of the personnel at the service of the Public Administrations (PDF). pp. 32 and 48. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)

[3] López-Fonseca, Óscar (7 March 2020). "Interior aumenta en 3.800 el número de policías y guardias civiles en dos años". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2020.

[4] "2023 State Budget" (PDF). boe.es. 1 January 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

[:0-5] "Royal Decree 952/2018, of July 27, by which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of the Interior is developed". boe.es. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

[6] "Government expenditure on public order and safety". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

[:1-7] Rojas Juárez, José Rafael; de Andrés Díaz, Rosana (2015). Ministry of the Interior - Two Centuries of History. Bilbao, Spain: Ministry of the Interior.

[8] "Ministerio del Interior - Dos siglos de historia". 2015.

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