Spanish Attorney General

{{Infobox official post

| post = Attorney General of the State

| native_name = {{small|Fiscal General del Estado}}

| insignia = Spanish Judiciary Badge-Public Prosecutor.svg

| insigniasize = 120px

| insigniacaption =

| department = Public Prosecution Ministry

| image = Fiscal García Ortiz en 2024 (cropped).jpg

| incumbent = Álvaro García Ortiz

| incumbentsince = 2 August 2022

| acting = no

| style = The Most Excellent
(formal)
Madam Attorney General (informal)

| member_of = Prosecution Ministry
Attorney General's Office

| reports_to = Minister of Justice

| nominator = The Government, after hearing the General Council of the Judiciary

| appointer = The King

| termlength = 4 years, not renewable

| first = Juan Manuel Fanjul Sedeño

| constituting_instrument = Spanish Constitution

| formation =

| deputy = Lieutenant Attorney of the Supreme Court

| salary = € 132,235 per year (2023)

| website = {{URL|http://www.fiscal.es/}}

}}

The Attorney General of the State ({{Langx|es|Fiscal General del Estado}}), or also, Prosecutor General, is the head of the Public Prosecutor's Office (Ministerio Fiscal), the independent body within the Judiciary,{{sfn|Public Prosecution Act|1981|loc=Articles 1,2}} that is tasked with promoting the operation of justice in defence of the rule of law, defending citizens’ rights, defending the public interest, with protecting the independence of the courts and with ensuring the public interest is satisfied through the courts.{{sfn|European e-Justice Portal}}

The Prosecutor General is a civil servant, appointed and dismissed by the King, after a process that includes a nomination by the Government, a hearing before the General Council of the Judiciary and an appearance before the Congress to evaluate their suitability (although approval by Congress is not required). That is, the three powers of State participate in the appointment. The candidate must be a Spanish jurist of recognised prestige and with more than fifteen years effective exercise of their profession.{{sfn|Public Prosecution Act|1981|loc=Articles 29,36}}

The term of the Prosecutor General is a maximum of four years and may not be renewed (except where they have held the position for less than two years) and in any event terminates when the Government completes its term. They can not be removed from office except for as defined by law (disability or serious illness, serious or repeated breach of duties, and other prohibitions).{{sfn|Public Prosecution Act|1981|loc=Article 43,44,46}}

Functions

According to the law of the Public Prosecutor's Office:

The functions of the Public Prosecutor (Attorney General) include:{{sfn|European e-Justice Portal}}

ensuring that the judicial function is performed effectively in accordance with the laws and within the stipulated time limits through the necessary actions, appeal procedures and other measures;
acting in the criminal process by ensuring that the judicial authority takes the appropriate precautionary measures and carries out investigations aimed at establishing the facts;
acting in civil proceedings specified by law that affect the public interest or the interests of minors, the disabled or the underprivileged until the normal representation mechanisms are provided;
performing the functions assigned to them by the relevant legislation in cases involving the criminal liability of minors, in order to serve the best interests of the minor.

Public Prosecutor's Office

The Office of the Public Prosecutor is an assistant body of the Public Prosecutor. It consists of the following bodies:

The Prosecution Inspection
Performs inspection powers by permanent delegation of the Attorney General of the State, without prejudice to the functions of ordinary inspection of the Superior Prosecutions and the inspection functions of the Chief Prosecutors with respect to the Prosecutors who depend on them. Inside of the Prosecution Inspection there is a Permanent Section of Valuation to centralize the information on merit and capacity of the Prosecutors in order to give support to the Prosecution Ministry's Council when reporting discretionary appointments of the Prosecutor Career.

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The Technical Secretariat
Through its studies, investigations and reports, it is a constant support body for the Attorney General, to exercise the superior leadership of the Public Prosecution Ministry, also carrying out the preparatory work for the Joint of Prosecutors. Collaborates in the planning of the training of the Prosecutors whose competence is attributed to the Center for Legal Studies and assumes the functions that in the field of international legal cooperation the law attributes to the Public Prosecution.
The Support Unit
Performs representation work and institutional relations with public authorities, as well as communication and attention to the citizen. It is responsible for the analysis and preparation of reports related to the organization and operation of the Public Prosecution Ministry in matters of statistics, information technology, personnel, material means, information and documentation. In general, it carries out functions of support and assistance to the Prosecutor General, to the prosecutors assigned to the Prosecution Ministry, to the Prosecution Ministry's Council and to the Joint of Prosecutors who do not correspond to the Inspection or to the Technical Secretariat.
The Special Prosecutors
Prosecutor for Violence against Women
Prosecutor for Environment and Urbanism
Prosecutor for the Protection and Reform of Minors
Prosecutor for Workplace Accidents
Prosecutor for Traffic Safety
Prosecutor for Immigration
Prosecutor for International Criminal Cooperation
Prosecutor for Computer Crimes
Prosecutor for Historical Memory

List of attorneys general

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{{legend|yellow|Liberal Union|border=1px solid #AAAAAA|vertical=0}}

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{{legend|#30D5C8|Radical Republican Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA|vertical=0}}

{{legend|#FF7028|Republican Action|border=1px solid #AAAAAA|vertical=0}}

{{legend|#E25822|Republican Left|border=1px solid #AAAAAA|vertical=0}}

{{legend|#5564EB|Republican Union|border=1px solid #AAAAAA|vertical=0}}

{{legend|SlateGray|National Movement|border=1px solid #AAAAAA|vertical=0}}

{{legend|#197E36|Democratic Centre Union|borde=1px solid #AAAAAA|vertical=0}}

{{legend|#EE1C25|Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|borde=1px solid #AAAAAA|vertical=0}}

{{legend|#00A0DF|People's Party|borde=1px solid #AAAAAA|vertical=0}}

; Status

{{legend|#E6E6AA|Denotes service as acting Attorneys General|border=black}}

class="wikitable" style="clear:right; text-align:center" !Portrait !Name !Took office !Left office !colspan=2 \|Prime Minister(s)
rowspan= 3\|75px \|rowspan= 3\|Felipe Gómez Acebo (1800–?) \|rowspan= 3\|1 August 1843 \|rowspan= 3\|12 December 1843 \|style="background: orange;" \| \|Joaquín María López
style="background: orange;" \|	Salustiano Olózaga
rowspan= 2 style="background: royalblue;" \| \|rowspan= 2\|Luis González Bravo
rowspan= 2\|75px \|rowspan= 2\|Pedro Jiménez Navarro \|rowspan= 2\|12 December 1843 \|rowspan= 2\|15 January 1845
style="background: royalblue;" \| \|Ramón María Narváez
75px \|Joaquín Francisco PachecoHe held the position previously, at some point impossible to pinpoint exactly in 1843. (1808–1865) \|5 February 1847 \|28 March 1847 \|style="background: royalblue;" \| \|Carlos Martínez de Irujo y McKean
rowspan= 2\|75px \|rowspan= 2\|Lorenzo Arrazola (1795–1873) \|rowspan= 2\|16 April 1847 \|rowspan= 2\|4 October 1847 \|style="background: royalblue;" \| \|Joaquín Francisco Pacheco
style="background: royalblue;" \| \|Florencio García Goyena
rowspan= 3\|75px \|rowspan= 3\|Manuel Barrio Ayuso (1788–1850) \|rowspan= 3\|4 October 1847 \|rowspan= 3\|23 November 1850 \|style="background: royalblue;" \| \|Ramón María Narváez
style="background: royalblue;" \| \|Serafín María de Sotto
rowspan= 2 style="background: royalblue;" \| \|rowspan= 2\|Ramón María Narváez
rowspan= 8\|75px \|rowspan= 8\|José María Huet y Allier (1804–1868) \|rowspan= 8\|10 January 1851 \|rowspan= 8\|25 August 1854
style="background: royalblue;" \| \|Juan Bravo Murillo
style="background: royalblue;" \| \|Federico Roncali
style="background: royalblue;" \| \|Francisco Lersundi Hormaechea
style="background: royalblue;" \| \|Luis José Sartorius
style="background: royalblue;" \| \|Fernando Fernández de Córdova
style="background: royalblue;" \| \|Ángel de Saavedra
rowspan= 2 style="background: orange;" \| \|rowspan= 2\|Baldomero Espartero
rowspan= 3\|75px \|rowspan= 3\|Pedro Gómez de la Serna (1806–1871) \|rowspan= 3\|25 August 1854 \|rowspan= 3\|24 October 1856
style="background: yellow;" \| \|Leopoldo O'Donnell
rowspan= 3 style="background: royalblue;" \| \|rowspan= 3\|Ramón María Narváez
75px \|Joaquín José Casaus (1793–1885) \|24 October 1856 \|1857
rowspan= 5\|75px \|rowspan= 5\|Manuel Seijas Lozano (1800–1868) \|rowspan= 5\|1857 \|rowspan= 5\|26 March 1862
style="background: royalblue;" \| \|Francisco Armero Peñaranda
style="background: royalblue;" \| \|Francisco Javier Istúriz
style="background: yellow;" \| \|Saturnino Calderón Collantes
rowspan= 2 style="background: yellow;" \| \|rowspan= 2\|Leopoldo O'Donnell
rowspan= 9\|75px \|rowspan= 9\|Antonio Corzo y Granado \|rowspan= 9\|28 March 1862 \|rowspan= 9\|17 July 1869
style="background: royalblue;" \| \|Manuel Pando Fernández de Pinedo
style="background: royalblue;" \| \|Lorenzo Arrazola
style="background: royalblue;" \| \|Alejandro Mon y Menéndez
style="background: royalblue;" \| \|Ramón María Narváez
style="background: yellow;" \| \|Leopoldo O'Donnell
style="background: royalblue;" \| \|Luis González Bravo
style="background: royalblue;" \| \|José Gutiérrez de la Concha
style="background: yellow;" \| \|Francisco Serrano
75px \|Fernando Pérez de Rozas \|23 July 1869 \|17 September 1869 \|style="background: yellow;" \| \|Juan Bautista Topete
75px \|Juan Manuel González Acevedo (1806–1880) \|17 September 1869 \|23 June 1870 \|style="background: orange;" \| \|Juan Prim
rowspan= 4\|75px \|rowspan= 4\|Eugenio Díez \|rowspan= 4\|29 June 1870 \|rowspan= 4\|10 December 1871 \|style="background: yellow;" \| \|Juan Bautista Topete
style="background: yellow;" \| \|Francisco Serrano
style="background: PaleVioletRed;" \| \|Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla
style="background: MediumSeaGreen;" \| \|José Malcampo
rowspan= 2\|75px \|rowspan= 2\|Pascual Bayarri García (1812–1876) \|rowspan= 2\|15 January 1872 \|rowspan= 2\|10 August 1872 \|style="background: MediumSeaGreen;" \| \|Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
style="background: MediumSeaGreen;" \| \|Francisco Serrano
rowspan= 5\|75px \|rowspan= 5\|Eugenio Díez \|rowspan= 5\|10 August 1872 \|rowspan= 5\|19 November 1873 \|style="background: PaleVioletRed;" \| \|Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla
style="background: LightPink;" \| \|Estanislao Figueras
style="background: LightPink;" \| \|Francisco Pi y Margall
style="background: LightPink;" \| \|Nicolás Salmerón
rowspan= 2 style="background: LightPink;" \| \|rowspan= 2\|Emilio Castelar
rowspan= 2\|75px \|rowspan= 2\|Ricardo Díaz de Rueda \|rowspan= 2\|2 May 1874 \|rowspan= 2\|27 June 1874
rowspan= 2 style="background: MediumSeaGreen;" \| \|rowspan= 2\|Francisco Serrano
rowspan= 4\|75px \|rowspan= 4\|Críspulo García y Gómez de la Serna \|rowspan= 4\|27 June 1874 \|rowspan= 4\|28 February 1875
style="background: MediumSeaGreen;" \| \|Juan Zavala de la Puente
style="background: MediumSeaGreen;" \| \|Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
rowspan= 2 style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|rowspan= 2\|Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
rowspan= 3\|75px \|rowspan= 3\|Saturnino Álvarez Bugallal (1834–1885) \|rowspan= 3\|28 February 1875 \|rowspan= 3\|13 July 1877
style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|Joaquín Jovellar Soler
rowspan= 3 style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|rowspan= 3\|Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
75px \|Ricardo Alzugaray Yanguas (–1878) \|13 July 1877 \|3 October 1878
rowspan= 2\| \|rowspan= 2\|Salvador Albacete y Albert (1827–1890) \|rowspan= 2\|23 October 1878 \|rowspan= 2\|15 March 1879
rowspan= 2 style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|rowspan= 2\|Arsenio Martínez-Campos
rowspan= 3\|75px \|rowspan= 3\|Antonio de Mena y Zorrilla (1823–1895) \|rowspan= 3\|21 March 1879 \|rowspan= 3\|16 February 1881
style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
rowspan= 3 style="background: CadetBlue;" \| \|rowspan= 3\|Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
75px \|Aureliano Linares Rivas (1841–1903) \|16 February 1881 \|18 May 1882
rowspan= 2\|75px \|rowspan= 2\|Trinitario Ruiz Capdepón (1836–1911) \|rowspan= 2\|7 July 1882 \|rowspan= 2\|7 January 1884
rowspan= 2 style="background: CadetBlue;" \| \|rowspan= 2\|José de Posada Herrera
rowspan= 3\|75px \|rowspan= 3\|Santos Isasa y Valseca (1831–1902) \|rowspan= 3\|22 January 1884 \|rowspan= 3\|19 December 1885
style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
rowspan= 2 style="background: CadetBlue;" \| \|rowspan= 2\|Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
rowspan= 2\|75px \|rowspan= 2\|Manuel Colmeiro y Penido (1818–1894) \|rowspan= 2\|15 February 1886 \|rowspan= 2\|9 July 1890
rowspan= 3 style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|rowspan= 3\|Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
75px \|Juan de la Concha Castañeda (1818–1903) \|9 July 1890 \|27 November 1891
rowspan= 2\|75px \|rowspan= 2\|Rafael Conde y Luque (1835–1922) \|rowspan= 2\|27 November 1891 \|rowspan= 2\|22 December 1892
rowspan= 3 style="background: CadetBlue;" \| \|rowspan= 3\|Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
75px \|Eduardo Martínez del Campo y Acosta (1840–1911) \|23 December 1892 \|2 April 1894
bgcolor="#e6e6aa" \|rowspan= 2\|75px \|rowspan= 2\|Juan de Aldana y Carvajal Acting Attorney General (1835–?) \|rowspan= 2\|3 April 1894 \|rowspan= 2\|8 July 1895
rowspan= 2 style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|rowspan= 2\|Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
rowspan= 3\|75px \|rowspan= 3\|Luciano Puga Blanco (1842–1899) \|rowspan= 3\|8 July 1895 \|rowspan= 3\|21 October 1897
style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero
rowspan= 2 style="background: CadetBlue;" \| \|rowspan= 2\|Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
rowspan= 2\|75px \|rowspan= 2\|Felipe Sánchez Román (1850–1916) \|rowspan= 2\|21 October 1897 \|rowspan= 2\|7 March 1899
rowspan= 3 style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|rowspan= 3\|Francisco Silvela
75px \|Salvador Viada y Vilaseca (1843–1904) \|7 March 1899 \|25 June 1900
rowspan= 3\|75px \|rowspan= 3\|José Díez Macuso (1844–1916) \|rowspan= 3\|25 June 1900 \|rowspan= 3\|11 March 1901
style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero
rowspan= 3 style="background: CadetBlue;" \| \|rowspan= 3\|Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
75px \|Juan Montilla y Adán (1856–1903) \|11 March 1901 \|19 March 1902
75px \|Trinitario Ruiz Valarino (1862–1945) \|7 April 1902 \|6 December 1902
75px \|Eugenio Silvela y Corral (1866–1911) \|27 July 1903 \|7 December 1903 \|style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|Raimundo Fernández Villaverde
rowspan= 4\|75px \|rowspan= 4\|Joan Maluquer (1856–1940) \|rowspan= 4\|10 December 1903 \|rowspan= 4\|28 June 1905 \|style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|Antonio Maura
style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero
style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|Raimundo Fernández Villaverde
rowspan= 2 style="background: CadetBlue;" \| \|rowspan= 2\|Eugenio Montero Ríos
rowspan= 6\|75px \|rowspan= 6\|Trinitario Ruiz Valarino (1862–1945) \|rowspan= 6\|28 June 1905 \|rowspan= 6\|28 January 1907
style="background: CadetBlue;" \| \|Segismundo Moret
style="background: CadetBlue;" \| \|José López Domínguez
style="background: CadetBlue;" \| \|Segismundo Moret
style="background: CadetBlue;" \| \|Antonio Aguilar y Correa
rowspan= 2 style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|rowspan= 2\|Antonio Maura
rowspan= 2\|75px \|rowspan= 2\|Francisco Javier Ugarte Pagés (1852–1919) \|rowspan= 2\|28 January 1907 \|rowspan= 2\|30 October 1909
rowspan= 2 style="background: CadetBlue;" \| \|rowspan= 2\|Segismundo Moret
75px \|Trinitario Ruiz Valarino (1862–1945) \|30 October 1909 \|9 February 1910
75px \|Javier Gómez de la Serna y Laguna (1880–1922) \|14 June 1910 \|14 November 1910 \|rowspan= 4 style="background: CadetBlue;" \| \|rowspan= 4\|José Canalejas
75px \|Buenaventura Muñoz Rodríguez (1853–1925) \|11 July 1911 \|27 July 1911
75px \|Andrés Tornos y Alonso (1854–1926) \|15 September 1911 \|8 October 1912
rowspan= 3\|75px \|rowspan= 3\|Manuel Portela (1867–1952) \|rowspan= 3\|8 October 1912 \|rowspan= 3\|17 March 1913
style="background: CadetBlue;" \| \|Manuel García Prieto
rowspan= 3 style="background: CadetBlue;" \| \|rowspan= 3\|Álvaro de Figueroa
75px \|Martín Rosales y Martel Duke of Almodóvar del Valle (1872–1931) \|17 March 1913 \|19 June 1913
rowspan= 2\|75px \|rowspan= 2\|José Parrés y Sobrino (1865–1917) \|rowspan= 2\|19 June 1913 \|rowspan= 2\|31 October 1913
rowspan= 3 style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|rowspan= 3\|Eduardo Dato
75px \|Joan Maluquer (1856–1940) \|31 October 1913 \|17 July 1914
rowspan= 2\|75px \|rowspan= 2\|Senén Canido y Pardo (1847–1928) \|rowspan= 2\|17 July 1914 \|rowspan= 2\|13 December 1915
rowspan= 2 style="background: CadetBlue;" \| \|rowspan= 2\|Álvaro de Figueroa
rowspan= 2\|75px \|rowspan= 2\|Andrés Avelino Montero Ríos y Villegas (1875–1922) \|rowspan= 2\|13 December 1915 \|rowspan= 2\|3 May 1917
rowspan= 2 style="background: CadetBlue;" \| \|rowspan= 2\|Manuel García Prieto
rowspan= 3\|75px \|rowspan= 3\|Carlos Cañal y Migolla (1876–1938) \|rowspan= 3\|16 June 1917 \|rowspan= 3\|14 November 1917
style="background: SlateBlue;" \|	Eduardo Dato
rowspan= 2 style="background: CadetBlue;" \| \|rowspan= 2\|Manuel García Prieto
rowspan= 13\|75px \|rowspan= 13\|Víctor Covián y Junco (1848–1927) \|rowspan= 13\|17 December 1917 \|rowspan= 13\|6 March 1923
style="background: SlateBlue;" \|	Antonio Maura
style="background: CadetBlue;" \| \|Manuel García Prieto
style="background: CadetBlue;" \| \|Álvaro de Figueroa
style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|Antonio Maura
style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|Joaquín Sánchez de Toca
style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|Manuel Allendesalazar Muñoz
style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|Eduardo Dato
style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|Gabino Bugallal
style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|Manuel Allendesalazar Muñoz
style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|Antonio Maura
style="background: SlateBlue;" \| \|José Sánchez Guerra
rowspan= 2 style="background: CadetBlue;" \| \|rowspan= 2\|Manuel García Prieto
rowspan= 2\|75px \|rowspan= 2\|José Lladó Vallés (1888–1933) \|rowspan= 2\|6 March 1923 \|rowspan= 2\|21 September 1923
rowspan= 4 style="background: #996B42;" \| \|rowspan= 4\|Miguel Primo de Rivera
75px \|Galo Ponte y Escartín (1867–1943) \|30 June 1924 \|4 December 1925
75px \|Diego María Crehuet del Amo (1873–1956) \|4 December 1925 \|4 January 1928
rowspan= 2\|75px \|rowspan= 2\|José Oppelt García (1862–1926) \|rowspan= 2\|4 January 1928 \|rowspan= 2\|6 February 1930
rowspan= 3 style="background: #996B42;" \| \|rowspan= 3\|Dámaso Berenguer
75px \|Santiago Del Valle y Aldabalde (1865–1940) \|6 February 1930 \|16 December 1930
rowspan= 2\|75px \|rowspan= 2\|Manuel Moreno y Fernández de Roa \|rowspan= 2\|16 December 1930 \|rowspan= 2\|16 April 1931
style="background: #003153;" \| \|Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas
75px \|Ángel Galarza (1891–1966) \|16 April 1931 \|14 May 1931 \|rowspan=3 style="background: #4c2882;" \| \|rowspan=3 \|Niceto Alcalá Zamora
75px \|Francisco Javier Elola (1877–1939) \|14 May 1931 \|31 July 1931
rowspan= 2\| 75px \|rowspan= 2\| José Franchy y Roca (1871–1944) \|rowspan= 2\| 2 August 1931 \|rowspan= 2\| 24 December 1931
rowspan=3 style="background: #4c2882;" \| \|rowspan=3 \|Manuel Azaña
75px \|Gabriel Martínez de Aragón y Urbitzondo (1865–1934) \|24 December 1931 \|7 March 1933
75px \|José Oriol Anguera de Sojo (1879–1956) \|10 May 1933 \|20 September 1933
rowspan=6 \|75px \|rowspan=6 \|Antonio Marsá Bragado (1877–1965) \|rowspan=6 \|20 September 1933 \|rowspan=6 \|26 May 1934
style="background: #30D5C8;" \| \|Alejandro Lerroux
style="background: #30D5C8;" \| \|Diego Martínez Barrio
style="background: #30D5C8;" \| \|Alejandro Lerroux
style="background: #30D5C8;" \| \|Ricardo Samper
rowspan=2 style="background: #30D5C8;" \| \|rowspan=2 \|Alejandro Lerroux
rowspan=2 \|75px \|rowspan=2 \|Lorenzo Gallardo González (1880–1940) \|rowspan=2 \|26 May 1934 \|rowspan=2 \|17 November 1935
rowspan=2 style="background: #white;" \| \|rowspan=2 \| Joaquín Chapaprieta
75px \|Marcelino Valentín Gamazo (1878–1936) \|17 November 1935 \|27 December 1935
75px \|Antonio Taboada Tundidor (–1959) \|27 December 1935 \|2 January 1936 \|rowspan=2 style="background: #white;" \| \|rowspan=2 \|Manuel Portela
75px \|Manuel Iglesias Corral (1901–1989) \|3 January 1936 \|8 February 1936
rowspan=3 \|75px \|rowspan=3 \|Alberto de Paz y Mateos (1915–1967) \|rowspan=3 \|22 February 1936 \|rowspan=3 \|28 August 1936 \|style="background: #FF7028;" \| \|Manuel Azaña
style="background: #FF7028;" \| \|Augusto Barcia Trelles
style="background: #FF7028;" \| \|Santiago Casares Quiroga
rowspan=2 \|75px \|rowspan=2 \|Jesús Vallés Fortuño (1862–1970) \|rowspan=2 \|28 August 1936 \|rowspan=2 \|12 December 1936 \|style="background: #5564EB;" \| \|Diego Martínez Barrio
style="background: #FF7028;" \| \|José Giral
75px \|Eduardo Ortega y Gasset (1882–1964) \|12 December 1936 \|14 November 1937 \|style="background: #FF0000;" \| \|Francisco Largo Caballero
75px \|Leopoldo Garrido Cavero (1893–1946) \|26 December 1937 \|25 April 1939It is unknown until what time he held the position. In April 1939, the Franco government approved an order that definitively separated him from the career along with other magistrates.{{Cite web\|url=https://www.periodicoclm.es/articulo/cuenca/leopoldo-garrido-cavero-socialista-conquense-y-fiscal-republica/20151012115334003331.html\|title=Leopoldo Garrido Cavero: socialista conquense y fiscal de la República\|last=Mancha\|first=periodicoclm.es {{!}} Periódico de Castilla-La\|website=periodicoclm.es {{!}} Periódico de Castilla-La Mancha\|language=es-ES\|access-date=2018-09-13}} \|style="background: #FF0000;" \| \|Juan Negrín
75px \|Blas Pérez González (1896–1978) \|10 November 1938 \|3 September 1942 !rowspan=5 style="background: white;" \| \|rowspan=5 \|Francisco Franco
bgcolor="#e6e6aa" \|75px \|Ramón García del Valle y Salas Acting Attorney General (1881–1961) \|3 September 1942 \|12 September 1945
75px \|Manuel de la Plaza Navarro (1886–1960) \|12 September 1945 \|21 October 1955
75px \|Ildefonso Alamillo Salgado (1888–?) \|21 October 1955 \|30 September 1965
rowspan=4 \|75px \|rowspan=4 \|Fernando Herrero Tejedor (1920–1975) \|rowspan=4 \|30 September 1965 \|rowspan=4 \|21 March 1975
style="background: SlateGray;" \| \|Luis Carrero Blanco
style="background: SlateGray;" \| \|Torcuato Fernández-Miranda
rowspan=2 style="background: SlateGray;" \| \|rowspan=2 \|Carlos Arias Navarro
rowspan=3 \|75px \|rowspan=3 \|Antonio García Rodríguez-Acosta (1921–2006) \|rowspan=3 \|21 March 1975 \|rowspan=3 \|10 December 1976
style="background: SlateGray;" \| \|Fernando de Santiago y Díaz
rowspan="2" style="background: SlateGray;" \| \| rowspan="2" \|Adolfo Suárez
75px \|Eleuterio González Zapatero (1916–?) \|12 December 1976 \|13 January 1978
75px \|Juan Manuel Fanjul Sedeño (1914–1989) \|13 January 1978 \|14 November 1980 ! rowspan="2" style="background: #197E36;" \| \| rowspan="2" \|Adolfo Suarez
rowspan="2" \|75px \| rowspan="2" \|José María Gil-Albert (1925–2007) \| rowspan="2" \|14 November 1980 \| rowspan="2" \|15 December 1982
style="background: #197E36;" \|	Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo
75px \|Luis Antonio Burón Barba (1918–1995) \|16 December 1982 \|19 September 1986 \|rowspan=5 style="background: #EE1C25;" \| \|rowspan=5 \|Felipe González
75px \|Javier Moscoso (1934–) \|19 September 1986 \|26 January 1990
75px \|Leopoldo Torres Boursault (1941–2021) \|26 January 1990 \|10 April 1992
75px \|Eligio Hernández (1947–) \|April 10, 1992 \|May 27, 1994
75px \|Carlos Granados (1944–) \|3 June 1994 \|6 September 1996
75px \|Juan Ortiz Úrculo (1939–) \|6 September 1996 \|16 May 1997 \|rowspan=2 style="background: #00A0DF;" \| \|rowspan=2 \|José María Aznar
75px \|Jesús Cardenal Fernández (1930–2018) \|16 May 1997 \|22 April 2004
75px \|Cándido Conde-Pumpido (1949–) \|22 April 2004 \|11 December 2011 \|style="background: #EE1C25;" \| \|José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
75px \|Eduardo Torres-Dulce (1950–) \|11 December 2011 \|19 December 2014 \|rowspan=6 style="background: #00A0DF;" \| \|rowspan=6 \|Mariano Rajoy
75px \|Consuelo Madrigal (1956–) \|10 January 2015 \|4 November 2016
75px \|José Manuel Maza (1951–2017) \|25 November 2016 \|18 November 2017
bgcolor="#e6e6aa" \|75px \|Luis Navajas Ramos {{small\|Acting Attorney General}} (1948–) \|18 November 2017 \|11 December 2017
75px \|Julián Sánchez Melgar (1955–-) \|11 December 2017 \|22 June 2018
bgcolor="#e6e6aa" \|75px \|Luis Navajas Ramos {{small\|Acting Attorney General}} (1948–) \|22 June 2018 \|29 June 2018
75px \|María José Segarra (1963–) \|29 June 2018 \|15 January 2020 \| rowspan="6" style="background: #EE1C25;" \| \| rowspan="6" \| Pedro Sánchez
bgcolor="#e6e6aa" \|75px \|Luis Navajas Ramos {{small\|Acting Attorney General}} (1948–) \|15 January 2020 \|26 February 2020
75px \|Dolores Delgado (1962–) \|26 February 2020 \|20 July 2022
bgcolor="#e6e6aa" \|75px \|María Ángeles Sánchez Conde (1956–) \|20 July 2022 \|2 August 2022
110x110px \|Álvaro García Ortiz (1967–) \|2 August 2022 \|Incumbent

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!Portrait

!Name

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!Left office

!colspan=2 |Prime Minister(s)

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|rowspan= 3|Felipe Gómez Acebo
(1800–?)

|rowspan= 3|1 August 1843

|rowspan= 3|12 December 1843

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|Joaquín María López

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Salustiano Olózaga

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|rowspan= 2|Luis González Bravo

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|rowspan= 2|Pedro Jiménez Navarro

|rowspan= 2|12 December 1843

|rowspan= 2|15 January 1845

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Spanish Attorney General

Functions

Public Prosecutor's Office

List of attorneys general

See also

References

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