Spanish Attorney General
| Attorney General of the State | |
|---|---|
| Fiscal General del Estado | |
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| Public Prosecution Ministry | |
| 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 |
| Term length | 4 years |
| Constituting instrument | Spanish Constitution |
| Formation | 1978 |
| First holder | Juan Manuel Fanjul Sedeño |
| Deputy | Lieutenant Attorney of the Supreme Court |
| Salary | € 116,127 per year |
| Website | www |
The Spanish Attorney General, officially, Attorney General of the State (Spanish: Fiscal General del Estado), is the head of the Prosecution Ministry (Ministerio Fiscal), the body with functional autonomy in the Judiciary,[1] that has constitutionally been entrusted with the promotion of the action of the justice in defense of the legality, protecting citizens rights and the public interest, and ensuring the independence of the courts and to seek the satisfaction of the social interest.
The Attorney General is appointed and dismissed by the King, at the proposal of the Government, after hearing the General Council of the Judiciary. The candidate also needs to appear before the Congress to evaluate its suitability but it does not need its approval. Therefore, for its appointment it needs the participation of the three powers of State. The candidate must be a Spanish jurists of recognized prestige and with more than fifteen years of effective exercise of their profession.[1]
The term of the Attorney General is 4 years and may not be renewed, except in cases in which the holder had held the position for a period of less than two years. He can not be removed from his position unless he requests it, for incurring any of the incompatibilities or prohibitions established in this Law, in case of disability or illness that disqualifies him for the position, for serious or repeated breach of his duties or when the Government that has proposed him finish its term.[2]
Functions[]
According to the law of the Public Prosecution Ministry:[2][3]
- To coordinate and direct Attorney General Office's action.
- To ensure the independence of judges and courts.
- To give orders and instructions to prosecutors according to its position as head of the Prosecution Ministry.
- To propose to the Government the appointments for the different positions, following a report of the Prosecution Ministry's Council.
- To propose to the Government promotions according to the reports of said Council.
- To grant the licenses that are within your jurisdiction, according to the provisions of this Statute and its Regulations.
- To report to the Government through the Ministry of Justice.
- If the Prime Minister consider it necessary can go directly to it.
- In exceptional cases, it can be called to report before the Council of Ministers.
- To send reports annually to the Cortes Generales and the General Council of the Judiciary about his activity, evolution of criminality, crime prevention and the moreappropriate reforms for greater effectiveness of Justice.
- To resolve the petitions in defense of the public interest by the Autonomous Communities.
- To authorize or deny agreements between the autonomous communities and the different organs of the Prosecution Ministry.
- To dissolve Prosecutors Associations when this ones incur in activities contrary to the law or that exceed the framework of the Statutes
Attorney General's Office[]
The Office of the Attorney General is an assistant body of the Attorney General of the State. From him depends 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.
Attorney General Office's Headquarters
- 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 Attorney General of the State, 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
List of attorneys general[]
| Espectro político |
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Royalist
Independent
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- Status
Denotes service as acting Attorneys General
| No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Prime Minister(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1º | 
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Felipe Gómez Acebo (1800–?) |
1 August 1843 | 12 December 1843 | Joaquín María López | |
| Salustiano Olózaga | ||||||
| Luis González Bravo | ||||||
| 2º |
|
Pedro Jiménez Navarro | 12 December 1843 | 15 January 1845 | ||
| Ramón María Narváez | ||||||
| 3º | 
|
Joaquín Francisco Pacheco[note 1] (1808–1865) |
5 February 1847 | 28 March 1847 | Carlos Martínez de Irujo y McKean | |
| 4º | 
|
Lorenzo Arrazola (1795–1873) |
16 April 1847 | 4 October 1847 | Joaquín Francisco Pacheco | |
| Florencio García Goyena | ||||||
| 5º |
|
(1788–1850) |
4 October 1847 | 23 November 1850 | Ramón María Narváez | |
| Serafín María de Sotto | ||||||
| Ramón María Narváez | ||||||
| 6º |
|
José María Huet y Allier (1804–1868) |
10 January 1851 | 25 August 1854 | ||
| Juan Bravo Murillo | ||||||
| Federico Roncali | ||||||
| Francisco Lersundi Hormaechea | ||||||
| Luis José Sartorius | ||||||
| Fernando Fernández de Córdova | ||||||
| Ángel de Saavedra | ||||||
| Baldomero Espartero | ||||||
| 7º | 
|
Pedro Gómez de la Serna (1806–1871) |
25 August 1854 | 24 October 1856 | ||
| Leopoldo O'Donnell | ||||||
| Ramón María Narváez | ||||||
| 8º |
|
(1793–1885) |
24 October 1856 | 1857 | ||
| 9º | 
|
(1800–1868) |
1857 | 26 March 1862 | ||
| Francisco Armero Peñaranda | ||||||
| Francisco Javier Istúriz | ||||||
| Saturnino Calderón Collantes | ||||||
| Leopoldo O'Donnell | ||||||
| 10º |
|
Antonio Corzo y Granado | 28 March 1862 | 17 July 1869 | ||
| Manuel Pando Fernández de Pinedo | ||||||
| Lorenzo Arrazola | ||||||
| Alejandro Mon y Menéndez | ||||||
| Ramón María Narváez | ||||||
| Leopoldo O'Donnell | ||||||
| Luis González Bravo | ||||||
| José Gutiérrez de la Concha | ||||||
| Francisco Serrano | ||||||
| 11º |
|
Fernando Pérez de Rozas | 23 July 1869 | 17 September 1869 | Juan Bautista Topete | |
| 12º |
|
Juan Manuel González Acevedo (1806–1880) |
17 September 1869 | 23 June 1870 | Juan Prim | |
| 13º |
|
Eugenio Díez | 29 June 1870 | 10 December 1871 | Juan Bautista Topete | |
| Francisco Serrano | ||||||
| Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla | ||||||
| José Malcampo | ||||||
| 14º |
|
Pascual Bayarri García (1812–1876) |
15 January 1872 | 10 August 1872 | Práxedes Mateo Sagasta | |
| Francisco Serrano | ||||||
| 15º |
|
Eugenio Díez | 10 August 1872 | 19 November 1873 | Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla | |
| Estanislao Figueras | ||||||
| Francisco Pi y Margall | ||||||
| Nicolás Salmerón | ||||||
| Emilio Castelar | ||||||
| 16º |
|
Ricardo Díaz de Rueda | 2 May 1874 | 27 June 1874 | ||
| Francisco Serrano | ||||||
| 17º |
|
Críspulo García y Gómez de la Serna | 27 June 1874 | 28 February 1875 | ||
| Juan Zavala de la Puente | ||||||
| Práxedes Mateo Sagasta | ||||||
| Antonio Cánovas del Castillo | ||||||
| 18º | 
|
Saturnino Álvarez Bugallal (1834–1885) |
28 February 1875 | 13 July 1877 | ||
| Joaquín Jovellar Soler | ||||||
| Antonio Cánovas del Castillo | ||||||
| 19º | 
|
Ricardo Alzugaray Yanguas (–1878) |
13 July 1877 | 3 October 1878 | ||
| 20º | (1827–1890) |
23 October 1878 | 15 March 1879 | |||
| Arsenio Martínez-Campos | ||||||
| 21º |
|
Antonio de Mena y Zorrilla (1823–1895) |
21 March 1879 | 16 February 1881 | ||
| Antonio Cánovas del Castillo | ||||||
| Práxedes Mateo Sagasta | ||||||
| 22º | 
|
(1841–1903) |
16 February 1881 | 18 May 1882 | ||
| 23º | 
|
(1836–1911) |
7 July 1882 | 7 January 1884 | ||
| 24º | 
|
(1831–1902) |
22 January 1884 | 19 December 1885 | ||
| Antonio Cánovas del Castillo | ||||||
| Práxedes Mateo Sagasta | ||||||
| 25º | 
|
(1818–1894) |
15 February 1886 | 9 July 1890 | ||
| Antonio Cánovas del Castillo | ||||||
| 26º | 
|
(1818–1903) |
9 July 1890 | 27 November 1891 | ||
| 27º | 
|
(1835–1922) |
27 November 1891 | 22 December 1892 | ||
| Práxedes Mateo Sagasta | ||||||
| 28º | 
|
(1840–1911) |
23 December 1892 | 2 April 1894 | ||
| - |
|
Juan de Aldana y Carvajal Acting Attorney General (1835–?) |
3 April 1894 | 8 July 1895 | ||
| Antonio Cánovas del Castillo | ||||||
| 29º | 
|
(1842–1899) |
8 July 1895 | 21 October 1897 | ||
| Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero | ||||||
| Práxedes Mateo Sagasta | ||||||
| 30º | 
|
(1850–1916) |
21 October 1897 | 7 March 1899 | ||
| Francisco Silvela | ||||||
| 31º | 
|
Salvador Viada y Vilaseca (1843–1904) |
7 March 1899 | 25 June 1900 | ||
| 32º | 
|
José Díez Macuso (1844–1916) |
25 June 1900 | 11 March 1901 | ||
| Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero | ||||||
| Práxedes Mateo Sagasta | ||||||
| 33º | 
|
(1856–1903) |
11 March 1901 | 19 March 1902 | ||
| 34º | 
|
(1862–1945) |
7 April 1902 | 6 December 1902 | ||
| 35º | 
|
Eugenio Silvela y Corral (1866–1911) |
27 July 1903 | 7 December 1903 | Raimundo Fernández Villaverde | |
| 36º | 
|
(1856–1940) |
10 December 1903 | 28 June 1905 | Antonio Maura | |
| Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero | ||||||
| Raimundo Fernández Villaverde | ||||||
| Eugenio Montero Ríos | ||||||
| 37º |
|
(1862–1945) |
28 June 1905 | 28 January 1907 | ||
| Segismundo Moret | ||||||
| José López Domínguez | ||||||
| Segismundo Moret | ||||||
| Antonio Aguilar y Correa | ||||||
| Antonio Maura | ||||||
| 38º | 
|
(1852–1919) |
28 January 1907 | 30 October 1909 | ||
| Segismundo Moret | ||||||
| 39º |
|
(1862–1945) |
30 October 1909 | 9 February 1910 | ||
| 40º | 
|
(1880–1922) |
14 June 1910 | 14 November 1910 | José Canalejas | |
| 41º |
|
(1853–1925) |
11 July 1911 | 27 July 1911 | ||
| 42º | 
|
(1854–1926) |
15 September 1911 | 8 October 1912 | ||
| 43º | 
|
Manuel Portela (1867–1952) |
8 October 1912 | 17 March 1913 | ||
| Manuel García Prieto | ||||||
| Álvaro de Figueroa | ||||||
| 44º | 
|
Duke of Almodóvar del Valle (1872–1931) |
17 March 1913 | 19 June 1913 | ||
| 45º |
|
José Parrés y Sobrino (1865–1917) |
19 June 1913 | 31 October 1913 | ||
| Eduardo Dato | ||||||
| 46º |
|
(1856–1940) |
31 October 1913 | 17 July 1914 | ||
| 47º | 
|
Senén Canido y Pardo (1847–1928) |
17 July 1914 | 13 December 1915 | ||
| Álvaro de Figueroa | ||||||
| 48º | 
|
Andrés Avelino Montero Ríos y Villegas (1875–1922) |
13 December 1915 | 3 May 1917 | ||
| Manuel García Prieto | ||||||
| 49º | 
|
(1876–1938) |
16 June 1917 | 14 November 1917 | ||
| Eduardo Dato | ||||||
| Manuel García Prieto | ||||||
| 50º | 
|
Víctor Covián y Junco (1848–1927) |
17 December 1917 | 6 March 1923 | ||
| Antonio Maura | ||||||
| Manuel García Prieto | ||||||
| Álvaro de Figueroa | ||||||
| Antonio Maura | ||||||
| Joaquín Sánchez de Toca | ||||||
| Manuel Allendesalazar Muñoz | ||||||
| Eduardo Dato | ||||||
| Gabino Bugallal | ||||||
| Manuel Allendesalazar Muñoz | ||||||
| Antonio Maura | ||||||
| José Sánchez Guerra | ||||||
| Manuel García Prieto | ||||||
| 51º | 
|
(1888–1933) |
6 March 1923 | 21 September 1923 | ||
| Miguel Primo de Rivera | ||||||
| 52º | 
|
(1867–1943) |
30 June 1924 | 4 December 1925 | ||
| 53º | 
|
Diego María Crehuet del Amo (1873–1956) |
4 December 1925 | 4 January 1928 | ||
| 54º | 
|
José Oppelt García (1862–1926) |
4 January 1928 | 6 February 1930 | ||
| Dámaso Berenguer | ||||||
| 55º |
|
Santiago Del Valle y Aldabalde (1865–1940) |
6 February 1930 | 16 December 1930 | ||
| 56º |
|
Manuel Moreno y Fernández de Roa | 16 December 1930 | 16 April 1931 | ||
| Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas | ||||||
| 57º | 
|
Ángel Galarza (1891–1966) |
16 April 1931 | 14 May 1931 | Niceto Alcalá Zamora | |
| 58º |
|
(1877–1939) |
14 May 1931 | 31 July 1931 | ||
| 59º | 
|
(1871–1944) |
2 August 1931 | 24 December 1931 | ||
| Manuel Azaña | ||||||
| 60º | 
|
Gabriel Martínez de Aragón y Urbitzondo (1865–1934) |
24 December 1931 | 7 March 1933 | ||
| 61º | 
|
(1879–1956) |
10 May 1933 | 20 September 1933 | ||
| 62º | 
|
Antonio Marsá Bragado (1877–1965) |
20 September 1933 | 26 May 1934 | ||
| Alejandro Lerroux | ||||||
| Diego Martínez Barrio | ||||||
| Alejandro Lerroux | ||||||
| Ricardo Samper | ||||||
| Alejandro Lerroux | ||||||
| 63º | 
|
Lorenzo Gallardo González (1880–1940) |
26 May 1934 | 17 November 1935 | ||
| Joaquín Chapaprieta | ||||||
| 64º | 
|
Marcelino Valentín Gamazo (1878–1936) |
17 November 1935 | 27 December 1935 | ||
| 65º | 
|
Antonio Taboada Tundidor (–1959) |
27 December 1935 | 2 January 1936 | Manuel Portela | |
| 66º |
|
(1901–1989) |
3 January 1936 | 8 February 1936 | ||
| 67º |
|
Alberto de Paz y Mateos (1915–1967) |
22 February 1936 | 28 August 1936 | Manuel Azaña | |
| Augusto Barcia Trelles | ||||||
| Santiago Casares Quiroga | ||||||
| 68º |
|
Jesús Vallés Fortuño (1862–1970) |
28 August 1936 | 12 December 1936 | Diego Martínez Barrio | |
| José Giral | ||||||
| 69º | 
|
Eduardo Ortega y Gasset (1882–1964) |
12 December 1936 | 14 November 1937 | Francisco Largo Caballero | |
| 70º |
|
Leopoldo Garrido Cavero (1893–1946) |
26 December 1937 | 25 April 1939[note 2][4] | Juan Negrín | |
| 71º |
|
Blas Pérez González (1896–1978) |
10 November 1938 | 3 September 1942 | Francisco Franco | |
| - |
|
Acting Attorney General (1881–1961) |
3 September 1942 | 12 September 1945 | ||
| 72º |
|
Manuel de la Plaza Navarro (1886–1960) |
12 September 1945 | 21 October 1955 | ||
| 73º |
|
Ildefonso Alamillo Salgado (1888–?) |
21 October 1955 | 30 September 1965 | ||
| 74º |
|
Fernando Herrero Tejedor (1920–1975) |
30 September 1965 | 21 March 1975 | ||
| Luis Carrero Blanco | ||||||
| Torcuato Fernández-Miranda | ||||||
| Carlos Arias Navarro | ||||||
| 75º |
|
(1921–2006) |
21 March 1975 | 10 December 1976 | ||
| Fernando de Santiago y Díaz | ||||||
| Adolfo Suárez | ||||||
| 76º |
|
Eleuterio González Zapatero (1916–?) |
12 December 1976 | 13 January 1978 | ||
| 77º |
|
(1914–1989) |
13 January 1978 | 14 November 1980 | Adolfo Suarez | |
| 78º |
|
(1925–2007) |
14 November 1980 | 15 December 1982 | ||
| Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo | ||||||
| 79 |
|
(1918–1995) |
16 December 1982 | 19 September 1986 | Felipe González | |
| 80º | 
|
Javier Moscoso (1934–) |
19 September 1986 | 26 January 1990 | ||
| 81º |
|
Leopoldo Torres Boursault (1941–2021) |
26 January 1990 | 10 April 1992 | ||
| 82º |
|
(1947–) |
April 10, 1992 | May 27, 1994 | ||
| 83º | 
|
(1944–) |
3 June 1994 | 6 September 1996 | ||
| 84º |
|
Juan Ortiz Úrculo (1939–) |
6 September 1996 | 16 May 1997 | José María Aznar | |
| 85º | 
|
Jesús Cardenal Fernández (1930–2018) |
16 May 1997 | 22 April 2004 | ||
| 86º | 
|
Cándido Conde-Pumpido (1949–) |
22 April 2004 | 11 December 2011 | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero | |
| 87º | 
|
Eduardo Torres-Dulce (1950–) |
11 December 2011 | 19 December 2014 | Mariano Rajoy | |
| 88º | 
|
Consuelo Madrigal (1956–) |
10 January 2015 | 4 November 2016 | ||
| 89º | 
|
José Manuel Maza (1951–2017) |
25 November 2016 | 18 November 2017 | ||
| - |
|
Luis Navajas Ramos Acting Attorney General (1948–) |
18 November 2017 | 11 December 2017 | ||
| 90º | 
|
Julián Sánchez Melgar (1955–-) |
11 December 2017 | 22 June 2018 | ||
| 91º | 
|
María José Segarra (1963–) |
29 June 2018 | 15 January 2020 | Pedro Sánchez | |
| - |
|
Luis Navajas Ramos Acting Attorney General (1948–) |
15 January 2020 | 26 February 2020 | ||
| 92º | 
|
Dolores Delgado (1962–) |
26 February 2020 | Incumbent | ||
See also[]
- Prosecution Ministry
- General Council of the Judiciary
- Judiciary of Spain
- Justice ministry
- Minister of Justice (Spain)
- Public Prosecutor (Autonomous Communities of Spain)
References[]
- ^ a b "BOE.es - Documento BOE-A-1982-837". www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ^ a b Law 50/1981, of December 30, which regulates the Organic Statute of the Prosecution Ministry.
- ^ Official page of the Attorney General Office
- ^ Mancha, periodicoclm.es | Periódico de Castilla-La. "Leopoldo Garrido Cavero: socialista conquense y fiscal de la República". periodicoclm.es | Periódico de Castilla-La Mancha (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-13.
Notes[]
- ^ He held the position previously, at some point impossible to pinpoint exactly in 1843.
- ^ It 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.
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