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| Spanish: Ministerio de Marina | |
General Headquarters of the Navy, formerly the site of the naval ministry | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 20 September 1851 |
| Preceding agency |
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| Dissolved | 4 July 1977 |
| Superseding agency | |
| Jurisdiction | Spanish Navy |
| Headquarters | General Headquarters of the Navy |
| Ministers responsible |
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Ministry of the Navy (Spanish: Ministerio de Marina) was a government department of Spain that was tasked with oversight of the Spanish Navy (Armada Española) and existed in multiple reincarnations before being finally dissolved in 1977, when its functions were merged with the Ministry of Defence by Adolfo Suárez.
The Office of the Navy of Spain (Despacho de Marina de España) was reorganized into the Ministry of the Navy by the Royal Decree from 20 September 1851. It was dissolved twice in its history before being restored by Francisco Franco in 1939, lasting until being merged with the Defence Ministry in 1977 by the Royal Decree 1558/1977,[1] as part of the transition to democracy.
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) |
Term of office | Government | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| Royal Secretary of State for the Navy and the Indies | |||||||
| First reign of Philip V (1700–1724) | |||||||
| 1 |
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Bernardo Tinajero de la Escalera (died 1718) | 3 December 1714 | 28 April 1715 | 146 days | Grimaldo I | |
| Position abolished (At the beginning of 1715, the Secreteriat was suppressed, and its competencies were divided between the Secretariats of War and Justice). | |||||||
| 2 | Miguel Fernández Durán (1681–1721) |
1 December 1720 | 8 January 1721 | 38 days | Grimaldo I | ||
| 3 |
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Andrés Matías de Pes Marzaraga (1653–1723) |
14 January 1721 | 9 March 1723 † | 2 years, 54 days | Grimaldo I | |
| Position abolished by the second time. | |||||||
| 4 | Antonio de Sopeña y Mioño (1678–1748) |
10 January 1724 | 15 January 1724 | 5 days | Grimaldo I | ||
| Reign of Louis I (1724) | |||||||
| (4) |
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Antonio de Sopeña y Mioño (1678–1748) |
15 January 1724 | 31 August 1724 | 229 days | Orendain I | |
| Second reign of Philip V (1724–1746) | |||||||
| (4) |
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Antonio de Sopeña y Mioño (1678–1748) |
31 August 1724 | 21 May 1726 | 1 year, 263 days | Orendain I | |
| Grimaldo II | |||||||
| Ripperda | |||||||
| Grimaldo III | |||||||
| 5 | José Patiño y Rosales
(1666–1736) |
21 May 1726 | 3 November 1736 † | 10 years, 166 days | |||
| Orendáin II | |||||||
| Patiño | |||||||
| 6 |
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Mateo Pablo Díaz de Lavandero (1681–1746) |
3 November 1736 | 10 March 1739 | 2 years, 127 days | Villarías | |
| 7 | Marquess of Villarías
(1687–1766) |
10 March 1739 | 11 April 1743 | 4 years, 32 days | |||
| 8 | Marquess of Ensenada
(1702–1781) |
11 April 1743 | 9 July 1746 | 3 years, 59 days | |||
| Reign of Ferdinand VI (1746–1759) | |||||||
| (8) | Marquess of Ensenada
(1702–1781) |
9 July 1746 | 22 July 1754 | 8 years, 13 days | Villarías | ||
| Carvajal | |||||||
| Huéscar | |||||||
| Wall | |||||||
| Royal Secretary of State of the Navy | |||||||
| 9 |
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Julián de Arriaga y Ribera (1700–1776) |
22 July 1754 | 10 August 1759 | 5 years, 19 days | Wall | |
| Reign of Charles III (1759–1788) | |||||||
| (9) |
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Julián de Arriaga y Ribera (1700–1776) |
10 August 1759 | 28 January 1776 † | 16 years, 169 days | Wall | |
| Grimaldi | |||||||
| 10 | Pedro González de Castejón (1719–1783) | 28 January 1776 | 9 March 1783 | 7 years, 42 days | |||
| Floridablanca | |||||||
| 11 | Antonio Valdés y Fernández Bazán (1744–1816) |
9 March 1783 | 14 December 1788 | 5 years, 280 days | |||
| Supreme Council of State | |||||||
| Reign of Charles IV (1788–1808) | |||||||
| (11) | Antonio Valdés y Fernández Bazán (1744–1816) |
14 December 1788 | 13 November 1795 | 6 years, 334 days | Supreme Council of State | ||
| Aranda | |||||||
| Godoy | |||||||
| Position abolished (held by the First Secretary of State) | |||||||
| 12 | Francisco Gil de Taboada y Lemos (1733–1809) |
22 April 1806 | 19 March 1808 | 1 year, 332 days | Guerra I | ||
| O'Farril | |||||||
| Reign of Ferdinand VII (1808) | |||||||
| (12) | Francisco Gil de Taboada y Lemos (1733–1809) |
19 March 1808 | 2 June 1808 | 75 days | Guerra II | ||
| 13 | José Mazarredo y Salazar (1745–1812) |
2 June 1808 | 7 July 1808 | 35 days | |||
It was renamed "Ministry of the Navy, Commerce, Overseas Governance" (Ministerio de Marina, Comercio Y Gobernación de Ultramar)
Renamed Ministry of the Navy and Overseas Governance (Ministerio de Marina y Gobernación de Ultramar)
Changed back to the title of Ministry of the Navy (Ministerio de Marina)
Renamed into the Ministry of the Navy and Air (Ministerio de Marina y Aire)
Integrated into the Ministry of National Defense (Ministerio de Defensa Nacional)
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) |
Term of office | Political party | Government | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1 | Admiral Salvador Moreno (1886–1966) | 9 August 1939 | 20 July 1945 | 5 years, 345 days | Military | Franco II | [3] | ||
| 2 | Admiral Francisco Regalado (1881–1958) | 20 July 1945 | 19 July 1951 | 5 years, 364 days | Military | Franco III | [4] | ||
| (1) | Admiral Salvador Moreno (1886–1966) | 19 July 1951 | 25 February 1957 | 5 years, 221 days | Military | Franco IV | [5] | ||
| 3 | Admiral Felipe José Abárzuza (1896–1970) | 25 February 1957 | 11 July 1962 | 5 years, 136 days | Military | Franco V | [6] | ||
| 4 | Admiral Pedro Nieto Antúnez (1898–1978) | 11 July 1962 | 30 October 1969 | 7 years, 111 days | Military | Franco VI–VII | [7] | ||
| 5 | Admiral Adolfo Baturone Colombo (1904–1999) | 30 October 1969 | 9 June 1973 | 3 years, 222 days | Military | Franco VIII | [8] | ||
| 6 | Admiral Gabriel Pita da Veiga (1909–1993) | 12 June 1973 | 14 April 1977 | 3 years, 306 days | Military | Carrero Blanco Arias Navarro I–II Suárez I | [9][10] [11][12] | ||
| 7 | Admiral Pascual Pery (1911–1989) | 14 April 1977 | 5 July 1977 | 82 days | Military | Suárez I | [13] | ||
Integrated into the Ministry of Defence (Ministerio de Defensa).