List of female ministers of Spain


The Spanish government has had 61 women as ministers throughout history. Only one woman, Federica Montseny, has held the post of minister before the current democratic period, becoming one of the first female ministers in the whole Europe. The second government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was the first to achieve full equality, with the same number of male and female ministers. The second government of Pedro Sánchez holds the record for the biggest amount of female ministers, with 14, whilst his first government became the first one to have more women than men.
Equality Minister Bibiana Aído was the youngest female minister to be elected for a ministry at the age of 31, whilst Education minister Isabel Celaá was the oldest female minister to be elected for a ministry, at the age of 69.

Political party table

PartyNumbers of ministers
National Confederation of Labour1
Union of the Democratic Centre1
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party35
People's Party16
Communist Party of Spain2
Unidas Podemos2
Más Madrid1
Independent8