Editing List of Spaniards (section)

== Leaders and politicians ==
{{See also|List of Spanish monarchs|List of Spanish Prime Ministers|Category:Spanish politicians}}

=== Medieval ancestors ===
[[File:Don Pelayo, rey de Asturias (Museo del Prado).jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Pelagius of Asturias]]]]
*'''[[Liuvigild]]''' ''King Liuvigild'', ''Leuvigild'', ''Leovigild'', or ''Leovigildo'' (519-586) was a [[Visigoths|Visigothic]] [[Visigothic Kingdom|king]] of [[Hispania]] and [[Septimania]] from 567 to 586.
*''[[Pelayo of Asturias|'''Pelayo''' of Asturias]]'' (690–737), founding king of the [[Kingdom of Asturias]]
*'''''[[Abd-ar-Rahman III]]''''' (891–961), [[Emir]] (912–929) and [[Caliph of Córdoba]] (929–961)
*'''''[[Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir|Al-Mansur]]''''' (c. 938–1002), de facto ruler of Muslim Al-Andalus in late 10th and early 11th centuries
*''[[Alfonso X of Castile|'''Alfonso X''' of Castile]]'' (1221–1284)

=== Modern ===
[[File:Isabel la Católica-2.jpg|thumb|right|130px|[[Isabella I of Castile]]]]
[[File:Titian - Portrait of Charles V Seated - WGA22964.jpg|thumb|right|130px|[[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]]]]
[[File:Portrait of Philip II of Spain by Sofonisba Anguissola - 002b.jpg|thumb|right|130px|[[Philip II of Spain]]]]
*[[Isabella I of Castile|'''Isabella''' of Castile]], ''the Catholic'' (1451–1504), [[List of Castilian monarchs#House of Trastámara|Queen of Castile and León]] (1474–1504, with Ferdinand)
*'''[[Ferdinand II of Aragon|Ferdinand II]]''', ''[[Catholic Monarchs|the Catholic]]'' (1452–1516), [[List of Aragonese monarchs|King of Aragon]] (1479–1516), [[List of Castilian monarchs#House of Trastámara|Castile and León]] (1474–1504, with Isabella), [[Sicily]] (1479–1516), [[Kingdom of Naples|Naples]] (1504–1516) and [[List of Valencian monarchs|Valencia]] (1479–1516)
*[[Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros]] (1436–1517), cardinal, statesman, and [[regent]] of Spain
*[[Juana of Castile]], frequently called "the Mad", queen of Castile and León; daughter of Isabella and Ferdinand
*'''[[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]]''' (1500–1558), [[Holy Roman Emperor]] (1530–1556 but did not formally abdicate until 1558), [[Duke of Burgundy|ruler of the Burgundian territories]] (1506–1555), [[King of Spain]] (1516–1556), [[King of Naples]] and [[King of Sicily|Sicily]] (1516–1554), [[Archduke of Austria]] (1519–1521), [[List of German monarchs|King of the Romans (or German King)]]; often referred to as "Carlos V", but he ruled officially as "Carlos I", hence "Charles I of Spain"
*'''[[Philip II of Spain|Philip II]]''' (1526–1598), King of Spain (1556–1598)
*'''[[Philip V of Spain|Philip V]]''' (1683–1746), [[Spanish monarchy|King of Spain]] (1700–1746)
*'''[[Charles III of Spain|Charles III]]''' (1716–1788), [[Spanish monarchy|King of Spain]] (1759–1788)
*'''[[Ferdinand VII of Spain|Ferdinand VII]]''' (1784–1833), [[Spanish monarchy|King of Spain]] (1813–1833)
* Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria Ríos (1767-1851) Prince of Spain, 1st Duke of Alcudia, 1st Duke of Sueca, 1st Secretary of State, 1st Baron of Mascalbo. 
*[[Manuel de Aróstegui Sáenz de Olamendi]] (1758–1813), liberal Spanish politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Aróstegui Sáenz de Olamendi, Manuel - Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia |url=https://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/artikuluak/artikulua.php?id=eu&ar=4421 |website=aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus |access-date=7 May 2024 |language=eu}}</ref>

=== Contemporary ===
[[File:Francisco Franco en 1964.jpg|thumb|right|130px|[[Francisco Franco]]]]
*[[Leopoldo O'Donnell, Duke of Tetuan|Leopoldo '''O'Donnell, Duke of Tetuan''']] (1809–1867), general and Prime Minister (1856; 1858–1863; 1864–1866)
*[[Juan Prim|Juan '''Prim''']] (1814–1870), general, liberal leader, revolutionary and statesman
*[[Antonio Cánovas del Castillo|Antonio '''Cánovas del Castillo''']] (1828–1897), [[Prime Minister of Spain|Prime Minister]]
*[[Fernando de los Ríos Urruti|Fernando '''de los Ríos Urruti''']] (1879–1949) was a Minister of Justice, Minister of State, and a Spanish Politician.
*'''20th and 21st centuries''':
**[[Manuel Azaña|Manuel '''Azaña''']] (1880–1940), Premier (twice) and President during the [[Second Spanish Republic]]
**[[José María Aznar|José María '''Aznar''']] (born 1953), Prime Minister (1996–2004)
**[[Josep Borrell|Josep '''Borrell''']] (born 1947), [[President of the European Parliament]] (2004–2007)
**[[Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo|Leopoldo '''Calvo-Sotelo''']] (1926–2008), Prime Minister (1981–1982)
**[[Santiago Carrillo|Santiago '''Carrillo''']] (1915–2012), the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) from 1960 to 1982
**[[Buenaventura Durruti|Buenaventura '''Durruti''']] (1896–1936), [[Anarchism|anarchist]] leader
**[[Francisco Franco|Francisco '''Franco''']] (1892–1975), Army general and president, ruled Spain for 36&nbsp;years as "[[Caudillo]]" (1939–1975)
**[[María Teresa Fernández de la Vega|María Teresa '''Fernández de la Vega''']] (born 1949), Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politician and the first female Vice President
**[[Felipe González|Felipe '''González''']] (born 1942), Prime Minister (1982–1996)
**[[Sara Giménez Giménez|Sara '''Giménez Giménez''']] (born 1977), president, Fundación Secretariado Gitano
**[[Dolores Ibárruri|Dolores '''Ibárruri''']] (1895–1989), known as "La Pasionaria", leader of the Spanish Civil War and communist politician
**[[Eugenio Montero Ríos|Eugenio Montero '''Ríos''']] (1832–1914) Spanish Prime Minister and President of the Senate of Spain.
**'''[[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos I]]''' (born 1938), King of Spain (1975–2014)
**[[Federica Montseny|Federica '''Montseny''']] (1905–1994), Minister of Health (1936–1937) and anarchist - first woman to be a minister in Spanish History
**[[José Antonio Primo de Rivera|José Antonio '''Primo de Rivera''']] (1903–1936)
**[[Mariano Rajoy|Mariano '''Rajoy''']] (born 1955), Prime Minister (2011–2018)
**[[Rodrigo Rato|Rodrigo '''Rato''']] (born 1949), managing director of the [[International Monetary Fund|IMF]] since 2004 
**[[Benjamín Rubio]] (1925–2007), trade unionist
**[[Pedro Sánchez|Pedro '''Sánchez''']] (born 1972), Prime Minister (2018–present)
**[[Ana Sigüenza|Ana '''Sigüenza''']] (born c. 1957), general secretary of the [[Confederación Nacional del Trabajo|CNT]] (2000–2003) and anarchist - first woman to be secretary general of a [[national trade union centre]] in Spain
**[[Adolfo Suárez|Adolfo '''Suárez''']] (1932–2014), Prime Minister (1976–1981)
**[[Javier Solana|Javier '''Solana''']] (born 1942), [[Secretary General of NATO]] (1995–1999) and High Representative (since 1999) of the [[Common Foreign and Security Policy|CFSP]] of the [[Council of the European Union]]
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**[[José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero|José Luis Rodríguez '''Zapatero''']] (born 1960), [[Prime Minister of Spain|Prime Minister]] (2004–2011)
**'''[[Felipe VI of Spain|Felipe VI]]''' (born 1968), King of Spain since 2014