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13 years and 175 days:
Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1871–1872, 1874, 1881-1883, 1885-1890, 1892-1895, 1897-1899 and 1901–1902)
8 years and 240 days:
Ramón María Narváez (1844-1846, 1847-1851, 1856-1857, 1864-1865 and 1866-1868)
This is a list of prime ministers of Spain by time in office. The basis of the list is the inclusive number of days from being sworn in until leaving office.
Of the 102 prime ministers, only four served more than 10 years while sixty-six have served less than a year.
Francisco Franco , who also served as the Head of State until his death, is the only person to have served in the post of prime minister for more than two decades, ruling for a total of 35 years that were preceded by the coup of 1936 and the Spanish Civil War .
Rank
Prime Minister
Length served
Terms
Party
Start
1
Francisco Franco
35 years, 129 days
1
National Movement
1939
2
Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
13 years, 175 days
7
Liberal / Constitutional
1871
3
Felipe González
13 years, 155 days
4
PSOE
1982
4
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
11 years, 290 days
6
Conservative
1874
5
Ramón María Narváez
8 years, 240 days
7
Moderate
1844
6
José María Aznar
7 years, 349 days
2
PP
1996
7
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
7 years, 248 days
2
PSOE
2004
8
Mariano Rajoy
6 years, 162 days
2
PP
2011
9
Miguel Primo de Rivera
6 years, 137 days
1
Patriotic Union
1923
10
Pedro Sánchez
6 years, 93 days (incumbent)
3
PSOE
2018
11
Leopoldo O'Donnell
5 years, 180 days
4
Liberal Union
1856
12
Manuel González Salmón
5 years, 152 days
1
Nonpartisan
1826
13
Antonio Maura
5 years, 84 days
5
Conservative / Maurist
1903
14
Adolfo Suárez
4 years, 236 days
2
UCD / National Movement
1976
15
Eduardo Dato
3 years, 130 days
3
Conservative
1913
16
Baldomero Espartero
2 years, 293 days
3
Progressive
1837
17
José Canalejas
2 years, 277 days
1
Liberal
1910
18
Count of Romanones
2 years, 243 days
3
Liberal
1912
19
Francisco Cea Bermúdez
2 years, 211 days
2
Nonpartisan
1824
20
Carlos Arias Navarro
2 years, 185 days
1
National Movement
1973
21
Francisco Silvela
2 years, 94 days
2
Conservative
1899
22
Manuel Azaña
2 years, 49 days
2
Republican Action / IR
1931
23
Juan Bravo Murillo
1 year, 335 days
1
Moderate
1851
24
Juan Negrín
1 year, 318 days
1
PSOE
1937
25
Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo
1 year, 279 days
1
UCD
1981
26
Evaristo Pérez de Castro
1 year, 224 days
1
Moderate
1838
27
Francisco Javier de Istúriz
1 year, 191 days
3
Moderate
1836
28
Francisco Serrano
1 year, 166 days
4
Liberal Union / Constitutional
1868
29
Juan Prim
1 year, 165 days
2
Progressive
1869
30
Alejandro Lerroux
1 year, 150 days
3
PRR
1933
31
Francisco Martínez de la Rosa
1 year, 143 days
1
Moderate
1834
32
Manuel García Prieto
1 year, 135 days
4
Liberal Democratic
1917
33
The Count of Heredia-Spínola
1 year, 98 days
2
Nonpartisan
1823
34
The Marquess of Valdeterrazo
1 year, 51 days
2
Progressive
1840
35
Dámaso Berenguer
1 year, 19 days
1
Military
1930
36
José María Calatrava
1 year, 4 days
1
Progressive
1836
37
The Marquess of Miraflores
353 days
2
Moderate
1846
38
Segismundo Moret
332 days
3
Liberal
1905
39
The Marquess of Rodil
326 days
1
Progressive
1842
40
Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla
317 days
2
Radical
1871
41
The Count of San Luis
301 days
1
Moderate
1853
42
Luis González Bravo
299 days
2
Moderate
1843
Manuel Allendesalazar
299 days
2
Conservative
1919
The Duke of the Infantado
299 days
1
Nonpartisan
1825
45
Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde
285 days
2
Conservative
1903
46
Arsenio Martínez Campos
277 days
1
Conservative
1879
47
José Sánchez Guerra
274 days
1
Conservative
1922
48
Francisco Largo Caballero
255 days
1
PSOE
1936
The Count of la Alcudia
255 days
1
Nonpartisan
1832
50
Juan Álvarez Mendizábal
233 days
1
Progressive
1835
51
Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero
220 days
3
Conservative
1897
52
Alejandro Mon
199 days
1
Moderate
1864
53
Luis Carrero Blanco
195 days
1
National Movement
1973
54
Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
183 days
1
DLR
1931
55
Saturnino Calderón Collantes
175 days
1
Liberal Union
1859
56
Eugenio Montero Ríos
161 days
1
Liberal
1905
57
Ricardo Samper
159 days
1
PRR
1934
58
Francisco de Lersundi
158 days
1
Moderate
1853
59
Joaquín Francisco Pacheco
156 days
1
Moderate
1847
60
José López Domínguez
147 days
1
Liberal
1906
61
Joaquín Sánchez de Toca
145 days
1
Conservative
1919
62
Joaquín María López
130 days
2
Progressive
1843
63
Juan de Zavala
123 days
1
Constitutional
1874
64
The Count of Alcoy
121 days
1
Moderate
1852
65
Estanislao Figueras
119 days
1
PRDF
1873
66
Emilio Castelar
118 days
1
PRDF
1873
67
The Count of Toreno
99 days
1
Moderate
1835
68
José Posada Herrera
97 days
1
Dynastic Left
1883
69
The Duke of Frías
94 days
1
Moderate
1838
70
The Marquess of Nervión
91 days
1
Moderate
1857
71
Joaquín Jovellar y Soler
81 days
1
Conservative
1875
72
Joaquín Chapaprieta
80 days
1
Nonpartisan
1935
73
José Malcampo
77 days
1
Constitutional
1871
74
Diego Martínez Barrio
70 days
2
PRR / UR
1933
75
Manuel Portela Valladares
67 days
1
Democratic Centre
1935
76
Santiago Casares Quiroga
66 days
1
IR
1936
77
Álvaro Gómez Becerra
65 days
1
Progressive
1843
78
Eusebio Bardají
59 days
1
Moderate
1837
The Duke of Sotomayor
59 days
1
Moderate
1847
80
Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas
55 days
1
Military
1931
81
The Marquess of Vega de Armijo
52 days
1
Liberal
1906
82
Nicolás Salmerón
51 days
1
PRDF
1873
83
José Giral
47 days
1
IR
1936
84
Lorenzo Arrazola
44 days
1
Moderate
1864
85
Francisco Pi y Margall
37 days
1
PRDF
1873
86
The Marquess of Irujo
23 days
1
Nonpartisan
1823
87
Florencio García Goyena
22 days
1
Moderate
1847
88
Valentín Ferraz
16 days
1
Progressive
1840
89
Modesto Cortázar
13 days
1
Progressive
1840
Víctor Damián Sáez
13 days
1
Nonpartisan
1823
91
Miguel Ricardo de Álava
11 days
1
Progressive
1835
The Marquess of Havana
11 days
1
Moderate
1868
Torcuato Fernández-Miranda
11 days
1
National Movement
1973
94
Joaquín María Ferrer
10 days
1
Progressive
1841
95
Salustiano de Olózaga
9 days
1
Progressive
1843
96
Juan Bautista Topete
8 days
1
Liberal Union
1870
97
Vicente Sancho
5 days
1
Progressive
1840
98
Augusto Barcía Trelles
3 days
1
IR
1936
99
Fernando de Santiago
2 days
1
National Movement
1976
100
The Count of Clonard
1 day
1
Moderate
1849
The Duke of Rivas
1 day
1
Moderate
1854
The Marquess of Mendigorría
1 day
1
Moderate
1854