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| Formed | November 30, 1714 (as Secretary of the Universal Dispatch of War) July 4, 1977 (as Ministry of Defence) |
| Type | Ministry |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Spain |
| Headquarters | Paseo de la Castellana, 109 28071 Madrid 40°27′21″N 3°41′27″W / 40.45587°N 3.69077°W |
| Employees | 153,227 (2021)[note 1][1] |
| Annual budget | € 14.06 billion, 2024[2] |
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| Website | www |
The Ministry of Defence (MINISDEF) is the department of the Government of Spain responsible for planning, developing and carrying out the general guidelines of the Government about the defence policy and the managing of the military administration. It is the administrative and executive body of the Spanish Armed Forces.[3]
According to the Constitution of 1978, the Monarch is the Commander in Chief of the Spanish military. He can declare war or conclude peace with authorization of the Cortes Generales, provided this act is countersigned by the Prime Minister.[4]
The Ministry of Defense is headed by the Minister of Defence, a Cabinet member who depends directly from the Prime Minister. Beneath the Ministry of Defense are five subordinate principal departments: the Armed Forces headed by the Chief of the Defence Staff (JEMAD) which is divided in three military branches led by the Chief of Staff of the Army (JEME), the Chief of Staff of the Navy (AJEMA) and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force (JEMA); the Secretariat of State for Defence (headed by the Secretary of State, SEDEF); the Undersecretariat of Defence headed by the Ministry's Under-Secretary (SUBDEF) and the General Secretariat for Defence Policy head by the Secretary-General (SEGENPOL). In addition, the National Intelligence Center (CNI) is subordinated to the Ministry of Defence.
The current holder of the Ministry is Margarita Robles.
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- ^ Office of the Comptroller General of the State (2021). Personnel at the service of the State Public Sector (PDF). pp. 21 and 100.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|agency=ignored (help) - ^ "2023 State Budget" (PDF). www.boe.es. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ "Royal Decree 1399/2018, of November 23, by which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Defense is developed". boe.es. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ^ "Royal Decree 415/2016, 3 November, for restructuring the ministerial departments" (PDF). 2016.