Margarita Robles

The Most Excellent Margarita Robles OSRP
Minister of Defence
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 June 2018
Monarch	Felipe VI
Prime Minister	Pedro Sánchez
Preceded by	María Dolores de Cospedal
Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation
Acting
In office 30 November 2019 – 13 January 2020
Monarch	Felipe VI
Prime Minister	Pedro Sánchez
Preceded by	Josep Borrell
Succeeded by	Arancha González Laya
Leader of the Socialist Group in the Congress of Deputies
In office 19 June 2017 – 7 June 2018
Deputy	Miguel Ángel Heredia
Preceded by	José Luis Ábalos
Succeeded by	Adriana Lastra
Magistrate of the Supreme Court
In office 2004 – May 2016
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office 17 August 2023 – 1 December 2023
Constituency	Madrid
In office 21 May 2019 – 21 February 2020
Constituency	Ávila
In office 19 July 2016 – 15 June 2018
Constituency	Madrid
Personal details
Born	(1956-11-10) 10 November 1956 (age 67) León, Spain
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	University of Barcelona
Occupation	Judge, politician
Awards	Grand Cross of the Order of St. Raymond Penyafort
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María Margarita Robles Fernández (pronounced [maɾɣaˈɾita ˈroβles]; born 10 November 1956 in León) is a Spanish judge and politician, currently serving as Minister of Defence since June 2018. From November 2019 to January 2020, she served as Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs.

She was the first woman ever to chair a contentious-administrative chamber, the first to ever preside a provincial court (Barcelona's) and the first woman to reach the Supreme Court of Spain. She has also held the positions of Secretary of State for Security during the González Governments.

From May 2004 until May 2016 she was a Justice at the Supreme Court, in the third Chamber. She was a member of the General Council of the Judiciary from September 2008 until December 2013 on the proposal of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. She belongs to the progressive judge association Judges for Democracy.

In May 2016 she was elected to the Congress of Deputies for the PSOE representing Madrid.