| Ángel Acebes Paniagua | |
| Office1: | Minister of the Interior |
| Term Start1: | 10 July 2002 |
| Term End1: | 18 April 2004 |
| Predecessor1: | Mariano Rajoy |
| Successor1: | José Antonio Alonso |
| Office2: | Minister of Justice |
| Term Start2: | 27 April 2000 |
| Term End2: | 10 July 2002 |
| Predecessor2: | Margarita Mariscal de Gante |
| Successor2: | José María Michavila |
| Office3: | Member of the Congress of Deputies |
| Term Start3: | 3 March 1996 |
| Term End3: | 14 June 2011 |
| Constituency3: | Ávila |
| Office4: | Senator |
| Constituency4: | Ávila |
| Term Start4: | 6 June 1993 |
| Term End4: | 3 March 1996 |
| Predecessor4: | Mariano Rajoy |
| Successor4: | Juan Antonio Alonso |
| Office5: | Mayor of Ávila |
| Term Start5: | 6 July 1991 |
| Term End5: | 16 June 1995 |
| Predecessor5: | Mario Galán |
| Successor5: | Dolores Ruiz Ayúcar |
| Birth Name: | Ángel Acebes Paniagua |
| Birth Date: | 3 July 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Pajares de Adaja, Castile and León, Spain |
| Nationality: | Spanish |
| Party: | People's Party |
| Occupation: | Politician |
Ángel Acebes Paniagua (born 3 July 1958) is a Spanish politician.
Acebes holds a degree in law from the University of Salamanca.
Acebes has been a member of parliament for the right-wing People's Party since 1996, representing Avila. He played a key role in securing the support of minority parties and so making it possible for the People's Party to form a government.
Acebes served as Minister of Justice from 1999-2002 and Interior Minister from 2002-04. He was Interior Minister - responsible for national security and Police - when the Madrid bombings occurred and was criticised by his opponents for blaming the attacks on ETA, allegedly for electoral gain, rather than on Islamic militants.[1]
In 2012, Spain’s high court accepted a case brought by UPyD against Acebes and several executives at Bankia and its parent BFA, which will seek to examine whether its accounts were misrepresented and investors misled about the lender’s 2011 stock market listing.[2] In October 2014, he had to appear in the High Court over allegations the PP ran a slush fund.[3]