| Post: | Director General of the Civil Guard |
| Flagsize: | 180px |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of the Civil Guard |
| Insignia: | Emblem of the Spanish Civil Guard.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 100px |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of the Civil Guard |
| Incumbent: | Mercedes González Fernández |
| Incumbentsince: | 28 March 2023 |
| Style: | The Most Excellent Mr. Director General |
| Department: | Ministry of the Interior Secretariat of State for Security Civil Guard |
| Reports To: | The Secretary of State for Security |
| Nominator: | The Minister of the Interior |
| Appointer: | The King |
| First: | Francisco Javier Girón |
| Abbreviation: | DGC |
| Formation: | 2 September 1844 |
| Deputy: | Deputy Director of Operations Lt. Gen. Ángel Gozalo Martín |
| Website: | Civil Guard website |
This article lists the directors general of the Civil Guard, the national gendarmerie and a law enforcement agency of Spain.
The Director General is the official of the Ministry of the Interior who commands the Civil Guard, and heads the Directorate-General of the Civil Guard.
| Name | Appointed | Dismissed | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1844 | 10 July 1854 | 1st term. | ||
| 18 July 1854 | 1 August 1854 | |||
| 1 August 1854 | 19 July 1856 | |||
| 1 September 1856 | 12 October 1856 | |||
| Francisco Javier Girón | 12 October 1856 | 1 July 1858 | 2nd term. | |
| 2 July 1858 | 21 November 1863 | 1st term. | ||
| 29 September 1864 | 25 June 1865 | |||
| Isidoro de Hoyos y Rubín de Celis | 25 June 1865 | 28 December 1865 | 2nd term. | |
| 28 December 1865 | 11 July 1866 | 1st term. | ||
| 11 July 1866 | 11 March 1867 | |||
| 11 March 1867 | 16 September 1868 | 1st term. | ||
| 16 September 1868 | 26 September 1868 | Glorious Revolution. | ||
| 26 September 1868 | 25 October 1868 | |||
| Francisco Serrano Bedoya | 25 October 1868 | 18 June 1872 | 2nd term. | |
| 19 June 1872 | 26 March 1873 | Proclamation of the First Spanish Republic (11 February 1873). | ||
| 5 July 1873 | 19 September 1873 | |||
| 19 September 1873 | 10 October 1873 | |||
| 10 October 1873 | 18 January 1874 | |||
| José Antonio Turón y Prats | 18 January 1874 | 28 September 1874 | 2nd term. | |
| 28 September 1874 | 21 January 1882 | Restoration of the monarchy (29 December 1874). | ||
| 23 January 1882 | 5 November 1883 | 1st term. | ||
| 5 November 1883 | 26 April 1884 | |||
| 26 April 1884 | 4 August 1884 | |||
| 6 August 1884 | 9 December 1885 | |||
| Tomás García-Cervino y López-Sigüenza | 9 December 1885 | 3 December 1887 | 2nd term. | |
| 13 January 1888 | 11 December 1888 | 1st term. | ||
| 11 December 1888 | 13 November 1890 | |||
| 14 November 1890 | 22 January 1892 | |||
| 30 January 1892 | 8 February 1899 | |||
| José Chinchilla y Díez de Oñate | 8 February 1899 | 2 March 1899 | 2nd term. | |
| 16 March 1899 | 27 July 1901 | |||
| 27 July 1901 | 30 August 1902 | |||
| 30 August 1902 | 13 July 1903 | |||
| 13 July 1903 | 23 November 1903 | |||
| 23 November 1903 | 6 December 1903 | |||
| 7 December 1903 | 28 January 1905 | 1st term. | ||
| 28 January 1905 | 25 August 1910 | |||
| Vicente Martitegui | 25 August 1910 | 25 January 1912 | 2nd term. | |
| 31 January 1912 | 3 March 1913 | |||
| 3 March 1913 | 30 October 1913 | |||
| 30 October 1913 | 10 December 1915 | 1st term. | ||
| 10 December 1915 | 23 July 1916 | |||
| 23 July 1916 | 20 April 1917 | |||
| Agustín de Luque y Coca | 20 April 1917 | 26 June 1917 | 2nd term | |
| 26 June 1917 | 6 December 1918 | |||
| 6 December 1918 | 26 March 1925 | |||
| 27 March 1925 | 3 November 1928 | |||
| 3 November 1928 | 3 February 1932 | Proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic (14 April 1931). | ||
| 3 February 1932 | 15 August 1932 | 1st term. | ||
| 15 August 1932 | 15 February 1935 | Asturian miners' strike of 1934. | ||
| Miguel Cabanellas | 15 February 1935 | 7 January 1936 | 2nd term. | |
| 7 January 1936 | 24 July 1936 | Remained loyal to the Republic following the Spanish coup of July 1936. | ||
| Spanish Civil War | ||||
| 6 September 1939 | 13 April 1942 | Integration of the Carabineros into the Civil Guard (1940). | ||
| 13 April 1942 | 1 July 1943 | |||
| 24 July 1943 | 30 May 1955 | Longest-serving Director General of the Civil Guard. | ||
| 30 June 1955 | 8 February 1957 | |||
| 8 February 1957 | 23 April 1959 | |||
| 23 April 1959 | 7 December 1962 | Creation of the (1959). | ||
| 10 December 1962 | 31 December 1965 | |||
| 14 January 1966 | 21 September 1967 | |||
| 6 October 1967 | 22 January 1969 | |||
| 7 March 1969 | 13 January 1972 | |||
| 21 January 1972 | 13 May 1974 | Assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco (20 December 1973). | ||
| 17 May 1974 | 10 October 1975 | |||
| 10 October 1975 | 23 December 1976 | Death of Caudillo Francisco Franco (20 November 1975) and the Montejurra massacre (9 May 1976). | ||
| 23 December 1976 | 2 May 1978 | 1977 Atocha massacre. | ||
| 2 May 1978 | 2 July 1979 | |||
| 2 July 1979 | 19 April 1980 | |||
| 24 April 1980 | 26 October 1983 | 1981 coup attempt (23F), led by Lt. Col. Antonio Tejero of the Civil Guard. | ||
| 2 November 1983 | 3 October 1986 | |||
| 31 October 1986 | 3 December 1993 | |||
| 3 December 1993 | 7 May 1996 | |||
| 7 May 1996 | 30 April 2004 | 2004 Madrid train bombings. | ||
| 30 April 2004 | 28 April 2006 | |||
| 28 April 2006 | 21 April 2008 | Unified command of the National Police Corps and the Civil Guard. Simultaneously served as the Director General of the Police. | ||
| 21 April 2008 | 31 December 2011 | |||
| 3 January 2012 | 18 November 2016 | |||
| 18 November 2016 | 29 June 2018 | 2017 Barcelona attacks and the 2017–2018 constitutional crisis. | ||
| 29 June 2018 | 18 January 2020 | |||
| 18 January 2020 | 28 March 2023 | First woman to hold this office. | ||
| 28 March 2023 | Incumbent | |||