Ángel Acebes Paniagua (born 3 July 1958) is a Spanish politician.

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Ángel Acebes Paniagua
Minister of the Interior
In office 10 July 2002 – 18 April 2004
Preceded by	Mariano Rajoy
Succeeded by	José Antonio Alonso
Minister of Justice
In office 27 April 2000 – 10 July 2002
Preceded by	Margarita Mariscal de Gante
Succeeded by	José María Michavila
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office 3 March 1996 – 14 June 2011
Constituency	Ávila
Senator
In office 6 June 1993 – 3 March 1996
Preceded by	Mariano Rajoy
Succeeded by	Juan Antonio Alonso
Constituency	Ávila
Mayor of Ávila
In office 6 July 1991 – 16 June 1995
Preceded by	Mario Galán
Succeeded by	Dolores Ruiz Ayúcar
Personal details
Born	Ángel Acebes Paniagua (1958-07-03) 3 July 1958 (age 65) Pajares de Adaja, Castile and León, Spain
Political party	People's Party
Occupation	Politician

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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]

• Iberdrola, Independent Member of the Board of Directors (since 2020)^[4]