​Mariano Rajoy attends swearing in of new State's Attorney General before the King

Zarzuela Palace, Madrid

The Minister for Justice, Rafael Catalá, acted as Commissioner for Oaths. The ceremony was also attended by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and President of the General Council of the Judiciary, Carlos Lesmes.

The Council of Ministers proposed that Consuelo Madrigal be appointed to the post of State's Attorney General on 19 December after the resignation of her predecessor, Eduardo Torres-Dulce, was accepted. After receiving a favourable report from the General Council of the Judiciary and being interviewed by the Justice Committee of the Lower House of Parliament, she was named State's Attorney General by the Council of Ministers on Friday, 9 January.

Consuelo Madrigal, the first woman to hold this post in Spain since the transition to democracy, has a Degree in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid. She joined the Public Prosecution Service in 1980 and, until now, was Head of the Public Prosecutor's Office for the Juvenile Jurisdiction. She will take office at the Supreme Court on Tuesday 13 January.