The Most Illustrious

The Most Illustrious (Spanish: Ilustrísimo Señor (male) or Ilustrísima Señora (female), literally "Illustrious Sir/Mister") is an honorific prefix that is traditionally applied to certain people in Spain and certain Spanish-speaking countries. It is a lower version of the prefix The Most Excellent (Excelentísimo/a Señor/a), and was traditionally applied to non-Grandee titled nobles in Spain, but is now used for a series of other offices.[1][2]

Not to be confused with Illustrious Highness.

In the Kingdom of Spain

The following State and Government officials receive the style "The Most Illustrious":

Constitutional court and judiciary

Central government
  • The Finance Delegates[5]

Local authorities
  • The Headmasters of Secondary State Schools[6]

Diplomacy
  • The Embassy Counsellors.[7]
  • The Ministers Plenipotentiary of 3rd class

Other institutions
  • The Director of the Spanish Academy of Rome[8]
  • The Director of the Spanish Agency of Data Protection[9]

Nobility
  • Non-Grandee titleholders, their spouses and heirs
  • Non-firstborn children of Grandees

Other countries

In other countries, "The Most Illustrious" is rarely used, but rather "Illustrious Highness"

See also

Notes
  1. Los subsecretarios, secretarios generales, directores generales, secretarios generales técnicos, los secretarios generales y jefes de Gabinete Técnico de las Delegaciones del Gobierno, los subdelegados del Gobierno, los delegados insulares del Gobierno, el interventor general de la Administración del Estado, los jefes superiores de Administración Civil y asimilados y los delegados regionales y provinciales de los distintos Ministerios. Todos ellos por ser jefes superiores de Administración, art. 7º Real Decreto de 18 de junio de 1852, conforme al cual tendrían el mismo tratamiento que los consejeros reales, los cuales tenían tratamiento de Ilustrísima.
  2. Tratamientos oficiales del Reino de España
  3. Art. 29.2 RD 520/2005, por tener la condición de director general del Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda.
  4. Real Decreto 1674/1980.
  5. Real Orden Circular de 14 de mayo de 1927.
  6. Real Decreto de 22 de mayo de 1859.
  7. Art. 33 del Reglamento Orgánico de la Carrera Diplomática de 15 de julio de 1955.
  8. Art. 8.3 Real Decreto 813/2001.
  9. Art. 14.2 RD 428/1993.
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