Carlos Iniesta Cano (13 May 1908 – 6 August 1990) was a Spanish military officer, lieutenant general of the Spanish Army and Director General of the Civil Guard during the late Francoist regime.

At the start of the Spanish Civil War, with the rank of lieutenant, Iniesta requested entry into the Spanish Legion, serving in the fourth banner that was part of the 13th Division [es] (also known as "the Black Hand") and participating in the advance on Madrid and also in the fighting at the University City.

In July 1970 he was appointed Spanish ambassador to Algeria, leaving office in 1972.

Member of the National Council of the Movement and the National Confederation of Ex-Combatants,[3] he was considered a prominent member of the military part of the immobilist sector of the regime during the late Francoist period, the so-called Búnker.

[5][6] He was one of the 59 procurators who, on 18 November 1976, voted against the Political Reform Act that repealed the Fundamental Principles of the Movement.