José Manuel Romay Beccaría (born 18 January 1934) is a Spanish lawyer and politician.

The highest and most important offices that he held were Health Minister of Spain and two times President of the Council of State.

Born in Betanzos, Romay was trained as a lawyer at the University of Santiago de Compostela, where he later taught.

[3] He stepped down in 1990 after his second consecutive term to return to the Xunta de Galicia as an adviser and minister, in which he had first served as vice president between 1982 and 1983.

Romay returned to the national government in 1996, accepting an appointment as health minister.