Juan Antonio Curiel Luna y Tejada (born 13 January 1690 in Seville, Spain; died 29 November 1775 in Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish intellectual and politician who became the Minister of the Council of Castile and member of the secret Supreme Council of the Inquisition [de; eo; es].
[1][2] His father was Don Luis Francisco Curiel y Tejada, an influential diplomat and member of the Council of Castile.
In this position, he drew up regulations and kept notoriously tight control over what was published, making sure that books fit into the enlightenment ideals.
On 3 September 1720, he received the Military Order of Calatrava, thanks to the services performed by his father, Luis Curiel.
He had to delay his journey to Madrid to swear in the hands of the regent of the Seville Court by a commission entrusted to him by the monarch.