Julián Artemio Sánchez Melgar (born 19 September 1955), is a Spanish judge and prosecutor currently serving as magistrate of the Second Chamber of the Supreme Court.

[2] Acceded to the judicial career in 1983, being destined to the courts of Reinosa, Miranda de Ebro and Mataró, ascending to magistrate by the turn of selective tests, in 1987 (number 2 of its promotion).

[3] He has been Vocal of the Governing Board of the Judicial School and was a substitute control magistrate of the National Intelligence Center, until his replacement in December 2017 for his appointment as State Attorney General.

[4] On 24 November 2017, he was appointed by the Government of Mariano Rajoy as the future Attorney General of the State, replacing José Manuel Maza, who died suddenly in Argentina six days earlier.

Among the five members of the Supreme Court who voted in favor of the admission of the complaint by the attorney general, was Sánchez Melgar who, after Maza's death, became head of the Prosecution Ministry.