Luis Roldán Ibáñez (16 August 1943 – 24 March 2022) was a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politician known for being the director general of the Civil Guard when a big scandal of corruption arose in 1993.

[3] A long time member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and of the Unión General de Trabajadores trade-union, Roldán presented himself as holding a B.Sc.

[citation needed] After the socialist victory in the 1982 general elections Roldán was named Government's Delegate in Navarre, a position he held until 1986 when he became the first civilian to command the Civil Guard, (Spain's gendarmerie force).

A program to reform and upgrade the residential barracks (many being in very bad state); women were recruited for the first time for the Civil Guard;[4] the Maritime Service of the Civil Guard was created; remnants of past political investigations were eliminated;[5] and the counter-terrorism and intelligence services of the corps were enhanced, obtaining great success in infiltrating the separatist group ETA, leading to operations such as the arrest of the leadership of the organization in Bidart on 29 March 1992.

[7] During his time missing, Roldán sent letters admitting partial guilt and accusing other Interior Ministry high-ranking members of having received extra money from the fondos reservados (Spanish for reserved funds) theoretically destined to finance the fight against terrorism and drug trafficking.

[12] Another book, Paesa, el espía de las mil caras by Manuel Cerdán formed the basis of the 2016 Spanish film, Smoke & Mirrors, in which Roldán is played by actor Carlos Santos.