Margarita Mariscal de Gante y Mirón (born 10 January 1954) is a Spanish judge and politician, who served as the minister of justice from 1996 to 2000.

She is the daughter of Jaime Mariscal de Gante, a judge of the Public Order Tribunal created in Francoist Spain.

The brother of this judge, Commissioner Mariscal de Gante, is also known for having invited the torturer Billy el Niño, the alias of Antonio González Pacheco, to celebrate in a police station in Madrid.

[2] Mariscal de Gante worked as a judge in different cities of Spain before she attained her ministerial appointment.

[1] She was appointed minister of justice on 6 May 1996, replacing Juan Alberto Belloch in the post.