Gaspar Zarrías Arevalo (born 30 April 1955) is a Spanish lawyer, politician and member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which he joined in 1972.

Gaspar Zarrias
8th Secretary of State for Territorial Administrations
In office
25 April 2009 – 24 December 2011
MonarchJuan Carlos I
Prime MinisterJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded byFernando Puig de la Bellacasa
Succeeded byAntonio Bateta
President of the Regional Government of Andalusia
Acting
In office
7 April 2009 – 23 April 2009
MonarchJuan Carlos I
Preceded byManuel Chaves González
Succeeded byJosé Antonio Griñán
Personal details
Born (1955-04-30) 30 April 1955 (age 68)
Madrid, Spain
Political partyPSOE

Zarrias served as the interim President of the Regional Government of Andalusia from 7 April 2009, to 23 April 2009. He has served as the President's Office Minister for the Parliament of Andalusia and a member of the Organizing Committee of the Mediterranean Games of Almeria (COJMA). He has served as the Secretario de Ciudades y Política Municipal del PSOE, a leading position within the PSOE, since February 2012.

He previously served as a Councillor of Cazalilla (Jaén). He is involved in ERE corruption scandal since 2016.

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