 A supporter of Miguel Primo de Rivera, 2nd Marquis of Estella in his youth, Ibáñez Martín served as a deputy for the Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right (CEDA).He was a leading member of the "Asociación Católica Nacional de Propagandistas" (ANCP), the propaganda movement that formed the basis for the Catholic monarchist party Popular Action.Thrwoing his lot in with the Nationalist side in the Spanish Civil War, he became staunchly loyal to Francisco Franco, to the point where critics accused him of sycophancy, and he even compared Franco to Fernán González of Castile due to "El Caudillo" founding a "new Spain".