Government of Spain

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Spain is a constitutional monarchy whose government is defined by the Constitution of Spain. This was approved by a general referendum of the people of Spain in 1978. The final interpretation of the Constitution, in the case of dispute, is the business of the Constitutional Court of Spain.

There are three main institutions known as the Cortes Generales, which are legally independent:

Head of State

Heads of Government

Previous Legislations

Presidents of the Governments of Spain since the Spanish transition to democracy

President Party Term of office Legislature
Adolfo Suárez Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 2 April 1979 26 February 1981 I
Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 26 February 1981 2 de December 1982
Felipe González Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 2 de December 1982 5 May 1996 II, III, IV, V
José María Aznar People's Party (PP) 5 May 1996 17 April 2004 VI, VII
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 17 April 2004 21 December 2011 VIII, IX
Mariano Rajoy People's Party (PP) 21 December 2011 Present X, XI, XII

Current government

The following is the list of members of the Cabinet of Spain formed after the 2016 general election.

Government of Spain (12th Legislature)[1]
Portfolio Minister
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy Brey
Deputy Prime Minister
Minister for the Presidency
María Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría Antón
Minister of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness Luis de Guindos Jurado
Minister of the Treasury and Public Administrations Cristóbal Ricardo Montoro Romero
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Alfonso María Dastis Quecedo
Minister of Justice Rafael Catalá Polo
Minister of Defence María Dolores de Cospedal García
Minister of the Interior Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez
Minister of Public Works Íñigo Joaquín de la Serna Hernáinz
Minister of Education, Culture and Sport Íñigo Méndez de Vigo y Montojo
Minister of Employment and Social Security Fátima Báñez García
Minister of Agriculture, Fishers, Food and Environmental Affairs Isabel García Tejerina
Minister of Industry, Tourism and Digital Diary Álvaro Nadal Belda
Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality Dolors Montserrat Montserrat
Government of Spain logo

Shown here is the official logo of the Government of Spain. On the left are the EU and the Spanish flags; in the centre is the coat of arms of Spain and the words Gobierno de España (in English: "Government of Spain"); and on the right side is a representation of La Moncloa, the official residence of the Prime Minister of Spain, where press conferences are given and the Council of Ministers meets. Below it is a variant design for the Ministry of Finance.

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