The government of

Uxue Barkos Miren Uxue Barkos Berruezo (born 5 July 1964), simply known as Uxue Barkos, is a Spanish journalist and politician who served as the President of Navarre from 2015 to 2019. She previously represented the Basque nationalist coalition Geroa Bai ...

was formed on 23 July 2015, following the latter's election as

President of the Government of Navarre The president of the Government of Navarre (), is the head of government of the devolved Government of Navarre, government of the Navarre, Chartered Community of Navarre. Election Investiture processes to elect the regional president require for ...

by the

Parliament of Navarre The Parliament of Navarre ( Spanish ''Parlamento de Navarra'', Basque ''Nafarroako Parlamentua'') or also known as ''Cortes de Navarra'' (in Spanish) or ''Nafarroako Gorteak'' (in Basque) is the Navarre autonomous unicameral parliament. Functi ...

on 20 July and her swearing-in on 22 July, as a result of

Geroa Bai Geroa Bai () is a regional political coalition in the Chartered Community of Navarre, created for the 2011 election to the Cortes Generales. It includes the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV), Atarrabia Taldea, and the Geroa Socialverdes partne ...

(GBai) being able to muster a majority of seats in the Parliament together with

EH Bildu EH Bildu, short for Euskal Herria Bildu (English language, English: 'Basque Country Gather' or 'Basque Country Unite'), is a Left-wing politics, left-wing, Basque nationalism, Basque nationalist and Separatism, pro-independence federation of poli ...

and

Izquierda-Ezkerra Izquierda-Ezkerra (, I–E (n)) was an electoral alliance in Navarre formed by United Left of Navarre (IUN) and Batzarre. It was established in January 2011 after Batzarre split from the Nafarroa Bai coalition. Batzarre accepted IUN's call to form ...

(I–E), with external support from Podemos, following the

2015 Navarrese regional election The 2015 Navarrese regional election was held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 9th Parliament of Navarre, Parliament of the Chartered Community of Navarre. All 50 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneous ...

. It succeeded the Barcina government and was the

Government of Navarre file:Palacio de Navarra.JPG, Palacio de Navarra. The Government of Navarre (''Basque language, Basque: Nafarroako Gobernua;'' Spanish language, Spanish: ''Gobierno de Navarra'') is the regional institution that exercises the executive power of t ...

from 23 July 2015 to 7 August 2019, a total of days, or . The cabinet comprised members of GBai—with the involvement of

Zabaltzen Zabaltzen () is a political organization formed in the Chartered Community of Navarre in 2011. History Zabaltzen was created in 2011 by ex-members of Eusko Alkartasuna and Aralar, that opposed the merge of those parties in Bildu, and supported c ...

(ZBN) and the

Basque Nationalist Party The Basque Nationalist Party ( , EAJ; , PNV; , PNB; EAJ-PNV), officially the Basque National Party in English, is a Basque nationalist and regionalist political party. The party is located in the centre of the political spectrum. It has been de ...

(EAJ/PNV)—EH Bildu and I–E (represented in the cabinet by United Left of Navarre, IUN/NEB), as well as a number of independents proposed by the first two parties. It was automatically dismissed on 27 May 2019 as a consequence of the 2019 regional election, but remained in acting capacity until the next government was sworn in.

Investiture

Cabinet changes

Barkos's government saw a number of cabinet changes during its tenure: *On 7 September 2016, it was announced tha the functions of the Spokesperson of the Government would be detached from the Citizen and Institutional Relations ministry, appointing María Solana to the post with the rank of director-general. *On 11 April 2017, José Luis Mendoza announced his resignation as Minister of Education, with the post being assumed by the Spokesperson, María Solana.

Council of Government

The

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was structured into the offices for the

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, the two vice presidents and nine ministries.

Departmental structure

Uxue Barkos's government was organised into several superior and governing units, whose number, powers and hierarchical structure varied depending on the ministerial department. ;Unit/body rank *()

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*() Service

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References

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