The second government of

Mariano Rajoy Mariano Rajoy Brey (, ; born 27 March 1955) is a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 2011 to 2018, when a 2018 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, vote of no confidence ousted his government. A m ...

was formed on 4 November 2016, following the latter's election as

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by the

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on 29 October and his swearing-in on 31 October, as a result of the People's Party (PP) emerging as the largest parliamentary force at the 2016 Spanish general election. It succeeded the first Rajoy government and was the

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from 4 November 2016 to 7 June 2018, a total of days, or . The cabinet comprised members of the PP and a number of independents. It was dismissed on 1 June 2018 when a

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against Rajoy succeeded, but remained in acting capacity until

Pedro Sánchez Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón (; born 29 February 1972) is a Spanish politician who has served as Prime Minister of Spain since 2018. He has also been Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) since July 2017, having p ...

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was sworn in.

Investiture

Cabinet changes

The only cabinet change of Rajoy's second government took place on 8 March 2018, when Luis de Guindos stepped down as Minister of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness in order to become

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of the

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. He was succeeded by Román Escolano.

Council of Ministers

The

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was structured into the offices for the

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, the

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, 13

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and the post of the spokesperson of the Government.

Departmental structure

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

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*()

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*() Autonomous agency *()

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Notes

References

External links

Governments of Spain 2011–present. Ministers of Mariano Rajoy and Pedro Sánchez
Historia Electoral.com (in Spanish).

Lluís Belenes i Rodríguez History Page (in Spanish). {{DEFAULTSORT:Rajoy government 2 2016 establishments in Spain 2018 disestablishments in Spain Cabinets established in 2016 Cabinets disestablished in 2018 Council of Ministers (Spain)