The government of

Cristina Cifuentes María Cristina Cifuentes Cuencas (born 1 July 1964) is a former Spanish politician from the People's Party. She was the President of the Community of Madrid from 24 June 2015 to her 25 April 2018 resignation. From 16 January 2012 to 13 April 2 ...

was formed on 26 June 2015, following the latter's election as

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by the

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on 24 June and her swearing-in on 25 June, as a result of the People's Party (PP) emerging as the largest parliamentary force at the

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. It succeeded the González government and was the

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from 26 June 2015 to 22 May 2018, a total of days, or . The cabinet comprised members of the PP and a number of independents. It was automatically dismissed on 28 April 2018 as a consequence of Cifuentes's resignation as president, but remained in acting capacity until the next government was sworn in.

Investiture

Cabinet changes

Cifuentes's government saw a number of cabinet changes during its tenure: * On 23 September 2017, it was announced that the Environment, Local Administration and Territory Planning and Health ministers, Jaime González Taboada and Jesús Sánchez Martos respectively, would be removed from office, effective from 25 September, as a result of their involvement in a number of political controversies and corruption scandals. The move led to a larger reshuffle on 26 September which saw Pedro Rollán being appointed to fill the Environment, Local Administration and Territory Planning portfolio and replaced in his own Transport, Housing and Infrastructures ministry by Rosalía Gonzalo;

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becoming new Minister of Health and a restructuring of two cabinet posts: the Education, Youth and Sports ministry became the Ministry of Education and Research, maintained by Rafael van Grieken; and the Culture, Tourism and Sports portfolio, whose attributions had been subsumed into the President's office in 2015, was re-established as an independent ministry under Jaime Miguel de los Santos. * On 25 April 2018, Cifuentes resigned as regional president following a string of scandals starting in March, involving the fraudulent obtention of a master's degree, the subsequent document forgery to cover it up and the leaking of a 2011

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video in which she was involved. As a result, Minister of the Presidency

Ángel Garrido Ángel Garrido García (born 7 April 1964) is a Spanish politician who served as President of the Community of Madrid between April 2018 and April 2019. He was a member of the People's Party until 24 April 2019, only four days ahead of the 201 ...

served as acting president until being confirmed to the post on 19 May 2018.

Council of Government

The Council of Government was structured into the office for the

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and seven ministries. From September 2017, the number of ministries was increased to eight.

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