The second government of

Felipe González Felipe González Márquez (; born 5 March 1942) is a Spanish lawyer, professor, and politician, who was the Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) from 1974 to 1997, and the 3rd Prime Minister of Spain since the ...

was formed on 26 July 1986, following the latter's election as

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by the

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on 23 July and his swearing-in on 24 July, as a result of the

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(PSOE) emerging as the largest parliamentary force at the 1986 Spanish general election. It succeeded the first González government and was the

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from 26 July 1986 to 7 December 1989, a total of days, or . The cabinet comprised members of the PSOE (including its sister party, the

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, PSC) and a number of independents. It was automatically dismissed on 30 October 1989 as a consequence of the 1989 general election, but remained in acting capacity until the next government was sworn in.

Investiture

Council of Ministers

The

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was structured into the offices for the

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, the

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and 15 ministries. The number of ministries was increased to 17 with the creation of the

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and the Ministry of the Spokesperson of the Government in July 1988.

Departmental structure

Felipe González'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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