The third government of
Pedro Sánchez was formed on 21 November 2023, following the latter's election as
Prime Minister of Spain by the
Congress of Deputies on 16 November and his swearing-in on 17 November, as a result of the
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and
Sumar being able to muster a majority of seats in the Parliament with external support from
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC),
Together for Catalonia (Junts),
EH Bildu, the
Basque Nationalist Party
The Basque Nationalist Party (, EAJ ; es, Partido Nacionalista Vasco, PNV; french: Parti Nationaliste Basque, PNB; EAJ-PNV), officially Basque National Party in English,) was rejected by party members in November 2011. Nonetheless, the party did ...
(PNV), the
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) and
Canarian Coalition (CCa) following the
2023 general election. It succeeded the
second Sánchez government and is the incumbent
Government of Spain since 21 November 2023, a total of days.
The cabinet comprises members of the PSOE (including its sister party, the
Socialists' Party of Catalonia, PSC) and Sumar—with the involvement of Unite Movement (SMR),
United Left (IU), the
Communist Party of Spain (PCE),
More Madrid (MM) and
Catalonia in Common (CatComú)—as well as
independents proposed by both parties.
Investiture
Cabinet changes
Sánchez's third government saw a number of cabinet changes during its tenure:
*Following her election as president of the
European Investment Bank
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on 8 December 2023,
Nadia Calviño was expected to vacate her cabinet posts as
first deputy prime minister
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and
economy minister by the end of the year, in order to be able to take office at the EIB on 1 January 2024 following the end of
Werner Hoyer's term. On 29 December, she was replaced as economy minister by until then-Secretary General for the Treasury and International Financing,
Carlos Cuerpo, and as first deputy prime minister by
Finance minister María Jesús Montero. The Finance and
Digital Transformation ministries also saw changes in their structures, with civil service competences being transferred from the former to the latter.
Council of Ministers
The
Council of Ministers is structured into the offices for the
prime minister, the four
deputy prime ministers, 22
ministries
Ministry may refer to:
Government
* Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister
* Ministry (government department), a department of a government
Religion
* Christian mi ...
and the post of the
spokesperson of the Government.
Departmental structure
Pedro Sánchez's third government is organised into several superior and governing units, whose number, powers and hierarchical structure may vary depending on the
ministerial department.
;Unit/body rank
*()
Secretary of state
*()
Undersecretary
*()
Director-general
*()
Autonomous agency
*()
Military &
intelligence agency
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References
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