Second Aznar Government

Second Aznar Government

2000–2004

Date formed	27 April 2000
Date dissolved	17 April 2004
People and organisations
Head of state	King Juan Carlos I
Head of government	José María Aznar
Deputy head of government	First Mariano Rajoy (2000–03) Rodrigo Rato (2003–04) Second Rodrigo Rato (2000–03) Javier Arenas (2003–04)
No. of ministers	17 (2000–02) 16 (2002–04)
Member party	PP
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	PSOE
Opposition leader	None (2000) José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2000–04)
History
Election(s)	2000 general election
Outgoing election	2004 general election
Legislature term(s)	VII Legislature (2000–2004)
Budget(s)	2001 budget 2002 budget 2003 budget 2004 budget
Predecessor	Aznar I
Successor	Zapatero I

The second Aznar Government was formed after King Juan Carlos I nominated José María Aznar to form a government following the 2000 general election on 12 March. Aznar was elected Prime Minister on 26 April by the Congress of Deputies and was sworn into office on 27 April, with his cabinet being appointed the following day. It succeeded the first Aznar Government.

History

After leading his party to victory in the 2000 general election, José María Aznar named his second cabinet, which lasted from 27 April 2000 to 17 April 2004, a total of 1,451 days, or 3 years, 11 months and 21 days. Aznar's second cabinet was composed mainly by members of the People's Party.

Investiture

Investiture of José María Aznar (PP)	Yes		No		Abstentions
Investiture of José María Aznar (PP)
26 April 2000 (1st ballot) (176/350 required)	202	• PP (183) • CiU (15) • CC (4)	148	• PSOE (125) • IU (8) • PNV (7) • BNG (3) • PA (1) • ERC (1) • ICV (1) • EA (1) • CHA (1)	0
Source: historiaelectoral.com

Council of Ministers

The Council of Ministers was structured into 15 ministries—not including the post of prime minister—as well as 2 deputy prime minister offices.^[1]^[2]^[3]


Portfolio		Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister	José María Aznar	27 April 2000	17 April 2004	PP
First Deputy Prime Minister	Mariano Rajoy	28 April 2000	4 September 2003	PP
First Deputy Prime Minister	Rodrigo Rato	4 September 2003	17 April 2004	PP
Second Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs	Rodrigo Rato	28 April 2000	4 September 2003	PP
Second Deputy Prime Minister	Javier Arenas	4 September 2003	17 April 2004	PP
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Josep Piqué	28 April 2000	10 July 2002	PP
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Ana de Palacio	10 July 2002	17 April 2004	PP
Minister of Justice	Ángel Acebes	28 April 2000	10 July 2002	PP
Minister of Justice	José María Michavila	10 July 2002	17 April 2004	PP
Minister of Defence	Federico Trillo	28 April 2000	17 April 2004	PP
Minister of the Treasury	Cristóbal Montoro	28 April 2000	17 April 2004	PP
Minister of the Interior	Jaime Mayor Oreja	28 April 2000	27 February 2001	PP
	Mariano Rajoy	27 February 2001	10 July 2002	PP
	Ángel Acebes	10 July 2002	17 April 2004	PP
Minister of Development	Francisco Álvarez-Cascos	28 April 2000	17 April 2004	PP
Minister of Education, Culture and Sport	Pilar del Castillo	28 April 2000	17 April 2004	PP
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Juan Carlos Aparicio	28 April 2000	10 July 2002	PP
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Eduardo Zaplana	10 July 2002	17 April 2004	PP
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Miguel Arias Cañete	28 April 2000	17 April 2004	PP
Minister of the Presidency	Mariano Rajoy	28 April 2000	27 February 2001	PP
	Juan José Lucas	27 February 2001	10 July 2002	PP
	Mariano Rajoy	10 July 2002	4 September 2003	PP
	Javier Arenas	4 September 2003	17 April 2004	PP
Minister of the Public Administration Services	Jesús Posada	28 April 2000	10 July 2002	PP
	Javier Arenas	10 July 2002	4 September 2003	PP
	Julia García-Valdecasas	4 September 2003	17 April 2004	PP
Minister of Health and Consumption	Celia Villalobos	28 April 2000	10 July 2002	PP
Minister of Health and Consumption	Ana Pastor	10 July 2002	17 April 2004	PP
Minister of Environmental Affairs	Jaume Matas	28 April 2000	18 April 2003	PP
Minister of Environmental Affairs	Elvira Rodríguez	18 April 2003	17 April 2004	PP
Minister of Economy	Rodrigo Rato	28 April 2000	17 April 2004	PP
Minister of Science and Technology	Anna Birulés	28 April 2000	10 July 2002	Independent
	Josep Piqué	10 July 2002	4 September 2003	PP
	Juan Costa	4 September 2003	17 April 2004	PP
Minister without portfolio	Pío Cabanillas	28 April 2000	10 July 2002	PP
Spokesperson of the Government^{[n 1]}	Pío Cabanillas	28 April 2000	10 July 2002	PP
	Mariano Rajoy	10 July 2002	4 September 2003	PP
	Eduardo Zaplana	4 September 2003	17 April 2004	PP

Notes

↑ The Office of the Spokesperson of the Government was its own Ministry until 10 July 2002, when it was integrated into the Ministry of the Presidency. From 4 September 2003, the Office was transferred to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.

References

↑ "Real Decreto 557/2000, de 27 de abril, de reestructuración de los Departamentos ministeriales". Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (102): 16445–16446. 28 April 2000. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
↑ "Real Decreto 558/2000, de 27 de abril, sobre las Vicepresidencias del Gobierno". Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (102): 16446. 28 April 2000. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
↑ "BOE-S-2000-102: II. Autoridades y personal". Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (102): 16007–16008. 28 April 2000. Retrieved 13 June 2017.

External links

historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Governments of Spain 1996–2004. Ministers of José María Aznar
lluisbelenes.es (in Spanish). The governments of the first period of the People's Party (1996–2004)

Preceded by Aznar I	Government of Spain 2000–2004	Succeeded by Zapatero I

Governments of Spain
Second Republic (1931–1939)	Provisional I Provisional II Azaña II Azaña III Lerroux I Martínez Barrio I Lerroux II Lerroux III Samper Lerroux IV Lerroux V Lerroux VI Chapaprieta I Chapaprieta II Portela I Portela II Azaña IV Casares Quiroga Martínez Barrio II Giral Caballero I Caballero II Negrín I Negrín II
Francoist Spain (1938–1975)	Franco I Franco II Franco III Franco IV Franco V Franco VI Franco VII Franco VIII Carrero Blanco Arias Navarro I
Kingdom of Spain (1975–present)	Arias Navarro II Suárez I Suárez II Suárez III Calvo-Sotelo González I González II González III González IV Aznar I Aznar II Zapatero I Zapatero II Rajoy I Rajoy II

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