Constituent Legislature

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Cabinet from July 1977 to February 1978

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Following the general elections to the Spanish Parliament held on 15 June 1977, the Spanish Official State Gazette (Spanish acronym: BOE) publishes, on 5 July, the Royal Decrees defining the new composition of the government:

  • President of the Government: Adolfo Suárez González
  • First Vice-President of the Government and Minister for Defence: Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado
  • Second Vice-President of the Government and Minister for Economic Affairs: Enrique Fuentes Quintana
  • Third Vice-President of the Government: Fernando Abril Martorell
  • Minister for Foreign Affairs: Marcelino Oreja Aguirre
  • Minister for Justice: Landelino Lavilla Alsina
  • Minister for the Treasury: Francisco Fernández Ordóñez
  • Minister for Home Affairs: Rodolfo Martín Villa
  • Minister for Public Works and Urban Development: Joaquín Garrigues Walker
  • Minister for Education and Science: Íñigo Cavero Lataillade
  • Minister for Employment: Manuel Jiménez de Parga Cabrera
  • Minister for Industry and Energy: Alberto Oliart Saussol
  • Minister for Agriculture: José Enrique Martínez Genique
  • Minister for Trade and Tourism: Juan Antonio García Díez
  • Minister for the Presidency of the Government: José Manuel Otero Novas
  • Minister for Transport and Communications: José Lladó y Fernández Urrutia
  • Minister for Health and Social Security: Enrique Sánchez de León Pérez
  • Minister for Culture and Well-being: Pío Cabanillas Gallas
  • Deputy Minister for the Regions: Manuel Clavero Arévalo
  • Deputy Minister for Parliamentary Relations: Ignacio Camuñas

The appointment of Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo y Bustelo as Minister for Relations with the European Communities, without portfolio, was published in the Official State Gazette, on 11 February 1978.

Cabinet from February 1978 to April 1979

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The Royal Decrees defining the new composition of the government of Adolfo Suárez are published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) on 25 February 1978.

A few days earlier, on11 February, the appointment of the new Minister for Relations with the European Communities, without portfolio, is published by a Royal Decree in the BOE.

On an interim basis, Rodolfo Martín Villa takes over from Landelino Lavilla Alsina as Minister for Justice on 23 March 1979.

  • President of the Government: Adolfo Suárez González
  • First Vice-President of the Government and Minister for Defence: Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado
  • Second Vice-President of the Government and Minister for Economic Affairs: Fernando Abril Martorell
  • Minister for Foreign Affairs: Marcelino Oreja Aguirre
  • Minister for Justice: Landelino Lavilla Alsina
  • Minister for the Treasury: Francisco Fernández Ordóñez
  • Minister for Home Affairs: Rodolfo Martín Villa
  • Minister for Public Works and Urban Development: Joaquín Garrigues Walker
  • Minister for Education and Science: Íñigo Cavero Lataillade
  • Minister for Employment: Rafael Calvo Ortega
  • Minister for Industry and Energy: Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún
  • Minister for Agriculture: Jaime Lamo de Espinosa y Michels de Champourcin
  • Minister for Trade and Tourism: Juan Antonio García Díez
  • Minister for the Presidency of the Government: José Manuel Otero Novas
  • Minister for Transport and Communications: Salvador Sánchez-Terán Hernández
  • Minister for Health and Social Security: Enrique Sánchez de León Pérez
  • Minister for Culture: Pío Cabanillas Gallas
  • Deputy Minister for the Regions: Manuel Clavero Arévalo
  • Minister for Relations with the European Communities: Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo y Bustelo

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