Acting Government of the XIII Legislature

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Following the general elections held on 28 April, 2019, and the formation of the two parliamentary chambers, the Lower and Upper Houses of Parliament, the 13th Legislature commenced on 21 May 2019.

The candidate proposed by the King, Pedro Sánchez, does not reach the majority enough to be endowed president and form a government, so he remains Acting President, like his last Cabinet of the XII Legislature.

Composition of the Acting Government:

  • President of the Government: Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón

  • Vice-President of the Government and Minister for the Presidency, Parliamentary Relations and Equality: María del Carmen Calvo Poyato
  • Minister for Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation: Josep Borrell Fontelles*
  • Minister for Justice: Dolores Delgado García
  • Minister for Defence: Margarita Robles Fernández
  • Minister for the Treasury: María Jesús Montero Cuadrado
  • Minister for Home Affairs: Fernando Grande-Marlaska Gómez
  • Minister for Public Works: José Luis Ábalos Meco
  • Minister for Education and Vocational Training and Government Spokesperson: María Isabel Celaá Diéguez
  • Minister for Work, Migration and Social Security: Magdalena Valerio Cordero
  • Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism: Reyes Maroto Illera
  • Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Luis Planas Puchades
  • Minister for Territorial Policy and Public Function: assumes the regular dispatch Luis Planas
  • Minister for Ecological Transition: Teresa Ribera Rodríguez
  • Minister for Culture and Sport: José Guirao Cabrera
  • Minister for the Economy and Business: Nadia Calviño Santamaría
  • Minister for Health, Consumption and Social Well-being: María Luisa Carcedo Roces
  • Minister for Science, Innovation and Universities: Pedro Francisco Duque Duque

*On 30 November 2019, the Acting Minister for Defence, Margarita Robles, assumes the regular dispatch of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation, following the appointment of Josep Borrell as High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

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