Cabinet Aznar I

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José María Aznar was Prime Minister between 1996 and 2004

The Aznar I cabinet was a government in Spain that was formed on May 6, 1996 by Prime Minister José María Aznar of the conservative Partido Popular (PP) and replaced the González IV cabinet .

From the previous elections for the Congreso de los Diputados on March 3, 1996, the PP of Aznar emerged victorious with 38.8 percent of the vote, but missed an absolute majority with 156 of the 350 MPs. The previously ruling Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) of Felipe González was only the second strongest with 37.6 percent and 141 members, while the third-placed Izquierda Unida (IU) of Julio Anguita had 10.5 percent and 21 seats. The Convergence and Union (CiU) by Joaquim Molins was fourth largest with 4.6 per cent and 16 mandates in parliament.

On May 4, 1996, the Congreso de los Diputados confirmed Aznar as Prime Minister, ending the more than thirteen-year term of Felipe González. On May 5, 1996, the new Prime Minister was sworn in by King Juan Carlos I. Suárez in front of the Palacio de la Zarzuela . On May 6, 1996 the Boletín Oficial del Estado published the composition of the new government, which was reformed on January 20, 1999, April 30, 1999 and February 21, 2000.

After the PP emerged victorious from the elections on March 11, 2000, Aznar formed the Aznar II cabinet on April 27, 2000 .

Cabinet members

Aznar I cabinet after its formation on May 7, 1996
Office Official Beginning of the term of office Term expires
Prime Minister José María Aznar May 5, 1996 April 27, 2000
First Vice Prime
Minister Minister to the Prime Minister		 Francisco Álvarez-Cascos May 6, 1996 April 27, 2000
Second Vice Prime
Minister for Economy and Finance		 Rodrigo Rato May 6, 1996 April 27, 2000
Foreign minister Abel Matutes May 6, 1996 April 27, 2000
Defense Minister Eduardo Serra Rexach May 6, 1996 April 27, 2000
Interior minister Jaime Mayor Oreja May 6, 1996 April 27, 2000
Minister of Justice Margarita Mariscal de Gante May 6, 1996 April 27, 2000
Minister for Labor and Social Security Javier Arenas
Manuel Pimentel
Juan Carlos Aparicio 		May 6, 1996
January 20, 1999
February 21, 2000		 January 20, 1999
February 19, 2000
April 27, 2000
Minister for Health and Consumers José Manuel Romay Beccaría May 6, 1996 April 27, 2000
Development Minister Rafael Arias-Salgado May 6, 1996 April 27, 2000
Minister for Industry, Energy and Tourism Josep Piqué i Camps May 6, 1996 April 27, 2000
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
April 30, 1999: Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food		 Loyola de Palacio
Jesús Posada Moreno 		May 6, 1996
April 30, 1999		 April 30, 1999
April 27, 2000
Environment Minister Isabel Tocino May 6, 1996 April 27, 2000
Minister for Education and Culture
January 20, 1999: Minister for Education and Science		 Esperanza Aguirre
Mariano Rajoy 		May 6, 1996
January 20, 1999		 January 20, 1999
April 27, 2000
Minister of Public Administration Mariano Rajoy
Ángel Acebes 		May 6, 1996
January 20, 1999		 January 20, 1999
April 27, 2000

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elections to the Congreso de los Diputados (March 3, 1996)