Aznar II cabinet

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José María Aznar was Prime Minister between 1996 and 2004

The Aznar II cabinet was a government in Spain that was formed on April 27, 2000 by Prime Minister José María Aznar of the conservative Partido Popular (PP) and replaced the Aznar I cabinet .

From the previous elections for the Congreso de los Diputados on March 11, 2000, the PP of Aznar emerged victorious with 44.6 percent of the vote and had an absolute majority with 183 of the 350 MPs. The Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) of Joaquín Almunia was the second strongest with 34.1 percent and 125 members, while the third-placed Izquierda Unida (IU) of Xavier Trias had 4.2 percent and 15 seats.

On April 26, 2000, the Congreso de los Diputados confirmed Aznar as Prime Minister. On April 28, 2000, the new Prime Minister was sworn in by King Juan Carlos I. Suárez in front of the Palacio de la Zarzuela . At the same time, the Boletín Oficial del Estado published the composition of the new government, which was reformed on February 28, 2001, July 9, 2002, March 3, 2003 and September 4, 2003.

In the elections of March 14, 2004, the PP lost its majority to the PSOE of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero . The Aznar II cabinet remained in office until April 18, 2004, after which Zapatero formed the Zapatero I cabinet .

Cabinet members

The Aznar II cabinet after the reshuffle on March 2, 2001
Office Official Beginning of the term of office Term expires
Prime Minister José María Aznar April 27, 2000 April 18, 2004
First Vice Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy
Javier Arenas 		April 27, 2000
September 4, 2003		 September 4, 2003
April 18, 2004
Second Vice Prime Minister Rodrigo Rato April 27, 2000 April 18, 2004
Minister to the Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy
Juan José Lucas
Mariano Rajoy
Javier Arenas		 April 27, 2000
February 28, 2001
July 9, 2002
September 4, 2003		 February 28, 2001
July 9, 2002
September 4, 2003
April 18, 2004
Foreign minister Josep Piqué i Camps
Ana de Palacio 		April 27, 2000
July 9, 2002		 July 9, 2002
April 18, 2004
Defense Minister Federico Trillo April 27, 2000 April 18, 2004
Interior minister Jaime Mayor Oreja
Mariano Rajoy
Ángel Acebes 		April 27, 2000
February 28, 2001
July 9, 2002		 February 28, 2001
July 9, 2002
April 18, 2004
Economics Minister Rodrigo Rato April 27, 2000 April 18, 2004
Finance minister Cristóbal Montoro April 27, 2000 April 18, 2004
Minister of Justice Ángel Acebes
José María Michavila 		April 27, 2000
July 9, 2002		 July 9, 2002
April 18, 2004
Minister for Labor and Social Security Juan Carlos Aparicio
Eduardo Zaplana 		April 27, 2000
July 9, 2002		 July 9, 2002
April 18, 2004
Minister for Health and Consumers Celia Villalobos
Ana Pastor Julián 		April 27, 2000
July 9, 2002		 July 9, 2002
April 18, 2004
Development Minister Francisco Álvarez-Cascos April 27, 2000 April 18, 2004
Minister of Science and Technology
July 9, 2002: Minister of Science and Technology		 Anna Birulés
Josep Piqué i Camps
Juan Costa 		April 27, 2000
July 9, 2002
September 4, 2003		 July 9, 2002
September 4, 2003
April 18, 2004
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Miguel Arias Cañete April 27, 2000 April 18, 2004
Environment Minister
March 3, 2003: Environment Minister		 Jaume Matas
Elvira Rodríguez 		April 27, 2000
March 3, 2003		 March 3, 2003
April 18, 2004
Minister for Education, Culture and Sport Pilar del Castillo Vera April 27, 2000 April 18, 2004
Minister of Public Administration
September 4, 2003: Minister of Public Administration		 Jesús Posada Moreno
Javier Arenas
Julia García-Valdecasas 		April 27, 2000
July 9, 2002
September 4, 2003		 July 9, 2002
September 4, 2003
April 18, 2004
Government spokesman Pío Cabanillas Alonso
Mariano Rajoy		 April 27, 2000
July 9, 2002		 July 9, 2002
April 18, 2004

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elections to the Congreso de los Diputados (March 11, 2000)