Calvo-Sotelo cabinet

Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo was Prime Minister between 1981 and 1982

The Calvo-Sotelo cabinet was a government in Spain that was formed on February 26, 1981 by Prime Minister Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo of the Unión de Centro Democrático (UCD) and replaced the Suárez III cabinet . On January 29, 1981, the previous Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez González announced his resignation. The previous Second Vice Prime Minister for Economy Calvo-Sotelo was then designated successor and was confirmed on February 25, 1981 by the Congreso de los Diputados . On February 26, 1981, the Boletín Oficial del Estado published a Royal Decree (Real Decreto) formally ending the term of office of Prime Minister Suárez and appointing Calvo-Sotelo as the new Prime Minister to be passed by King Juan Carlos I Suárez in front of the Palacio de la Zarzuela was sworn in. On February 27, 1981, the Boletín Oficial del Estado published the list of members of the newly appointed government.

On December 2, 1981, the Boletín Oficial del Estado published a reshuffle of the Calvo-Sotelo cabinet, which included the appointment of a first and a second vice-prime minister. Another cabinet reshuffle took place on July 28, 1982, and was published on July 30, 1982 by the Boletín Oficial del Estado . The last reshuffle of the Calvo-Sotelo cabinet took place on September 13, 1982 with the creation of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. After the Unión de Centro Democrático (UCD) suffered a defeat in the elections on October 28, 1982, the González I cabinet was formed on December 2, 1982 by the new Prime Minister Felipe González of the Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE).

Cabinet members

The Calvo-Sotelo Cabinet (November 27, 1981)

Office	Official	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
Prime Minister	Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo	February 26, 1981	2nd December 1982
First Vice Prime Minister	Rodolfo Martín Villa	1st December 1981	July 28, 1982
Second Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs July 28, 1982: Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Trade	Juan Antonio García Díez	1st December 1981	2nd December 1982
Minister to the Prime Minister	Jaime Lamo de Espinosa	1st December 1981	July 28, 1982
Foreign minister	José Pedro Pérez-Llorca	February 26, 1981	2nd December 1982
Defense Minister	Alberto Oliart	February 26, 1981	2nd December 1982
Interior minister	Juan José Rosón	February 26, 1981	2nd December 1982
Minister of Justice	Francisco Fernández Ordóñez Pío Cabanillas	February 26, 1981 August 31, 1981	August 31, 1981 December 2, 1982
Minister for Economy and Trade	Juan Antonio García Díez	February 26, 1981	1st December 1981
Finance minister	Jaime García Añoveros	February 26, 1981	2nd December 1982
Minister for Labor, Health and Social Security December 2, 1981: Minister for Labor and Social Security	Jesús Sancho Rof Santiago Rodríguez-Miranda	February 26, 1981 December 2, 1981	December 1, 1981 December 2, 1982
Minister for Health and Consumers	Manuel Núñez Pérez	2nd December 1981	2nd December 1982
Minister for Industry and Energy	Ignacio Bayón	February 26, 1981	2nd December 1982
Minister for Transport and Communication December 2, 1981: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Communication	José Luis Álvarez y Álvarez Luis Gámir	February 26, 1981 December 2, 1981	December 1, 1981 December 2, 1982
Minister for Public Works and Urban Planning	Luis Ortiz González	February 26, 1981	2nd December 1982
Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries 28 July 1982: Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Jaime Lamo de Espinosa José Luis Álvarez y Álvarez José Luis García Ferrero	February 26, 1981 December 1, 1981 September 13, 1982	December 1, 1981 September 13, 1982 December 2, 1982
Minister for Education and Universities December 2, 1981: Minister for Education and Science	Juan Antonio Ortega y Díaz-Ambrona Federico Mayor Zaragoza	February 26, 1981 December 2, 1981	December 1, 1981 December 2, 1982
Minister of Culture	Íñigo Cavero Soledad Becerril	February 26, 1981 December 2, 1981	December 1, 1981 December 2, 1982
Minister for Territorial Administration	Rodolfo Martín Villa Rafael Arias-Salgado Luis Manuel Cosculluela Montaner	February 26, 1981 December 2, 1981 July 28, 1982	December 1, 1981 July 28, 1982 December 2, 1982
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister	Pío Cabanillas Matías Rodríguez Inciarte	February 26, 1981 August 31, 1981	August 31, 1981 December 2, 1982

Calvo-Sotelo cabinet

Cabinet members

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