González III cabinet

Felipe González was Prime Minister between 1982 and 1996

The González III cabinet was a government in Spain that was formed on December 6, 1989 by Prime Minister Felipe González of the Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) and replaced the González II cabinet .

In the previous elections to the Congreso de los Diputados on October 29, 1989, the PSOE of González emerged victorious with 39.9 percent of the vote, but narrowly missed an absolute majority with 175 of the 350 MPs. The conservative Partido Popular (PP) around José María Aznar was the second strongest force with 26 percent and 107 members of parliament, while the Convergència i Unió (CiU) of Miquel Roca was the third strongest force in parliament with 5.1 percent and 18 seats. The fourth-placed Izquierda Unida (IU) by Julio Anguita received 9.1 percent and 17 seats and the Centro Democrático y Social (CDS) of the former Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez with 7.9 percent, which landed in fifth place with 14 members.

On December 5, 1989, the Congreso de los Diputados confirmed Prime Minister González, who was sworn in on December 6, 1989 by King Juan Carlos I. Suárez in front of the Palacio de la Zarzuela . On December 7, 1989, the Boletín Oficial del Estado published the composition of the González III cabinet. On May 2, 1990, the first and on January 15, 1991, the second cabinet reshuffle took place, as a result of which the previous Vice-Prime Minister Alfonso Guerra resigned from the government. On March 13, 1991 and January 15, 1992, the cabinet was reorganized for the third and fourth time. The last time the cabinet was restructured was on June 24, 1992, before new parliamentary elections were held on June 6, 1993. The González III cabinet remained in office until July 14, 1993, when it was replaced by the González IV cabinet .

Cabinet members

The González III cabinet after the restructuring of March 13, 1991

Office	Official	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
Prime Minister	Felipe González	December 6, 1989	July 14, 1993
Vice Prime Minister	Alfonso Guerra Narcís Serra	December 6, 1989 March 13, 1991	January 12, 1991 July 14, 1993
Minister of Economy, Finance and Trade March 11, 1991: Minister of Economy and Finance	Carlos Solchaga	December 6, 1989	July 14, 1993
Foreign minister	Francisco Fernández Ordóñez Javier Solana	December 6, 1989 June 22, 1992	June 12, 1992 July 14, 1993
Defense Minister	Narcís Serra Julián García Vargas	December 6, 1989 March 13, 1991	March 11, 1991 July 14, 1993
Interior minister	José Luis Corcuera	December 6, 1989	July 14, 1993
Minister of Justice	Enrique Múgica Tomás de la Quadra-Salcedo	December 6, 1989 March 13, 1991	March 11, 1991 July 14, 1993
Minister for Labor and Social Security	Manuel Chaves Luis Martínez Noval	December 6, 1989 April 27, 1990	April 20, 1990 July 14, 1993
Minister for Health and Consumers	Julián García Vargas Julián García Valverde José Antonio Griñán	December 6, 1989 March 13, 1991 January 14, 1992	March 11, 1991 January 13, 1992 July 14, 1993
Minister for Industry and Energy March 14, 1991: Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism	Claudio Aranzadi	December 6, 1989	July 14, 1993
Minister of Public Works and Town Planning March 14, 1991: Minister of Public Works and Transport	Javier Sáenz de Cosculluela Josep Borrell	December 6, 1989 March 13, 1991	March 11, 1991 July 14, 1993
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Communications March 14, 1991: Minister for Public Works and Transport	José Barrionuevo Josep Borrell	December 6, 1989 March 13, 1991	March 11, 1991 July 14, 1993
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Carlos Romero Herrera Pedro Solbes	December 6, 1989 March 13, 1991	March 11, 1991 July 14, 1993
Minister for Education and Science	Javier Solana Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba	December 6, 1989 June 22, 1992	June 22, 1992 July 14, 1993
Minister of Culture	Jorge Semprún Jordi Solé Tura	December 6, 1989 March 13, 1991	March 11, 1991 July 14, 1993
Minister of Public Administration	Joaquín Almunia Juan Manuel Eguiagaray	December 6, 1989 March 13, 1991	March 11, 1991 July 14, 1993
Minister of Social Affairs	Matilde Fernández	December 6, 1989	July 14, 1993
Minister for Relations with Parliament	Virgilio Zapatero	December 6, 1989	July 14, 1993
Government spokeswoman in the ministerial rank	Rosa Conde	December 6, 1989	July 14, 1993

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Individual evidence

↑ Elections to the Congreso de los Diputados (October 29, 1989)
↑ On March 14, 1991 responsibility for trade changed to the Ministry of Industry and Energy, which was also given responsibility for tourism and was renamed the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism.
↑ On March 14, 1991, the Ministry of Public Works and Urban Planning was merged with the Ministry of Transport, Tourism and Communication to form the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, with responsibility for tourism transferred to the Ministry of Industry and Energy, which became the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism was renamed.
↑ On March 14, 1991, the Ministry of Public Works and Urban Planning was merged with the Ministry of Transport, Tourism and Communication to form the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, with responsibility for tourism transferred to the Ministry of Industry and Energy, which became the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism was renamed.

[1] Elections to the Congreso de los Diputados (October 29, 1989)

[2] On March 14, 1991 responsibility for trade changed to the Ministry of Industry and Energy, which was also given responsibility for tourism and was renamed the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism.

[3] On March 14, 1991, the Ministry of Public Works and Urban Planning was merged with the Ministry of Transport, Tourism and Communication to form the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, with responsibility for tourism transferred to the Ministry of Industry and Energy, which became the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism was renamed.

[4] On March 14, 1991, the Ministry of Public Works and Urban Planning was merged with the Ministry of Transport, Tourism and Communication to form the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, with responsibility for tourism transferred to the Ministry of Industry and Energy, which became the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism was renamed.