Cabinet Suarez II

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Adolfo Suárez González was Prime Minister between 1976 and 1981

The Suárez II cabinet was a government in Spain that was formed on July 5, 1977 by Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez González of the Unión de Centro Democrático (UCD) and replaced the Suárez interim government . Previously, on June 15, 1977, the Constituent Assembly was elected.

From these elections, the UCD von Suarez emerged as the strongest force with 34.5 percent and provided 165 of the 350 MPs. The second strongest force was Felipe González's Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) , which received 29.2 percent and 103 seats, while the right-wing conservative Alianza Popular (AP) around the former Interior Minister Manuel Fraga Iribarne received 8.1 percent of the vote and was the third strongest force in the House of Representatives with 16 members. The Socialistes de Cataluyna (PSC-C) won 4.8 percent as the fourth strongest force and had 15 MPs. The Partido Comunista de España (PCE) by Santiago Carrillo was able to unite 6.3 percent of the vote and entered parliament with twelve members. On the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) of Jordi Pujol accounted for 2.8 percent and eleven mandates.

The cabinet was presented in the Boletín Oficial del Estado on July 5, 1977. The government was reformed slightly on September 28, 1977 and February 11, 1978. According to the Boletín Oficial del Estado of February 11, 1977, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo became Minister without Portfolio for Relations with the European Communities (Ministro de Relaciones con las Comunidades Europeas, sin cartera) . In February 1978 there was an extensive restructuring of the cabinet, the composition of which was published on February 25, 1978 in the Boletín Oficial del Estado . On March 23, 1979, Rodolfo Martín Villa took over the office of Minister of Justice provisionally, replacing Landelino Lavilla . After the election of March 1, 1979, the Suárez III cabinet was formed on April 6, 1979 .

Cabinet members

Office Official Beginning of the term of office Term expires
Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez 4th July 1977 April 6, 1979
First Vice Prime Minister
Defense Minister		 Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado 4th July 1977 April 6, 1979
Second Vice Prime Minister Minister of
Economics		 Enrique Fuentes Quintana
Fernando Abril Martorell 		July 4, 1977
February 25, 1978		 February 25, 1978
April 6, 1979
Third Vice Prime Minister
Political Affairs		 Fernando Abril Martorell 4th July 1977 February 25, 1978
Minister to the Prime Minister José Manuel Otero 4th July 1977 April 6, 1979
Foreign minister Marcelino Oreja Aguirre 4th July 1977 April 6, 1979
Interior minister Rodolfo Martín Villa 4th July 1977 April 6, 1979
Minister of Justice Landelino Lavilla
Rodolfo Martín Villa (acting)		 4th July 1977
23rd March 1979		 March 23, 1979
April 6, 1979
Finance minister Francisco Fernández Ordóñez 4th July 1977 April 6, 1979
Minister of Labor Manuel Jiménez de Parga
Rafael Calvo Ortega 		July 4, 1977
February 25, 1978		 February 25, 1978
April 6, 1979
Minister for Health and Social Security Enrique Sánchez de León 4th July 1977 April 6, 1979
Minister for Industry and Energy Alberto Oliart
Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún 		July 4, 1977
February 25, 1978		 February 25, 1978
April 6, 1979
Minister for Commerce and Tourism Juan Antonio García Díez 4th July 1977 April 6, 1979
Minister for Transport and Communication José Lladó
Salvador Sánchez-Terán 		July 4, 1977
February 25, 1978		 February 25, 1978
April 6, 1979
Minister for Public Works and Urban Planning Joaquín Garrigues Walker 4th July 1977 April 6, 1979
Minister of Agriculture José Enrique Martínez Genique
Jaime Lamo de Espinosa 		July 4, 1977
February 25, 1978		 February 25, 1978
April 6, 1979
Minister for Education and Science Íñigo Cavero 4th July 1977 April 6, 1979
Minister of Culture Pío Cabanillas 4th July 1977 April 6, 1979
Minister with no portfolio Manuel Clavero Arévalo 4th July 1977 February 25, 1978
Minister with no portfolio Ignacio Camuñas Solís 5th July 1977 September 28, 1977
Minister with no portfolio Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo February 11, 1977 February 25, 1978
Assistant Minister for Regions Manuel Clavero Arévalo February 25, 1978 April 6, 1979
Assistant Minister for Relations with the European Communities Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo February 25, 1978 April 6, 1979

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elections to the Congreso de los Diputados (June 15, 1977)