Cabinet of Suarez III

Adolfo Suárez González was Prime Minister between 1976 and 1981

The Suárez II cabinet was a government in Spain that was formed on April 6, 1979 by Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez González of the Unión de Centro Democrático (UCD) and replaced the Suárez II cabinet . It was the first cabinet formed after the 1978 constitution and the election of the Congreso de los Diputados on March 1, 1979.

In the election of March 1, 1979, the UCD of Suárez won 35.1 percent of the vote and provided 168 of the 350 members of the Congreso de los Diputados . Second strongest force was the Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) of Felipe González , which received 30.5 percent and 121 seats, while the Partido Comunista de España (PCE) of Santiago Carrillo was able to unite 10.8 percent of the vote and with 23 MPs became the third strongest force in the House of Representatives. The right-wing conservative Coalición Democrática (CD) around the former Interior Minister Manuel Fraga Iribarne won 6 percent as the fourth strongest force and had nine MPs.

On March 30, 1979, the Congress confirmed Suárez as Prime Minister, whereupon he was appointed by a Royal Decree (Real Decreto) published on April 2, 1979 in the Boletín Oficial del Estado . On the same day, King Juan Carlos I swore in Suárez in front of the Palacio de la Zarzuela . On April 6, 1979, the Boletín Oficial del Estado published the names of the Vice-Prime Ministers and Ministers appointed by Royal Decree. After the first smaller cabinet reshuffle took place on January 16, 1980, a more extensive cabinet reshuffle took place on May 2, 1980. On September 9, 1980, another cabinet reshuffle was published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado , after which a new Second Vice Prime Minister and a number of other ministers were appointed. The new ministers were sworn in by the king in front of the Palacio de la Zarzuela and then took part in the first cabinet meeting in the Palacio de La Moncloa , the official residence of the Prime Minister. The Suárez Cabinet remained in office until February 25, 1981, when it was replaced by the Calvo-Sotelo Cabinet, which was formed by the previous Second Vice-Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo .

Cabinet members

Meeting of the Suarez Cabinet on May 3, 1980

Office	Official	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
Prime Minister	Adolfo Suarez	April 6, 1979	February 25, 1981
First Vice Prime Minister for Security and Defense	Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado	April 6, 1979	February 25, 1981
Second Vice Prime Minister for Economy	Fernando Abril Martorell Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo	April 6, 1979 September 8, 1980	September 8, 1980 February 25, 1981
Minister to the Prime Minister	José Pedro Pérez-Llorca Rafael Arias-Salgado	April 6, 1979 January 16, 1980	January 16, 1980 February 25, 1981
Foreign minister	Marcelino Oreja Aguirre José Pedro Pérez-Llorca	April 6, 1979 September 8, 1980	September 8, 1980 February 25, 1981
Defense Minister	Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún	April 6, 1979	February 25, 1981
Interior minister	Lieutenant General Antonio Ibáñez Freire Juan José Rosón	April 6, 1979 May 2, 1980	May 2, 1980 February 25, 1981
Minister of Justice	Íñigo Cavero Francisco Fernández Ordóñez	April 6, 1979 September 8, 1980	September 8, 1980 February 25, 1981
Economy Minister September 8, 1980: Minister for Economy and Trade	José Luis Leal Maldonado Juan Antonio García Díez	April 6, 1979 September 8, 1980	September 8, 1980 February 25, 1981
Finance minister	Jaime García Añoveros	April 6, 1979	February 25, 1981
Minister of Labor	Rafael Calvo Ortega Salvador Sánchez-Terán Félix Manuel Pérez Miyares	April 6, 1979 May 2, 1980 September 8, 1980	May 2, 1980 September 8, 1980 February 25, 1981
Minister for Health and Social Security	Juan Rovira Tarazona Alberto Oliart	April 6, 1979 September 8, 1980	September 8, 1980 February 25, 1981
Minister for Industry and Energy	Carlos Bustelo Ignacio Bayón	April 6, 1979 May 2, 1980	May 2, 1980 February 25, 1981
Minister for Commerce and Tourism	Juan Antonio García Díez Luis Gámir	April 6, 1979 May 2, 1980	May 2, 1980 September 8, 1980
Minister for Transport and Communication	Salvador Sánchez-Terán José Luis Álvarez y Álvarez	April 6, 1979 May 2, 1980	May 2, 1980 February 25, 1981
Minister for Public Works and Urban Planning	Jesús Sancho Rof	April 6, 1979	February 25, 1981
Minister of Agriculture	Jaime Lamo de Espinosa	April 6, 1979	February 25, 1981
Minister for Education and Science	José Manuel Otero Juan Antonio Ortega y Díaz-Ambrona	April 6, 1979 September 8, 1980	September 8, 1980 February 25, 1981
Minister for Research and Universities	Luis González Seara	April 6, 1979	February 25, 1981
Minister of Culture	Manuel Clavero Arévalo Ricardo de la Cierva Íñigo Cavero	April 6, 1979 January 16, 1980 September 8, 1980	January 16, 1980 September 8, 1980 February 25, 1981
Minister for Territorial Administration	Antonio Fontán José Pedro Pérez-Llorca Rodolfo Martín Villa	April 6, 1979 May 2, 1980 September 8, 1980	May 2, 1980 September 8, 1980 February 25, 1981
Minister for Relations with the European Communities	Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo Eduardo Punset	April 6, 1979 September 8, 1980	September 8, 1980 February 25, 1981
Minister for Relations with Parliament	Rafael Arias-Salgado José Pedro Pérez-Llorca	April 6, 1979 January 16, 1980	January 16, 1980 May 2, 1980
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister	Joaquín Garrigues Walker	April 6, 1979	May 2, 1980
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister for Public Administration	Sebastián Martín-Retortillo	May 2, 1980	February 25, 1981
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister for the Coordination of the Legislature	Juan Antonio Ortega y Díaz-Ambrona	May 2, 1980	September 8, 1980

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Individual evidence

↑ Elections to the Congreso de los Diputados (March 1, 1979)

[1] Elections to the Congreso de los Diputados (March 1, 1979)