Deputy Prime Minister of Spain

Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
Vicepresidente del Gobierno de España
Incumbent
Carmen Calvo Poyato
since 7 June 2018
Style Excelentísimo/a Señor/a
Member of Cabinet
Residence Edificio Semillas, Palacio de la Moncloa
Seat Madrid, Spain
Nominator The Monarch
Countersigned by the Prime Minister of Spain
Appointer The Monarch
Term length No fixed term
No term limits are imposed on the office.
Constituting instrument Constitution of 1978
Formation October 3, 1840 (1840-10-03)
First holder Agustín Muñoz Grandes
Unofficial names Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
Salary €75,744 p.a.[1]

The Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, officially Vice President of the Government, (Spanish: Vicepresidente del Gobierno de España) is the second in command to the Prime Minister of Spain, filling in for when the Prime Minister is absent or incapable of exercising power. The person for the post is usually handpicked by the Prime Minister from the members of the Cabinet. When there are more than one vice president, they are called First Vice President, Second Vice President, etc. The Headquarters of the Vice Presidency of the Government of Spain is the Edificio Semillas, in La Moncloa Complex.

The current holder of the office of Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of Spain is Carmen Calvo since 7 June, 2018.

Official title

Being a constitutional monarchy, the government of Spain is headed by a prime minister but the official title in Spanish is Presidente del Gobierno, literally President of the Government. This can be confusing to foreigners and indeed is to many Spaniards, who sometimes translate the title into English as President. Therefore, the Spanish Vice President of the Government is actually the equivalent of a Deputy Prime Minister, not a Vice President.

Responsibilities

The Deputy Prime Minister of Spain is responsible for:[2]

  • Advising the President of the Government (Prime Minister).
  • Attending the Cabinet, the Delegated Commissions of the Government and the General Commission of Secretaries of State and Undersecretaries.
  • Supporting the President of the Government, specially exercising the responsibilities in relation to preparing and tracking the Government Programme.
  • Interministerial Coordinating given by current laws, the Government or the President.
  • Attending the Government with its relationships with the General Courts.
  • Preparing, carrying out and tracking the legislative programme of the Government and specially its parliamentary processing.
  • Material supporting, economic, financial, personal and budgetary management and in general whatever responsibilities needed by the President and the Presidency of the Government's dependent bodies.
  • Being the secretary at the Cabinet.
  • Organising the territorial administration.

List of Deputy Prime Ministers of Spain

Parties

  Progressive Party
  Radical Republican Party
  Falange (FET–JONS)
  Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)
  Socialist (PSOE)
  People's Party (PP)

Other factions

  Military

No. Picture Deputy Prime Minister Took Office Left Office Prime Minister Term Party
1 Joaquín María Ferrer y Cafranga[3] 3 October 184010 May 1841 Baldomero Espartero 1st Espartero Govt Progressive Party
2 Severiano Martínez Anido 4 December 1925[4]31 January 1930[5] Miguel Primo de Rivera Primo de Rivera's dictatorship Military
3 Diego Martínez Barrio 23 December 1933[6]4 March 1934[7] Alejandro Lerroux Black years Radical Republican Party
4 Francisco Gómez-Jordana Sousa 1 February 1938[8]9 August 1939 Francisco Franco Franco's dictatorship Military
5 Agustín Muñoz Grandes 19621967
6 Luis Carrero Blanco 19671973
7 Torcuato Fernández-Miranda 19731974
8 José García Hernández 19741975
9 Fernando de Santiago y Díaz 19751976 Carlos Arias Navarro Transitional Governments Military
10 Manuel Fraga 19751976 FET–JONS
11 Juan-Miguel Villar Mir 19761976
12 Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado 19771979 Adolfo Suárez Constituent Legislature Military
19791981 1st Legislature
13 Rodolfo Martín Villa 19811982 Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo UCD
14 Alfonso Guerra 19821986 Felipe González 2nd Legislature PSOE
19861989 3rd Legislature
19891991 4th Legislature
15 Narcís Serra 19911993
19931996 5th Legislature
16 Francisco Álvarez-Cascos 19962000 José María Aznar 6th Legislature PP
17 Mariano Rajoy 20002003 7th Legislature
18 Rodrigo Rato 20032004
19 María Teresa Fernández de la Vega 20042008 José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero 8th Legislature PSOE
20082010 9th Legislature
20 Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba 20102011
21 Elena Salgado 20112011
22 Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría 20112015 Mariano Rajoy 10th Legislature PP
20152016 11th Legislature
20162018 12th Legislature
23 Carmen Calvo 2018Incumbent Pedro Sánchez 12th Legislature PSOE

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The salaries of the Government" (in Spanish). El Pais.
  2. ↑ Royal Decree 199/2012, 23th January, for explaining the structure of the Ministry of the Presidency and changing the Royal Decree 1887/2011, 30th December, for establishing the structure of the ministerial departments (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ "Juan Tomás Joaquín María Ferrer Cafranga | Real Academia de la Historia". dbe.rah.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  4. ↑ "Real decreto nombrando Vicepresidente del Consejo de Ministros a D. Severiano Martínez Anido, Ministro de la Gobernación" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Real decreto admitiendo la dimisión del cargo de Vicepresidente del Consejo de Ministros y Ministro de la Gobernación a D. Severiano Martínez Anido" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Decreto nombrando vicepresidente del Consejo de Ministros a D. Diego Martínez Barrio" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "Decreto admitiendo a don Diego Martínez Barrio la dimisión del cargo de Vicepresidente del Consejo de Ministros" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "Decreto núm. 453 nombrando Ministro de Vicepresidente del Gobierno de la Nación al Teniente General D. Francisco Gómez Jordana y Sousa" (PDF).
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