Aznar II Government
The Aznar II Government was formed on 28 April 2000 following José María Aznar's election as Prime Minister of Spain by the Congress of Deputies on 26 April and his swearing-in on 27 April, as a result of the People's Party emerging as the largest parliamentary force at the 2000 Spanish general election. Aznar's second cabinet was composed mainly by members of the PP, as well as a number of independents. It succeeded the first Aznar government and was the Government of Spain from 28 April 2000 to 18 April 2004, a total of days, or.
The government was automatically dismissed on 15 March 2004 as a consequence of the 2004 general election, but remained in acting capacity until the next government was sworn in.
Investiture
Cabinet changes
Aznar's second government saw a number of cabinet changes during its tenure:- On 28 February 2001, Jaime Mayor Oreja stepped down as Minister of the Interior in order to run as the People's Party 's leading candidate for Lehendakari in the 2001 Basque regional election. He was succeeded in his office by Mariano Rajoy, who in turn was replaced in the Presidency ministry by Juan José Lucas.
- On 10 July 2002, a major cabinet reshuffle saw Ana de Palacio replacing Josep Piqué as Minister of Foreign Affairs, who in turn replaced Anna Birulés as Minister of Science and Technology. Rajoy was reassigned the Ministry of the Presidency as well as the functions of Spokesperson of the Government, with Ángel Acebes being appointed for the Interior portfolio. José María Michavila filled the vacancy left by Acebes in the Ministry of Justice, whereas President of the Valencian Government Eduardo Zaplana replaced Juan Carlos Aparicio as Minister of Labour and Social Affairs. Javier Arenas replaced Jesús Posada as Minister of Public Administrations and Ana Pastor replaced Celia Villalobos in Health and Consumer Affairs. Aznar attempted to draw Convergence and Union into a coalition government, with little success.
- On 3 March 2003, Elvira Rodríguez replaced Jaume Matas as Minister of Environment, who stepped down in order to run as the PP leading candidate for President of the Balearic Islands in the 2003 Balearic regional election.
- On 4 September 2003, Josep Piqué and Mariano Rajoy were dismissed from the government as a result of being nominated as the PP leading candidates for the 2003 Catalan regional and 2004 Spanish general elections, respectively. This prompted a new reshuffle which saw Rodrigo Rato being promoted to First Deputy Prime Minister, Arenas becoming new Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidency, Zaplana being assigned the functions of Spokesperson of the Government, Julia García-Valdecasas becoming new Minister of Public Administrations and Juan Costa filling Piqué's vacancy in the Science and Technology ministry.
Council of Ministers
Changes February 2001
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Changes July 2002
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Departmental structure
José María Aznar's second government was organised into several superior and governing units, whose number, powers and hierarchical structure varied depending on the ministerial department.;Unit/body rank
- Secretary of state
- Undersecretary
- Director-general
Prime Minister's Office">Palace of Moncloa#Prime Minister's Office">Prime Minister's Office
- Cabinet of the Prime Minister's Office–Chief of Staff
- * Deputy Chief of Staff
- * Department of Economic and Social Affairs / Department of Economy
- * Department of International and Defence Affairs / Department of International and Security Affairs
- * Department of Education and Culture / Department of Welfare and Education
- * Department of Analysis and Studies / Department of Studies and Political Communication
- * Department of Institutional Affairs / Department of Parliament and Institutions
- * Office for Science and Technology
- * Budget Office
- General Secretariat of the Prime Minister's Office
- * Deputy General Secretariat
- * Department of Protocol of the Prime Minister's Office / Department of Protocol
- * Department of Security of the Prime Minister's Office / Department of Security
- * Department of Infrastructure and Monitoring for Crisis Situations
Second Deputy Prime Minister
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs">Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Spain)">Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Secretariat of State for European Affairs
- * General Secretariat for Foreign Affairs
- ** Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for Europe
- ** Directorate-General for Coordination of General and Technical Affairs of the European Union
- ** Directorate-General for the Internal Market and other Community Policies
- Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs
- * General Secretariat for Foreign Policy
- ** Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for North America and for Security and Disarmament / Directorate-General for
Security, Disarmament and International Affairs of Terrorism - ** Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for the Mediterranean, the Middle East and Africa
- ** Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for Asia and the Pacific / Directorate-General for Asia, the Pacific and North
America - ** Directorate-General for International Economic Relations
- Secretariat of State for International Cooperation and for Ibero-America
- * Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for Ibero-America
- * Directorate-General for Cultural and Scientific Relations
- Undersecretariat of Foreign Affairs
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for the Foreign Service
- * Directorate-General for Protocol, Chancellery and Orders–Introducer of Ambassadors
- * Directorate-General for Consular Affairs and Protection of Spaniards Abroad
- Directorate-General for the Office for Diplomatic Information
Ministry of Justice">Ministry of Justice (Spain)">Ministry of Justice
- Secretariat of State for Justice
- * Directorate of the State Legal Service / Office of the Solicitor General of the State–Directorate of the State Legal Service
- * Directorate-General for Registries and Notaries
- * Directorate-General for Relations with the Administration of Justice
- * Directorate-General for Conscientious Objection
- * Directorate-General for Modernization of the Administration of Justice
- * Directorate-General for Religious Affairs
- Undersecretariat of Justice
- * Directorate-General for Legislative Policy and International Legal Cooperation
- * Technical General Secretariat
Ministry of Defence">Ministry of Defence (Spain)">Ministry of Defence
- Armed Forces
- * Chief of the Defence Staff
- * Chief of Staff of the Army
- * Chief of Staff of the Navy
- * Chief of Staff of the Air Force
- Secretariat of State for Defence
- * Directorate-General for Armament and Materiel
- * Directorate-General for Economic Affairs
- * Directorate-General for Infraestructure
- Undersecretariat of Defence
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Personnel
- * Directorate-General for Military Recruitment and Teaching
- Directorate-General for Defence Policy
- General Secretariat for Defence Policy
- * Directorate-General for Defence Policy
- * Directorate-General for Institutional Defence Relations
- Directorate-General of the Superior Center of Defence Information / Secretariat of State–Directorate of the Superior Center of
Defence Information - Secretariat of State–Directorate of the National Intelligence Centre
- * General Secretariat of the National Intelligence Centre
- ** Technical Directorate for Resources
- * Technical Directorate for Intelligence
Ministry of Finance">Ministry of Finance (Spain)">Ministry of Finance
- Secretariat of State for Finance
- * General Secretariat for Territorial and Community Fiscal Policy
- * Directorate-General for Taxes
- * Directorate-General for Cadastre
- * Central Economic-Administrative Court
- * Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Secretariat of State for Budgets and Expenditure
- * Directorate-General for Budgets
- * Directorate-General for Staff Costs and Public Pensions
- * Directorate-General for Community Funds and Territorial Financing
- * Office of the Comptroller General of the State Administration
- Undersecretariat of Finance
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for State Heritage
- * Inspectorate-General of the Ministry of Finance
Ministry of the Interior">Ministry of the Interior (Spain)">Ministry of the Interior
- Secretariat of State for Security
- * Directorate-General of the Police
- * Directorate-General of the Civil Guard
- * Directorate-General for Security Administration / Directorate-General for Security Infrastructure and Material
- Undersecretariat of the Interior
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Internal Policy
- * Directorate-General for Civil Protection
- * Directorate-General for Traffic
- Government Delegation for the National Drugs Plan
- Directorate-General for Penitentiary Institutions
- Government Delegation for Foreigners and Immigration
- * Directorate-General for Foreigners and Immigration
Ministry of Development">Ministry of Development (Spain)">Ministry of Development
- Secretariat of State for Infrastructure and Transport / Secretariat of State for Infrastructure
- * Directorate-General for Roads
- * Directorate-General for Railways
- * Directorate-General for Housing, Architecture and Urbanism
- * Directorate-General for Economic Programming
- Undersecretariat of Development
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Organization, Procedure and Control
- * Directorate-General of the National Geographic Institute
- * Directorate-General for Railways and Road Transport / Directorate-General for Road Transport
- * Directorate-General for the Merchant Marine
- * Directorate-General for Civil Aviation
Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports">Ministry of Education (Spain)">Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports
- Secretariat of State for Education and Universities
- * General Secretariat for Education and Vocational Training
- ** Directorate-General for Education, Vocational Training and Educational Innovation
- ** Directorate-General for Territorial Cooperation and High Inspection
- * Directorate-General for Universities
- Secretariat of State for Culture
- * Directorate-General for Fine Arts and Cultural Property
- * Directorate-General for Books, Archives and Libraries
- * Directorate-General for Cultural Cooperation and Communication
- Undersecretariat of Education, Culture and Sports
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Economic Programming, Personnel and Services
- National Sports Council
- * Directorate-General for Sports
- * Directorate-General for Sports Infrastructure
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs">Ministry of Labour (Spain)">Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
- Secretariat of State for Social Security
- * Directorate-General for Social Security Management / Directorate-General for Social Security Economic Management
- * Office of the Comptroller General of the Social Security
- Undersecretariat of Labour and Social Affairs
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Labour and Social Security Inspection
- General Secretariat for Employment
- * Directorate-General for Labour
- * Directorate-General for Promotion of the Social Economy and the European Social Fund
- General Secretariat for Social Affairs
- * Directorate-General for Social, Minor and Family Action
- * Directorate-General for Migration Management
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food">Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Spain)">Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- Undersecretariat of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Economic Planning and Institutional Coordination
- * Directorate-General for Rural Development
- * Directorate-General for Food
- General Secretariat for Agriculture and Food / General Secretariat for Agriculture / General
Secretariat for Agriculture and Food - * Directorate-General for Agriculture
- * Directorate-General for Livestock
- * Directorate-General for Rural Development
- * Directorate-General for Food
- General Secretariat for Maritime Fisheries
- * Directorate-General for Fishery Resources
- * Directorate-General for Fishing Structures and Markets
[Ministry of the Presidency]
- Secretariat of State for Relations with the Cortes
- * Directorate-General for Relations with the Cortes
- Undersecretariat of the Presidency
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General of the Government Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Human Resources, Services and Infrastructure
- Secretariat of State for Press
- * Directorate-General for Communication of the National Area
- * Directorate-General for Communication of the International Area
Ministry of Public Administrations">Ministry for Territorial Administrations">Ministry of Public Administrations
- Secretariat of State for Public Administration
- * Directorate-General for the Civil Service
- * Directorate-General for Administrative Organization
- * Directorate-General for Inspection, Simplification and Quality of Services
- Secretariat of State for Territorial Organization of the State
- * Directorate-General for Regional Cooperation / Directorate-General for Regional Policy
- * Directorate-General for the Local Administration
- * Directorate-General for the Peripheral State Administration
- Undersecretariat of Public Administrations
- * Technical General Secretariat
Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs">Ministry of Health (Spain)">Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs
- Undersecretariat of Health and Consumer Affairs
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Public Health
- * Directorate-General for Pharmacy and Health Products
- General Secretariat for Healthcare–Directorate of the National Institute of Health
- * Directorate-General for Health Organization and Planning
- * Directorate-General for Primary and Specialized Care
- * Directorate-General for Budgets and Investments
- * Directorate-General for Human Resources
- Undersecretariat of Health and Consumer Affairs
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Human Resources and Economic-Budgetary Services
- * Directorate-General for Pharmacy and Health Products
- * Directorate-General for Public Health and Consumer Affairs / Directorate-General for Consumer Affairs and Citizen Services
- General Secretariat for Health Management and Cooperation / General Secretariat for Health
- * Permanent Secretariat of the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System and its Advisory Committee / Permanent
Secretariat of the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System, its Advisory Committee and High Inspection - * Directorate-General for Public Health
- * Directorate-General for High Inspection and Coordination of the National Health System /
Directorate-General for Cohesion of the National Health System and High Inspection - * Directorate-General for Institutional Relations and High Inspection
- * Directorate-General for Health Planning / Directorate-General for Health Planning, Information Systems and Benefits
- * Quality Agency of the National Health System
- * Directorate-General of the National Institute of Health
Ministry of Environment">Ministry of Environment (Spain)">Ministry of Environment
- Secretariat of State for Water and Coasts
- * Directorate-General for Hydraulic Works and Water Quality
- * Directorate-General for Coasts
- Undersecretariat of Environment
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Economic and Budgetary Programming and Control
- * Directorate-General of the National Institute of Meteorology
- General Secretariat for Environment
- * Directorate-General for Nature Conservation
- * Directorate-General for Environmental Quality and Evaluation
Ministry of Economy">Ministry of Economy (Spain)">Ministry of Economy
- Secretariat of State for Economy, Energy and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises / Secretariat of State for Economy
- * General Secretariat for Economic Policy and Competition Defence
- ** Directorate-General for Economic Policy
- ** Directorate-General for Sector Policies
- * Directorate-General for Economic Policy
- * Directorate-General for the Treasury and Financial Policy
- * Directorate-General for Competition Defence
- * Directorate-General for Insurance / Directorate-General for Insurance and Pension Funds
- * Directorate-General for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Policy
- * Directorate-General for Energy Policy and Mines
- Secretariat of State for Trade and Tourism
- * General Secretariat for Foreign Trade
- ** Directorate-General for Trade and Investments
- ** Directorate-General for International Financing
- * General Secretariat for Tourism
- * Directorate-General for Trade Policy
- Undersecretariat of Economy
- * Technical General Secretariat
- Secretariat of State for Energy, Industrial Development and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
- * Directorate-General for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Policy
- * Directorate-General for Industrial Development and Regional Incentives
- * Directorate-General for Energy Policy and Mines
Ministry of Science and Technology">Ministry of Science (Spain)">Ministry of Science and Technology
- Secretariat of State for Scientific and Technological Policy
- * General Secretariat for Scientific Policy
- * Directorate-General for Research
- * Directorate-General for Technological Policy
- Secretariat of State for Telecommunications and for the Information Society
- * Directorate-General for Telecommunications and Information Technologies
- * Directorate-General for the Development of the Information Society
- Undersecretariat of Science and Technology
- * Technical General Secretariat
Spokesperson of the Government">Spokesperson of the Government of Spain">Spokesperson of the Government
----Spokesperson of the Government
- General Office for Information
- * Department of Information Tracking
- General Office for Information Development and Analysis
- * Department of Information Studies and Relations