Zapatero II Government
The Zapatero II Government was formed on 14 April 2008 following José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's election as Prime Minister of Spain by the Congress of Deputies on 11 April and his swearing-in on 12 April, as a result of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party emerging as the largest parliamentary force at the 2008 Spanish general election. Zapatero's second cabinet was composed mainly by members of the PSOE and its sister party, the Socialists' Party of Catalonia, as well as a number of independents. It succeeded the first Zapatero government and was the Government of Spain from 14 April 2008 to 22 December 2011, a total of days, or.
The government was automatically dismissed on 21 November 2011 as a consequence of the 2011 general election, but remained in acting capacity until the next government was sworn in.
Investiture
Cabinet changes
Zapatero's second government saw a number of cabinet changes during its tenure:- On 23 February 2009, Mariano Fernández Bermejo resigned as Minister of Justice after it transpired that he had participated in a hunting trip in Andalusia together with Judge Baltasar Garzón—at the time, responsible for the ongoing Gürtel case investigations involving senior People's Party members. Bermejo came under fire from PP leaders, who accused him of interfering within the investigations. While he denied such claims, he submitted his resignation due to the growing political pressure on him. He was succeeded by Francisco Caamaño.
- On 7 April 2009, the cabinet saw an extensive reshuffle. Pedro Solbes stepped down as Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance and was replaced by Elena Salgado, who in turn stepped down as Minister of Public Administrations. President of Andalusia Manuel Chaves was appointed as Third Deputy Prime Minister and new Minister of Territorial Policy. José Blanco replaced Magdalena Álvarez as Minister of Development; Ángel Gabilondo replaced Mercedes Cabrera in Education; Ángeles González-Sinde replaced César Antonio Molina in Culture and Trinidad Jiménez replaced Bernat Soria as Minister of Health.
- On 21 October 2010, Celestino Corbacho stepped down as Minister of Labour and Immigration in order to run within the Socialists' Party of Catalonia 's list for the 2010 Catalan regional election, being replaced by Valeriano Gómez. Zapatero took this opportunity to undertake a major cabinet reshuffle which saw María Teresa Fernández de la Vega being replaced as First Deputy Prime Minister and Spokesperson of the Government by Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba—who retained his office as Minister of the Interior—and as Minister of the Presidency by Ramón Jáuregui. Trinidad Jiménez replaced Miguel Ángel Moratinos as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; Rosa Aguilar replaced Elena Espinosa as Minister of Environment, Rural and Marine Affairs and Leire Pajín was appointed to the Health ministry. The ministries of Housing and Equality were restructured into state secretariats within the Development and Health ministries, respectively. Finally, Chaves's Territorial Policy portfolio was restructured into the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Public Administration.
- On 12 July 2011, Rubalcaba stepped down from the government after having been nominated as the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 's leading candidate for the 2011 general election. Subsequently, a final reshuffle took place, with changes limited to fill the vacancies: Antonio Camacho was appointed in Interior, José Blanco replaced Rubalcaba as the Government's spokesperson and the offices of the deputy prime ministers under Elena Salgado and Manuel Chaves were restructured.
Council of Ministers
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Departmental structure
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero'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 Institutional Affairs
- * Department of International Policy and Security
- * Department of Analysis and Studies
- * Department of Education and Culture
- * Economic Office of the Prime Minister
- ** Department of Economic Policy
- ** Department of Social and Industrial Policy
- * General Secretariat of the Prime Minister's Office
- ** Department of Protocol
- ** Department of Security
- General Secretariat of the Prime Minister's Office
- * Deputy General Secretariat
- * Department of Protocol
- * Department of Security
- * Department of Infrastructure and Monitoring for Crisis Situations
- National Sports Council
- * Directorate-General for Sports
- * Directorate-General for Sports Infrastructure
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic
Affairs
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Deputy Prime Minister for Territorial
Policy
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation">Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Spain)">Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
- Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs / Secretariat of State for Foreign and Ibero-American Affairs
- * Directorate-General for Foreign Policy / Directorate-General for Foreign Policy, Europe and Security
- * Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for Europe and North America / Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for Non-Community
Europe and North America - * Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for the Mediterranean, Maghreb and the Middle East / Directorate-General for the
Mediterranean, Maghreb and the Middle East - * Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for Africa / Directorate-General for Africa
- * Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for Asia and the Pacific / Directorate-General for North America, Asia and the Pacific
- * Directorate-General for United Nations, Global Affairs and Human Rights / Directorate-General for Multilateral Affairs
- * Directorate-General for Strategic Affairs and Terrorism
- * Directorate-General for International Economic Relations and Energy Affairs
- * Directorate-General for Ibero-America
- Secretariat of State for the European Union
- * General Secretariat for the European Union / Directorate-General for General Affairs and Policy Coordination of the Treaty
on the Functioning of the European Union - ** Directorate-General for Integration and Coordination of General and Economic Affairs of the European Union
- ** Directorate-General for Internal Market Coordination and other Community Policies
- Secretariat of State for International Cooperation
- * Directorate-General for Planning and Evaluation of Development Policies
- Secretariat of State for Ibero-America
- * Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for Ibero-America
- * Directorate-General for Ibero-American Multilateral Organizations
- Undersecretariat of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for the Foreign Service
- * Directorate-General for Consular and Migratory Affairs
- * Introducer of Ambassadors
- General Secretariat for Consular and Migratory Affairs
- * Directorate-General for Consular Affairs and Assistance
- Directorate-General for Communication Abroad
- Directorate-General for International Economic Relations and Energy Affairs
- Introducer of Ambassadors
Ministry of Justice">Ministry of Justice (Spain)">Ministry of Justice
- Secretariat of State for Justice
- * Office of the Solicitor General of the State–Directorate of the State Legal Service
- * General Secretariat for Modernization and Relations with the Administration of Justice
- ** Directorate-General for Relations with the Administration of Justice
- ** Directorate-General for Modernization of the Administration of Justice
- * Directorate-General for Registries and Notaries
- * Directorate-General for Religious Affairs / Directorate-General for Relations with Religions
- * Directorate-General for International Legal Cooperation and Relations with Religions
- Undersecretariat of Justice
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for International Legal Cooperation
- * Directorate-General for International Legal Cooperation and Relations with Religions
- * Directorate-General for Registries and Notaries
- Office of the Solicitor General of the State–Directorate of the State Legal Service
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
- General Secretariat for Defence Policy
- * Directorate-General for Defence Policy
- Directorate-General for Defence Communication
- Directorate-General for Institutional Defence Relations
- Secretariat of State–Directorate of the National Intelligence Centre
- * General Secretariat of the National Intelligence Centre
- ** Technical Directorate for Resources
- ** Technical Directorate for Intelligence
- ** Technical Directorate for Intelligence Support
- * Technical Directorate for Intelligence
- * Technical Directorate for Intelligence Support
Ministry of Economy and Finance">Ministry of Economy and Finance (Spain)">Ministry of Economy and Finance
- Secretariat of State for Finance and Budgets
- * General Secretariat for Finance
- ** Directorate-General for Taxes
- ** Directorate-General for Cadastre
- ** Directorate-General for Financial Coordination with the Autonomous Communities and Local Entities
- ** Central Economic-Administrative Court
- ** Directorate-General for the Regulation of Gambling
- * General Secretariat for Budgets and Expenditure
- ** Directorate-General for Budgets
- ** Directorate-General for Staff Costs and Public Pensions
- ** Directorate-General for Community Funds
- * General Secretariat for Territorial Financing
- ** Directorate-General for Financial Coordination with the Autonomous Communities and Local Entities
- * Directorate-General for Financial Coordination with the Autonomous Communities and Local Entities
- * Office of the Comptroller General of the State Administration
- Secretariat of State for Economy
- * General Secretariat for Economic Policy and International Economy
- ** Directorate-General for Economic Policy
- ** Directorate-General for Macroeconomic Analysis and International Economy
- * Directorate-General for the Treasury and Financial Policy
- * Directorate-General for Insurance and Pension Funds
- * Directorate-General for International Financing
- Undersecretariat of Economy and Finance
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Services and Territorial Coordination
- * Directorate-General for State Heritage
- * Inspectorate-General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance
Ministry of the Interior">Ministry of the Interior (Spain)">Ministry of the Interior
- Secretariat of State for Security
- * Directorate-General of the Police and the Civil Guard
- * General Secretariat for Penitentiary Institutions
- ** Directorate-General for Resource Management
- ** Directorate-General for Territorial Coordination and Open Environment
- * Directorate-General for Security Infrastructure and Material
- * Directorate-General for International Relations and Foreigners
- Undersecretariat of the Interior
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Services / Directorate-General for Personnel and Services
- * Directorate-General for Internal Policy
- * Directorate-General for Traffic
- * Directorate-General for Civil Protection and Emergencies
- * Directorate-General for Security Infrastructure and Material
- * Directorate-General for Support to Victims of Terrorism
- Directorate-General for Information and Social Relations
Ministry of Development">Ministry of Development (Spain)">Ministry of Development
- Secretariat of State for Planning and Institutional Relations
- * Directorate-General for Planning
- * Directorate-General for Institutional Relations
- Secretariat of State for Infrastructure
- * General Secretariat for Infrastructure
- ** Directorate-General for Roads
- ** Directorate-General for Railways
- General Secretariat for Transport
- * Directorate-General for Road Transport
- * Directorate-General for the Merchant Marine
- * Directorate-General for Civil Aviation
- Undersecretariat of Development
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Economic Programming
- * Directorate-General of the National Geographic Institute
- * Directorate-General for Services
- Secretariat of State for Planning and Infrastructure
- * General Secretariat for Infrastructure
- ** Directorate-General for Roads
- ** Directorate-General for Railway Infrastructure
- * Directorate-General for Planning
- Secretariat of State for Transport
- * General Secretariat for Transport
- ** Directorate-General for Land Transport
- ** Directorate-General for the Merchant Marine
- * Directorate-General for Civil Aviation
- General Secretariat for Institutional Relations and Coordination
- * Directorate-General for Institutional Relations
- * Directorate-General of the National Geographic Institute
- Undersecretariat of Development
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Economic Programming / Directorate-General for Economic Programming and Budgets
- * Directorate-General for Services
- * Inspectorate-General of Development
- Secretariat of State for Housing and Urban Action
- * Directorate-General for Architecture and Housing Policy
- * Directorate-General for Soil and Urban Policies
- * General Secretariat for Housing
- ** Directorate-General for Architecture and Housing Policy
- ** Directorate-General for Soil and Urban Policies
Ministry of Education">Ministry of Education (Spain)">Ministry of Education
----Ministry of Education
- Secretariat of State for Education and Training
- * Directorate-General for Educational System Planning
- * Directorate-General for Vocational Training
- * Directorate-General for Territorial Evaluation and Cooperation / Directorate-General for Territorial Cooperation
- Secretariat of State for Social Policy, Families and Dependency and Disability Care
- * Directorate-General for Social Policy
- * Directorate-General for Families and Childhood
- * Directorate-General for Coordination of Sector Policies on Disability
- Undersecretariat of Education, Social Policy and Sports
- * Technical General Secretariat
- National Sports Council
- * Directorate-General for Sports
- * Directorate-General for Sports Infrastructure
- Secretariat of State for Education and Vocational Training
- * Directorate-General for Educational System Planning
- * Directorate-General for Vocational Training
- * Directorate-General for Territorial Cooperation / Directorate-General for Territorial Evaluation and Cooperation
- General Secretariat for Universities
- * Directorate-General for University Policy
- * Directorate-General for University Training and Orientation
- * Directorate-General for University Modernization and Internationalization
- * Directorate-General for Services, Participation and Employability of University Students
- * General Secretariat of the University Coordination Council
- Undersecretariat of Education
- * Technical General Secretariat
- Directorate-General for International Relations
- National Sports Council
- * Directorate-General for Sports
- * Directorate-General for Sports Infrastructure
Ministry of Labour and Immigration">Ministry of Labour (Spain)">Ministry of Labour and Immigration
- Secretariat of State for Social Security
- * Directorate-General for Social Security Management
- * Office of the Comptroller General of the Social Security
- Secretariat of State for Immigration and Emigration
- * Directorate-General for Immigration
- * Directorate-General for Immigrant Integration
- * Directorate-General for Emigration / Directorate-General for Spanish Citizenry Abroad
- Undersecretariat of Labour and Immigration
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Labour and Social Security Inspection
- * Directorate-General for Services
- General Secretariat for Employment / Secretariat of State for Employment
- * Directorate-General for Labour
- * Directorate-General for the Social Economy, Self-Employment and the European Social Fund / Directorate-General for the Social
Economy, Self-Employment and Corporate Social Responsibility - Cabinet for Social Dialogue
Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade">Ministry of Industry (Spain)">Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade
- Secretariat of State for Tourism / General Secretariat for Tourism and Domestic Trade
- * Directorate-General for Domestic Trade
- Secretariat of State for Trade / Secretariat of State for Foreign Trade
- * General Secretariat for Foreign Trade
- ** Directorate-General for Trade and Investments
- * Directorate-General for Trade Policy
- * Directorate-General for Trade and Investments
- Secretariat of State for Telecommunications and for the Information Society
- * Directorate-General for Telecommunications / Directorate-General for Telecommunications and Information Technologies
- * Directorate-General for the Development of the Information Society
- Undersecretariat of Industry, Tourism and Trade
- * Technical General Secretariat
- General Secretariat for Industry
- * Directorate-General for Industry
- * Directorate-General for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Policy
- General Secretariat for Energy / Secretariat of State for Energy
- * Directorate-General for Energy Policy and Mines
Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs">Ministry of Environment (Spain)">Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs
- Secretariat of State for Climate Change
- * Spanish Office for Climate Change
- * Directorate-General for Environmental Quality and Evaluation
- * Directorate-General for Rural Environment and Forest Policy
- * Directorate-General for Sustainability of the Coast and the Sea
- Secretariat of State for Rural Environment and Water
- * General Secretariat for Rural Environment
- ** Directorate-General for Rural Environment and Forest Policy
- ** Directorate-General for Agricultural and Livestock Resources
- ** Directorate-General for Sustainable Development of the Rural Environment
- ** Directorate-General for Food Industry and Markets
- * Directorate-General for Water
- Undersecretariat of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Services
- General Secretariat for Sea
- * Directorate-General for Fisheries Management
- * Directorate-General for Sustainability of the Coast and the Sea
- * Directorate-General for Fishery Resources and Aquaculture
[Ministry of the Presidency]
- Secretariat of State for Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs
- * Directorate-General for Relations with the Cortes
- * Directorate-General for Legal Coordination
- Secretariat of State for Press
- * Directorate-General for Information Coordination
- * Directorate-General for National Information
- * Directorate-General for International Information
- Undersecretariat of the Presidency
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General of the Government Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Human Resources, Services and Infrastructure
- * Directorate-General for Peripheral Administration Services / Directorate-General for the Coordination
and Administration of Peripheral Services / Directorate-General for Coordination of the Peripheral State
Administration - Commissioner for the Zaragoza International Exhibition
- * Directorate-General for Information and Institutional Relations
- Secretariat of State for the Civil Service
- * Directorate-General for the Civil Service
- * Directorate-General for the Promotion of Electronic Administration
- * Directorate-General for Administrative Organization and Procedures
Ministry of Territorial Policy and Public Administration">Ministry for Territorial Administrations">Ministry of Territorial Policy and Public Administration
----Ministry of Territorial Policy
----
Ministry of Territorial Policy and
Public Administration
- Secretariat of State for Public Administration
- * Directorate-General for the Civil Service
- * Directorate-General for the Promotion of Electronic Administration
- * Directorate-General for Administrative Organization and Procedures
- Secretariat of State for Territorial Cooperation
- * Directorate-General for Regional Cooperation
- * Directorate-General for Regional Development
- * Directorate-General for Local Cooperation
- Undersecretariat of Public Administrations
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Human Resources, Economic Programming and Peripheral Administration / Directorate-General for
Services and Coordination of the General State Administration in the Autonomous Communities and Cities with Statute of Autonomy
- Secretariat of State for Territorial Cooperation
- * Directorate-General for Regional Cooperation
- * Directorate-General for Regional Development
- * Directorate-General for Local Cooperation
- Undersecretariat of Territorial Policy / Undersecretariat of Territorial Policy and Public Administration
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Relations between the Peripheral State Administration and the Autonomous Communities and the Cities with Statute of
Autonomy of Ceuta and Melilla / Directorate-General for Relations between the Peripheral State Administration and the
Autonomous Communities and Cities with Statute of Autonomy and for Department Services / Directorate-
General for Institutional Relations and Organization - * Directorate-General for Coordination of the Peripheral State Administration
- Secretariat of State for the Civil Service
- * Directorate-General for the Civil Service
- * Directorate-General for the Promotion of Electronic Administration
- * Directorate-General for Administrative Organization and Procedures
Ministry of Culture">Ministry of Culture (Spain)">Ministry of Culture
- Undersecretariat of Culture
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Cultural Policy and Industries
- * Directorate-General for Fine Arts and Cultural Property
- * Directorate-General for Books, Archives and Libraries
Ministry of Health">Ministry of Health (Spain)">Ministry of Health
----Ministry of Health and Social Policy
----
Ministry of Health, Social Policy and
Equality
- Undersecretariat of Health and Consumer Affairs
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Pharmacy and Health Products
- * Directorate-General for Human Resources and Economic-Budgetary Services
- * Directorate-General for Consumer Affairs and Citizen Services / Directorate-General for Consumer Affairs
- General Secretariat for Health
- * Directorate-General for Public Health / Directorate-General for Public Health and External Health
- * Directorate-General for Cohesion of the National Health System and High Inspection / Directorate-General for Professional
Planning, Cohesion of the National Health System and High Inspection - * Quality Agency of the National Health System
- * Directorate-General for Pharmacy and Health Products
- * Government Delegation for the National Drugs Plan
- Directorate-General for Advanced Therapies and Transplants
- Quality Agency of the National Health System
- Undersecretariat of Health and Social Policy / Undersecretariat of Health, Social Policy and Equality
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Human Resources and Economic-Budgetary Services
- General Secretariat for Health
- * Directorate-General for Public Health and External Health
- * Directorate-General for Professional Planning, Cohesion of the National Health System and High Inspection
- * Directorate-General for Pharmacy and Health Products
- * Directorate-General for Advanced Therapies and Transplants
- * Quality Agency of the National Health System
- General Secretariat for Social Policy / General Secretariat for Social Policy and Consumer Affairs
- * Directorate-General for Social Policy, Families and Childhood
- * Directorate-General for Coordination of Sector Policies on Disability
- * Government Delegation for the National Drugs Plan
- * Directorate-General for Consumer Affairs
- Secretariat of State for Equality
- * Government Delegation for Gender Violence
- * Directorate-General for Equality in Employment and Against Discrimination
Ministry of Housing">Ministry of Housing (Spain)">Ministry of Housing
- Undersecretariat of Housing
- * Technical General Secretariat
- General Secretariat for Housing
- * Directorate-General for Architecture and Housing Policy
- * Directorate-General for Urbanism and Soil Policy / Directorate-General for Soil and Urban Policies
Ministry of Science and Innovation">Ministry of Science (Spain)">Ministry of Science and Innovation
- Secretariat of State for Universities
- * Directorate-General for University Policy
- * Directorate-General for Programs and Knowledge Transfers
- * General Secretariat of the University Coordination Council
- Secretariat of State for Research
- * General Secretariat for Scientific and Technological Policy
- ** Directorate-General for Planning and Coordination
- * Directorate-General for Planning and Coordination
- * Directorate-General for International Cooperation
- Undersecretariat of Science and Innovation
- * Technical General Secretariat
- Secretariat of State for Research
- * Directorate-General for Research and Management of the National Plan for RDI
- * Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Institutional Relations
- General Secretariat for Innovation
- * Directorate-General for Technology Transfer and Business Development
- Undersecretariat of Science and Innovation
- * Technical General Secretariat
Ministry of Equality">Ministry of Equality (Spain)">Ministry of Equality
- Undersecretariat of Equality
- * Technical General Secretariat
- General Secretariat for Equality Policies
- * Government Delegation for Gender Violence
- * Directorate-General for Equality in Employment / Directorate-General for Equality in Employment and Against Discrimination
- * Directorate-General Against Discrimination