Aznar I Government
The Aznar I Government was formed on 6 May 1996 following José María Aznar's election as Prime Minister of Spain by the Congress of Deputies on 4 May and his swearing-in on 5 May, as a result of the People's Party emerging as the largest parliamentary force at the 1996 Spanish general election. Aznar's first cabinet was composed mainly by members of the PP, as well as a number of independents. It succeeded the fourth González government and was the Government of Spain from 6 May 1996 to 28 April 2000, a total of days, or.
The government was automatically dismissed on 13 March 2000 as a consequence of the 2000 general election, but remained in acting capacity until the next government was sworn in.
Investiture
Cabinet changes
Aznar's first government saw a number of cabinet changes during its tenure:- On 16 July 1998, Josep Piqué was assigned the functions of Spokesperson of the Government after the resignation of Miguel Ángel Rodríguez as Secretary of State for Press on 10 July. The office had been vacant de jure since the new government was sworn into office in May 1996, but Rodríguez exercised as de facto spokesperson by attending press conferences held after the councils of ministers until his resignation and Piqué's subsequent appointment.
- On 19 January 1999, following the nomination of Javier Arenas and Esperanza Aguirre to become new secretary-general of the People's Party and President of the Senate of Spain, respectively, a cabinet reshuffle ensued which saw Manuel Pimentel being named as new Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, whereas Mariano Rajoy replaced Aguirre in Education and Culture. Ángel Acebes was appointed to fill Rajoy's vacancy in the Public Administrations ministry.
- On 30 April 1999, Jesús Posada replaced Loyola de Palacio in the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food portfolio after the latter was nominated on 22 April to run as the PP leading candidate in the 1999 European Parliament election.
- On 21 February 2000, Manuel Pimentel resigned as Minister of Labour and Social Affairs as a result of a scandal involving irregularities conducted by one of his closest collaborators, Juan Aycart, leading Aznar to appoint Juan Carlos Aparicio as a replacement.
Council of Ministers
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Departmental structure
José María Aznar's first 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 International and Defence Affairs
- * Department of Education and Culture
- * Department of Analysis and Studies
- * Department of Institutional Affairs
- * Office for Science and Technology
- * Budget Office
- Budget Office
- General Secretariat of the Prime Minister's Office
- * Deputy General Secretariat
- * Department of Protocol of the Prime Minister's Office
- * Department of Security of the Prime Minister's Office
- * Department of Infrastructure and Monitoring for Crisis Situations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs">Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Spain)">Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Secretariat of State for Foreign Policy and for the European Union
- * General Secretariat for Foreign Policy and for the European Union
- * Directorate-General for Technical Affairs of the European Union
- * Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for Europe and North America / Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for Europe
- * Directorate-General for Security and Disarmament and for Foreign Policy for North America
- * Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for Ibero-America
- * Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for Africa, Asia and the Pacific
- * Directorate-General for the United Nations, Security and Disarmament
- * Directorate-General for Political Affairs and for the United Nations
- * Directorate-General for Coordination of General and Technical Affairs of the European Union
- * Directorate-General for the Internal Market and other Community Policies
- General Secretariat for International Cooperation and for Ibero-America
- * Directorate-General for Cultural and Scientific Relations
- * Directorate-General for International Economic 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 Legal and Consular Affairs
- Directorate-General for Protocol, Chancellery and Orders–Introducer of Ambassadors
- Directorate-General for the Office for Diplomatic Information
Ministry of Justice">Ministry of Justice (Spain)">Ministry of Justice
- Secretariat of State for Justice
- * Directorate-General for Registries and Notaries
- * Directorate-General for Conscientious Objection
- * Directorate-General for Relations with the Administration of Justice
- * Directorate-General of the State Legal Service
- * Directorate-General for Religious Affairs
- Undersecretariat of Justice
- * 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
- Directorate-General of the Superior Center of Defence Information
- * General Secretariat of the Superior Center of Defence Information
Ministry of Economy and Finance">Ministry of Economy and Finance (Spain)">Ministry of Economy and Finance
- Secretariat of State for Finance
- * Government Delegation on the Tobacco Monopoly
- * Directorate-General for Taxes
- * Directorate-General for Coordination with the Territorial Treasuries
- * 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 Budgetary Analysis and Programming
- * Office of the Comptroller General of the State Administration
- Secretariat of State for Economy
- * Directorate-General for the Treasury and Financial Policy
- * Directorate-General for Insurance
- * Directorate-General for Economic Policy and Competition Defence
- Secretariat of State for Trade, Tourism and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
- * Directorate-General for Domestic Trade
- * Directorate-General for Foreign Trade / General Secretariat for Foreign Trade
- * Directorate-General for Trade Policy and Foreign Investments
- * Directorate-General for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Policy
- * Directorate-General for Tourism
- Undersecretariat of Economy and Finance
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for State Heritage
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
- 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
Ministry of Development">Ministry of Development (Spain)">Ministry of Development
- Secretariat of State for Infrastructure and Transport
- * Directorate-General for Roads
- * Directorate-General for Railways and Road Transport
- * Directorate-General for the Merchant Marine
- * Directorate-General for Civil Aviation
- Undersecretariat of Development
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Economic and Budgetary Programming
- * Directorate-General for Housing and Urbanism / Directorate-General for Housing, Architecture and Urbanism
- * Directorate-General of the National Geographic Institute
- General Secretariat for Communications
- * Directorate-General for Telecommunications
Ministry of Education and Culture">Ministry of Education (Spain)">Ministry of Education and Culture
- Secretariat of State for Universities, Research and Development / Secretariat of State for Education, Universities, Research and
Development - * General Secretariat for Education and Vocational Training
- ** Directorate-General for Educational Centers
- ** Directorate-General for Vocational Training and Educational Promotion
- ** Directorate-General for Coordination and High Inspection
- * Directorate-General for Higher Education / Directorate-General for Higher Education and Scientific Research
- * Directorate-General for Research and Development
- 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
- General Secretariat for Education and Vocational Training
- * Directorate-General for Educational Centers
- * Directorate-General for Vocational Training and Educational Promotion
- * Directorate-General for Coordination and High Inspection
- Undersecretariat of Education and Culture
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Personnel and Services
- * Directorate-General for Economic Programming and Budgetary Control
- 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
- * 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 and Migration / Directorate-General for Labour
- * Directorate-General for Promotion of the Social Economy / 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 Industry and Energy">Ministry of Industry (Spain)">Ministry of Industry and Energy
- Secretariat of State for Energy and Mineral Resources / Secretariat of State for Industry and Energy
- * Directorate-General for Mines
- * Directorate-General for Energy
- * Directorate-General for Industry and Technology
- * Directorate-General for Industries and Information Technologies
- Undersecretariat of Industry and Energy
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General for Industry
- * Directorate-General for Technology and Industrial Security
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
- General Secretariat for Agriculture and Food
- * Directorate-General for Agricultural Productions and Markets / Directorate-General for Agriculture
- * Directorate-General for Livestock Productions and Markets / Directorate-General for Livestock
- * Directorate-General for Agricultural Production Health
- * Directorate-General for Rural Planning and Development / Directorate-General for Rural Development
- * Directorate-General for Food Policy and Agricultural and Food Industries / 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
- Secretariat of State for Press
- * Directorate-General for Communication / General Secretariat for Information
- Undersecretariat of the Presidency
- * Technical General Secretariat
- * Directorate-General of the Government Secretariat
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
- * Inspectorate-General for Public Administration Services / Directorate-General for Inspection, Simplification and Quality of
Services - Secretariat of State for Territorial Administrations
- * Directorate-General for Territorial Cooperation / Directorate-General for Regional Cooperation
- * Directorate-General for Territorial Legal and Economic Regime
- * Directorate-General for the Local 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
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 of the National Institute of Meteorology
- General Secretariat for Environment
- * Directorate-General for Nature Conservation
- * Directorate-General for Environmental Quality and Evaluation