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Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
Senior Member of the Spanish Government
Senior Member of the Spanish Government
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain |
| native_name | Vicepresidencia Segunda del Gobierno de España |
| insignia | Escudo de España (mazonado).svg |
| insigniasize | 100px |
| insigniacaption | Coat of arms of Spain |
| department | Government of Spain |
| Council of Ministers | |
| image | Yolanda Díaz 2023 (cropped).jpg |
| incumbent | Yolanda Díaz |
| incumbentsince | 12 July 2021 |
| style | Excelentísimo/a Señor/a |
| member_of | Cabinet |
| residence | Palacio de la Moncloa |
| seat | Madrid, Spain |
| nominator | Prime Minister |
| appointer | Monarch |
| Countersigned by the Prime Minister of Spain | |
| termlength | No fixed term |
| termlength_qualified | No term limits are imposed on the office. |
| constituting_instrument | Organic Act of the State of 1967 (original) |
| Constitution of 1978 (current) | |
| first | Antonio Barrera de Irimo |
| formation |
Council of Ministers Countersigned by the Prime Minister of Spain Constitution of 1978 (current)
The second deputy prime minister of Spain, officially the second vice president of the Government (), is a senior member of the Government of Spain. The office is not a permanent position, existing only at the discretion of the prime minister.
The current second deputy prime minister is Yolanda Díaz, who is also minister of Labour and Social Economy.
History
The office was established by the Organic Act of the State of 1967 which allowed for the creation of a Council of Ministers composed of the Prime Minister, one or more Deputy Prime Ministers and the Ministers. However, it was not until 1974, one year after the dictator Francisco Franco split the office of head of government (prime minister) and head of state, that prime minister Arias Navarro appointed Antonio Barrera Irimo, Minister of Finance as second deputy prime minister.
In Arias Navarro's second term, the Finance Minister Rafael Cabello de Alba was also appointed second deputy prime minister in October 1974. During his third term, Arias Navarro appointed Minister of the Interior Manuel Fraga as second deputy prime minister.
Prime minister Adolfo Suárez appointed his Interior Minister, Alfonso Osorio García and Minister of the Presidency as second deputy prime minister. From 1977 to 1981, Suárez appointed his Finance Ministers as Second Deputies and during his short term, Calvo-Sotelo did the same.
Socialist PM González never appointed a second deputy prime minister during his almost 14 years of premiership. José María Aznar and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero however followed the previous pattern of appointing their Finance Minister as second deputy prime minister. However, a cabinet reshuffle in 2011 appointed the Minister of Territorial Policy and Civil Service, Manuel Chaves as second deputy prime minister.
The conservative PM Mariano Rajoy did not appoint a second deputy prime minister. The subsequent prime minister Pedro Sánchez did not appoint in second deputy prime minister in his first government, but he did in his second term. In March 2021, after the resignation of Pablo Iglesias as second deputy prime minister, the tradition of appointing a minister of economic affairs as second deputy PM was resumed. In July 2021, Labour and Social Economy Minister Yolanda Díaz was appointed as second deputy PM.
Powers
The office of second deputy prime minister does not possess special constitutional powers beyond its responsibility as a member of the Council of Ministers. The position is regulated in the Government Act of 1997 and it only specifies that the raison d'être of the office is to replace the Prime Minister when the office is vacant, or the premier is absent or ill. The second deputy prime minister only assumes this responsibility if the first deputy is unable to fill the role.
List of officeholders
Office name:
- Second Vice Presidency of the Government (1974–1975; 1977–1979; 1981–1982; 1996–2000; 2003–2011; 2020–present)
- Vice Presidency of the Government for Interior Affairs (1975–1976)
- Second Vice Presidency of the Government, in charge of the Coordination of the Economic Affairs (1979–1981)
- Second Vice Presidency of the Government for Economic Affairs (2000–2003)
- Vice Presidency of the Government for Territorial Policy (2011)
| Portrait | Name | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Party | Government | Prime Minister | ||||||
| (Tenure) | {{smaller | Ref.}} | Took office | Left office | Duration | |||||
| [[File:Portrait placeholder.svg | 65px]] | Antonio Barrera de Irimo | ||||||||
| (1929–2014) | 4 January | |||||||||
| 1974 | 30 October | |||||||||
| 1974 | Movimiento Nacional}};" | National | ||||||||
| Movement | ||||||||||
| (Nonpartisan) | Arias Navarro I | Movimiento Nacional}};" | Carlos Arias Navarro | |||||||
| [[File:Carlos Arias Navarro 1975b (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | |||||||||
| (1973–1976) | ||||||||||
| [[File:Portrait placeholder.svg | 65px]] | Rafael Cabello de Alba | ||||||||
| (1925–2010) | 30 October | |||||||||
| 1974 | 12 December | |||||||||
| 1975 | Movimiento Nacional}};" | National | ||||||||
| Movement | ||||||||||
| (Nonpartisan) | ||||||||||
| [[File:Manuel Fraga 1983 (cropped).jpg | 65px]] | Manuel Fraga | ||||||||
| (1922–2012) | 12 December | |||||||||
| 1975 | 5 July | |||||||||
| 1976 | Movimiento Nacional}};" | National | ||||||||
| Movement | ||||||||||
| (FEDISA) | Arias Navarro II | |||||||||
| [[File:Portrait placeholder.svg | 65px]] | Alfonso Osorio | ||||||||
| (1923–2018) | 8 July | |||||||||
| 1976 | 5 July | |||||||||
| 1977 | Movimiento Nacional}};" | National | ||||||||
| Movement | ||||||||||
| (UDE) | Suárez I | Movimiento Nacional}};" | Adolfo Suárez | |||||||
| [[File:Adolfo Suárez 1980 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | |||||||||
| (1976–1981) | ||||||||||
| [[File:Portrait placeholder.svg | 65px]] | Enrique Fuentes Quintana | ||||||||
| (1924–2007) | 5 July | |||||||||
| 1977 | 25 February | |||||||||
| 1978 | Independent politician}};" | Independent | Suárez II | Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)}};" | ||||||
| [[File:Fernando Abril Martorell 1979 (cropped).jpg | 65px]] | Fernando Abril Martorell | ||||||||
| (1936–1998) | 25 February | |||||||||
| 1978 | 6 April | |||||||||
| 1979 | Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)}};" | UCD | ||||||||
| 6 April | ||||||||||
| 1979 | 9 September | |||||||||
| 1980 | Suárez III | |||||||||
| [[File:Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo 1978 (cropped).jpg | 65px]] | Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo | ||||||||
| (1926–2008) | 9 September | |||||||||
| 1980 | 27 February | |||||||||
| 1981 | Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)}};" | UCD | ||||||||
| Office disestablished during this interval. | ||||||||||
| [[File:Juan Antonio García Díez cropped.jpg | 65px]] | Juan Antonio García Díez | ||||||||
| (1940–1998) | 2 December | |||||||||
| 1981 | 30 July | |||||||||
| 1982 | Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)}};" | UCD | Calvo-Sotelo | Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)}};" | Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo | |||||
| [[File:Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo 1978 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | |||||||||
| (1981–1982) | ||||||||||
| Office disestablished during this interval. | ||||||||||
| [[File:Rodrigo Rato 2004 (cropped).jpg | 65px]] | Rodrigo Rato | ||||||||
| (born 1949) | 6 May | |||||||||
| 1996 | 28 April | |||||||||
| 2000 | People's Party (Spain)}};" | PP | Aznar I | People's Party (Spain)}};" | José María Aznar | |||||
| [[File:José María Aznar 2003d (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | |||||||||
| (1996–2004) | ||||||||||
| 28 April | ||||||||||
| 2000 | 4 September | |||||||||
| 2003 | Aznar II | |||||||||
| [[File:Javier Arenas (cropped).jpg | 65px]] | Javier Arenas | ||||||||
| (born 1957) | 4 September | |||||||||
| 2003 | 18 April | |||||||||
| 2004 | People's Party (Spain)}};" | PP | ||||||||
| [[File:Pedro Solbes 2007 (cropped).jpg | 65px]] | Pedro Solbes | ||||||||
| (1942–2023) | 18 April | |||||||||
| 2004 | 14 April | |||||||||
| 2008 | Independent politician}};" | Independent | Zapatero I | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}};" | **José Luis | |||||
| Rodríguez Zapatero** | ||||||||||
| [[File:José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero 2011c (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | |||||||||
| (2004–2011) | ||||||||||
| 14 April | ||||||||||
| 2008 | 7 April | |||||||||
| 2009 | Zapatero II | |||||||||
| [[File:Elena Salgado 2010c (cropped).jpg | 65px]] | Elena Salgado | ||||||||
| (born 1949) | 7 April | |||||||||
| 2009 | 12 July | |||||||||
| 2011 | Independent politician}};" | Independent | ||||||||
| [[File:Manuel Chaves 2010 (cropped).jpg | 65px]] | Manuel Chaves | ||||||||
| (born 1945) | 12 July | |||||||||
| 2011 | 22 December | |||||||||
| 2011 | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}};" | PSOE | ||||||||
| Office disestablished during this interval. | ||||||||||
| [[File:Pablo Iglesias 2020b (cropped).jpg | 65px]] | Pablo Iglesias | ||||||||
| (born 1978) | 13 January | |||||||||
| 2020 | 31 March | |||||||||
| 2021 | Podemos (Spanish political party)}};" | Podemos | Sánchez II | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party}};" | Pedro Sánchez | |||||
| [[File:Pedro Sánchez 2023b (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | |||||||||
| (2018–present) | ||||||||||
| [[File:Nadia Calviño 2020b (cropped).jpg | 65px]] | Nadia Calviño | ||||||||
| (born 1968) | 31 March | |||||||||
| 2021 | 12 July | |||||||||
| 2021 | Independent politician}};" | Independent | ||||||||
| [[File:Yolanda Díaz 2023 (cropped).jpg | 65px]] | Yolanda Díaz | ||||||||
| (born 1971) | 12 July | |||||||||
| 2021 | 21 November | |||||||||
| 2023 | Communist Party of Spain}};" | PCE | ||||||||
| Sumar (electoral platform)}};" | SMR, PCE | |||||||||
| 21 November | ||||||||||
| 2023 | Incumbent | Sánchez III |
References
References
- "Ley Orgánica del Estado, número 1/1967, de 10 de enero.".
- (3 January 1974). "Decree 1/1974, of January 3, by which the Vice Presidents of the Government are appointed". Office of the Prime Minister.
- "Decree 2997/1974, of October 29, by which Rafael Cabello de Alba is appointed Second Vice President of the Government.".
- "Royal Decree 1606/1976, of July 7, by which Mr. Fernando de Santiago y Díaz de Mendívil and Mr. Alfonso Osorio García are appointed Deputy Prime Ministers.".
- "Sánchez reshuffles Cabinet to have 4 women in top jobs".
- (28 November 1997). "Ley 50/1997, de 27 de noviembre, del Gobierno".
- (4 January 1974). "Decreto 1/1974, de 3 de enero, por el que se nombran Vicepresidentes del Gobierno a don José García Hernández, don Antonio Barrera de Irimo y don Licinio de la Fuente y de la Fuente". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (30 October 1974). "Decreto 2994/1974, de 29 de octubre, por el que se dispone el cese de don Antonio Barrera de Irimo como Vicepresidente segundo del Gobierno". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (30 October 1974). "Decreto 2997/1974, de 29 de octubre, por el que se nombra Vicepresidente segundo del Gobierno a don Rafael Cabello de Alba". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (12 December 1975). "Decreto 3234/1975, de 11 de diciembre, por el que se dispone el cese de los Vicepresidentes del Gobierno". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (12 December 1975). "Decreto 3236/1975, de 11 de diciembre, por el que se nombran Vicepresidentes del Gobierno". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (8 July 1976). "Real Decreto 1606/1976, de 7 de julio, por el que se nombran Vicepresidentes del Gobierno a don Fernando de Santiago y Díaz de Mendívil y don Alfonso Osorio García". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (5 July 1977). "Real Decreto 1560/1977, de 4 de julio, por el que se dispone el cese del Vicepresidente segundo del Gobierno, don Alfonso Osorio García". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (5 July 1977). "Real Decreto 1562/1977, de 4 de julio, por el que se nombran Vicepresidentes del Gobierno a don Enrique Fuentes Quintana y don Fernando Abril Martorell". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (25 February 1978). "Real Decreto 227/1978, de 24 de febrero, por el que se dispone el cese del Vicepresidente segundo del Gobierno, don Enrique Fuentes Quintana". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (25 February 1978). "Real Decreto 230/1978, de 24 de febrero, por el que se nombra Vicepresidente segundo del Gobierno a don Fernando Abril Martorell". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (6 April 1979). "Real Decreto 710/1979, de 5 de abril, por el que se nombra Vicepresidente del Gobierno a don Fernando Abril Martorell". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (9 September 1980). "Real Decreto 1794/1980, de 8 de septiembre por el que se dispone el cese de don Fernando Abril Martorell como Vicepresidente del Gobierno". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (9 September 1980). "Real Decreto 1796/1980, de 8 de septiembre por el que se nombra Vicepresidente del Gobierno a don Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo y Bustelo". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (27 February 1981). "Real Decreto 258/1981, de 26 de febrero, por el que se dispone el cese en sus funciones de don Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo y Bustelo como Vicepresidente segundo del Gobierno". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (2 December 1981). "Real Decreto 2828/1981, de 1 de diciembre, por el que se nombra Vicepresidente segundo del Gobierno al Ministro de Economía y Comercio don Juan Antonio García Díez". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (6 May 1996). "Real Decreto 761/1996, de 5 de mayo, por el que se nombra Vicepresidente Segundo del Gobierno a don Rodrigo de Rato y Figaredo". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (28 April 2000). "Real Decreto 560/2000, de 27 de abril, por el que se nombra Vicepresidente Segundo del Gobierno para Asuntos Económicos a don Rodrigo de Rato y Figaredo". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (4 September 2003). "Real Decreto 1114/2003, de 3 de septiembre, por el que se dispone el cese de don Rodrigo de Rato y Figaredo como Vicepresidente Segundo del Gobierno para Asuntos Económicos". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
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- (16 March 2004). "Real Decreto 449/2004, de 15 de marzo, por el que se declara el cese de los miembros del Gobierno". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (18 April 2004). "Real Decreto 556/2004, de 17 de abril, por el que se nombra Vicepresidente Segundo del Gobierno a don Pedro Solbes Mira". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (14 April 2008). "Real Decreto 435/2008, de 12 de abril, por el que se nombra Vicepresidente Segundo del Gobierno a don Pedro Solbes Mira". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (7 April 2009). "Real Decreto 544/2009, de 7 de abril, por el que se dispone el cese de don Pedro Solbes Mira como Vicepresidente Segundo del Gobierno". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (7 April 2009). "Real Decreto 552/2009, de 7 de abril, por el que se nombra Vicepresidenta Segunda del Gobierno a doña Elena Salgado Méndez". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (12 July 2011). "Real Decreto 1014/2011, de 11 de julio, por el que se dispone el cese de doña Elena Salgado Méndez como Vicepresidenta Segunda del Gobierno". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (12 July 2011). "Real Decreto 1018/2011, de 11 de julio, por el que se nombra Vicepresidente del Gobierno de Política Territorial a don Manuel Chaves González". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (22 November 2011). "Real Decreto 1743/2011, de 21 de noviembre, por el que se declara el cese de los miembros del Gobierno". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (13 January 2020). "Real Decreto 5/2020, de 12 de enero, por el que se nombra Vicepresidente Segundo del Gobierno a don Pablo Iglesias Turrión". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (31 March 2021). "Real Decreto 230/2021, de 30 de marzo, por el que se dispone el cese de don Pablo Iglesias Turrión como Vicepresidente Segundo del Gobierno". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (31 March 2021). "Real Decreto 233/2021, de 30 de marzo, por el que se nombra Vicepresidenta Segunda del Gobierno a doña Nadia María Calviño Santamaría". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (12 July 2021). "Real Decreto 510/2021, de 10 de julio, por el que se dispone el cese de doña Nadia María Calviño Santamaría como Vicepresidenta Segunda del Gobierno". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (12 July 2021). "Real Decreto 523/2021, de 10 de julio, por el que se nombra Vicepresidenta Segunda del Gobierno a doña Yolanda Díaz Pérez". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- (21 November 2023). "Real Decreto 832/2023, de 20 de noviembre, por el que se nombra Vicepresidenta Segunda del Gobierno a doña Yolanda Díaz Pérez". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado.
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