The 22 members of the Government of Pedro Sánchez, the first coalition government of democracy, have pledged their charges on Monday before King Felipe VI, in a ceremony that has ended with applause after the corresponding family photo. LIVE | Follow the takeover of the new Government here in detail.
After the first Government of Pedro Sánchez innovated by promising to keep the secret “of the Council of Ministers and Ministers”, today the formulas have been varied and only two, Irene Montero and Yolanda Díaz, have spoken only of “Council of Ministers.”
Government members have taken possession by posing their right hand over the Constitution opened by article 100, which states that it is up to the King to appoint and separate the members of the Government.
Together with the King, the ceremony involves the highest representatives of the three powers of the State: the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez; the presidents of Congress and the Senate, Meritxell Batet and Pilar Llop, respectively; and the presidents of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), Carlos Lesmes, and the Constitutional Court, Juan José González Rivas.
The first to promise his position was the Minister of Justice, Juan Carlos Campo, who has immediately been placed behind the King to act as a notary major of the Kingdom, and then the rest of the Government, in the order that sets the protocol: first the vice-presidents and then the holders of the Ministries in the order in which they were created.
On Tuesday, January 14, the first Council of Ministers of the new government will be held and at the end President Sánchez will offer a press conference in Moncloa.
The faces of the new Government
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, officially announced this Sunday the name of the new members of his Cabinet after communicating it to the King.
The Government has 22 members, four of them with the rank of vice presidents: Carmen Calvo, Pablo Iglesias, Nadia Calviño and Teresa Ribera.
Pedro Sánchez has stressed that his ministers are men and women who have “great professionalism and competence.” In addition, he stressed that there are independent members of “recognized prestige” who provide “value and experience”, and that there are profiles of “strong economic competition.”
This is the complete list of ministers of the new Government:
– Vice President and Minister of the Presidency and Relations with the Courts and Democratic Memory: Carmen Calvo.
– Vice President and Minister of Social Rights and 2030 Agenda: Pablo Iglesias.
– Vice President and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation: Nadia Calviño.
– Vice President and Minister of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge: Teresa Ribera.
– Government spokesman and finance minister: Maria Jesus Montero.
– Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation: Arancha González Laya.
– Justice minister: Juan Carlos Field.
– Minister of Defense: Margarita Robles.
– Minister of the Interior: Fernando Grande-Marlaska.
– Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda: José Luis Ábalos.
– Minister of Education and Vocational Training: Isabel Celaá.
– Minister of Labor and Social Economy: Yolanda Diaz.
– Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration: José Luis Escrivá.
– Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism: Reyes Maroto.
– Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Luis Planas.
– Minister of Equality: Irene Montero.
– Minister of Consumption: Alberto Garzón.
– Minister of Culture and Sports: José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes.
– Minister of Health: Salvador Illa.
– Minister of Science and Innovation: Pedro Duque.
– Minister of Universities: Manuel Castells.
– Minister of Territorial Policy and Public Function: Carolina Darias.
Today's agenda
At 10:00, the president of the Government will go with his ministers to the Palacio de la Zarzuela where they will promise, before the King, their new positions. Throughout the morning, the members of the Coalition Executive formed by PSOE and United We will go to their respective headquarters to carry out the traditional exchange of ministerial portfolios with their predecessors.
The first will be the Vice President of Social Rights and 2030 Agenda, Pablo Iglesias, the Minister of Consumption, Alberto Garzón and the new head of Health, Salvador Illa, who will receive their portfolios at 12:00 at the headquarters of the Ministry of Health. At the same time, Juan Carlos Campo will take over as head of Justice in the Ministry of Justice.
About the 12:30, the Minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz, and the Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, José Luis Escrivá, will access their new positions in the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy.
Also at that time Carolina Darias will assume her responsibilities as Minister of Territorial Policy and Public Function with her predecessor, Luis Planas, who was responsible for the duties of the powers in this department after the appointment of Meritxell Batet as president of the Congress.
Half an hour later, at 1:00 p.m.Margarita Robles, who will continue in charge of Defense, will formally hand over the portfolio of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation to her successor in this position, Arancha González Laya. At the same time, Pedro Duque will transfer the portfolio of Universities to its new head, the sociologist Manuel Castells, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Science and Innovation.
At 1:30 p.m.Irene Montero will receive her new position symbolically as Minister of Equality at the headquarters of the Secretary of State for Equality, and José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes will assume her portfolio as Minister of Culture and Sports at the headquarters of this department.
Finally, at 4:30 p.m., until now Minister of Development, José Luis Ábalos, will present to the media the new Ministry of Transportation, Mobility and Urban Agenda.