Government of the 10th Legislature of Spain
| First Rajoy Government | |
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 14th Government of Spain (since 1975) |
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| Date formed | 21 December 2011 |
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| Head of state |
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| Head of government | Mariano Rajoy |
| Deputy head of government | Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría |
| No. of ministers | 14 |
| Member party | PP |
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| Opposition party | PSOE |
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| History | |
| Election(s) | 2011 general election |
| Outgoing election | |
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| Budget(s) | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Outgoing formation | 2015–16 government formation |
| Predecessor | Zapatero II |
| Successor | Rajoy II |
The 10th Spanish General Courts were elected at the 2011 general election on 20 November and first met on 13 December. Mariano Rajoy was invested as Prime Minister on 20 December by the Congress of Deputies and was sworn into office the following day. On the nomination of the Prime Minister, the First Rajoy Government, or the 14th Government of Spain since the Spanish transition to democracy, was appointed.
Mariano Rajoy led his party to the largest electoral victory of the centre-right in Spain in history in the 2011 general election, winning 186 out of 350 seats, an absolute majority of seats. Rajoy was sworn in as Prime Minister on 21 December 2011 after he obtained the confidence vote in the Congress of Deputies. The cabinet endured from 21 December 2011 to 31 October 2016, a total of 1,776 days, or 4 years, 10 months and 10 days.
The First Rajoy Cabinet was composed mainly by members of the People's Party and some independents. At its formation, the government was formed by 14 ministries, including the office of Prime Minister. It saw no major cabinet reshuffle for the duration of its term, with replacements only being done because of incumbents resigning on their own.
On 28 April 2014, Miguel Arias Cañete resigned as Minister for Agriculture, Food and Environmental Affairs in order to stand as his party's candidate to the 2014 European Parliament election. He was succeeded by Isabel García Tejerina.
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