First government of Pedro Sánchez
The first government of Pedro Sánchez was formed on 7 June 2018, following the latter's election as Prime Minister of Spain by the Congress of Deputies on 1 June and his swearing-in on 2 June, as a result of the success of a motion of no confidence against Mariano Rajoy. It succeeded the second Rajoy government and was the Government of Spain from 7 June 2018 to 13 January 2020, a total of 585 days, or 1 year, 7 months and 6 days.
1st government of Pedro Sánchez | |
|---|---|
Government of Spain | |
| 2018–2020 | |
The government in June 2018 (top left), July 2018 (top right) and October 2018 (bottom). | |
| Date formed | 7 June 2018 |
| Date dissolved | 13 January 2020 |
| People and organisations | |
| Monarch | Felipe VI |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Carmen Calvo |
| No. of ministers | 17 |
| Total no. of members | 19 |
| Member party | PSOE |
| Status in legislature | Minority government (2018–2019) Caretaker government (2019–2020) |
| Opposition party | PP |
| Opposition leader | Pablo Casado |
| History | |
| Outgoing election | April 2019 general election November 2019 general election |
| Legislature term(s) | 12th Cortes Generales 13th Cortes Generales |
| Incoming formation | 2018 vote of no confidence |
| Outgoing formation | 2019–2020 government formation |
| Predecessor | Rajoy II |
| Successor | Sánchez II |
The cabinet comprised members of the PSOE (including its sister party, the Socialists' Party of Catalonia, PSC) and a number of independents. It was nicknamed as the "beautiful government" (Spanish: gobierno bonito) by the media, because its composition was purposely leaked in a slow cascade of surprise, well-received announcements in the days prior to its formation in order to heighten the positive media coverage on the new appointments. It also became the government with the most female ministers in the country's history and in the world at the time, with 11 out of 17 ministries held by women or 64.7% of the total.
The government was defeated in the parliamentary vote of the 2019 General State Budget bill, prompting Sánchez to dissolve the Cortes and call a snap election; as a result, this was the shortest government since the Spanish transition to democracy—not counting acting periods—lasting for 10 months before an election was held. It was automatically dismissed on 29 April 2019 as a consequence of the April 2019 general election, but remained in acting capacity until the next government was sworn in.