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Fourth Deputy Prime Minister
Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
Incumbent
Office abolished
Government of Spain
Council of Ministers
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
Term length No fixed term
No term limits are imposed on the office.
Constituting instrument Constitution of 1978
Formation 13 January 2020
(4 years ago)
 (2020-01-13)
First holder Teresa Ribera
Final holder María Jesús Montero
Abolished 12 July 2021
29 December 2023

The fourth deputy prime minister, officially Fourth Vice President of the Government (Spanish: Vicepresidencia Cuarta del Gobierno de España), is a senior member of the Government of Spain. The office of the Fourth Deputy Prime Minister is not a permanent position, existing only at the discretion of the Prime Minister. It is a constitutional office because it is foreseen in the Constitution when it provides for the possibility of existing more than one Vice Presidency.

History and powers

It is an office of new creation established on 13 January 2020. Teresa Ribera, the minister for the Ecological Transition, was appointed as the first officeholder.

The office of fourth 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 absence or ill. The fourth deputy prime minister only assume this responsibility if the first, second and third deputies could not do it.

The office was abolished on 12 July 2021, when Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez promoted Teresa Ribera to third deputy prime minister. It was re-established on 21 November 2023, when Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez appointed María Jesús Montero to the office.

List of officeholders

Office name:

  • Fourth Vice Presidency of the Government (2020–2021; 2023)
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Party Government Prime Minister
(Tenure)
Ref.
Took office Left office Duration
Teresa Ribera 2020c (cropped).jpg Teresa Ribera
(born 1969)
13 January
2020
12 July
2021
1 year and 180 days PSOE Sánchez II Pedro Sánchez
Pedro Sánchez 2021b (cropped).jpg
(2018–present)

Office disestablished during this interval.
María Jesús Montero 2023 (cropped).jpg María Jesús Montero
(born 1966)
21 November
2023
29 December
2023
38 days PSOE Sánchez III Pedro Sánchez
Pedro Sánchez 2023b (cropped).jpg
(2018–present)

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Anexo:Vicepresidente cuarto del Gobierno de España para niños

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