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2nd government of José María Aznar
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Government of Spain
2000–2004
Segundo Gobierno de José Maria Aznar (2001).jpg
Segundo Gobierno de José Maria Aznar (2003) (2).jpg
The government in March 2001 (top) and September 2003 (bottom).
Date formed 28 April 2000
Date dissolved 18 April 2004
People and organisations
Monarch Juan Carlos I
Prime Minister José María Aznar
Deputy Prime Ministers Mariano Rajoy1st, Rodrigo Rato2nd (2000–2003)
Rodrigo Rato1st, Javier Arenas2nd (2003–2004)
No. of ministers 16 (2000–02)
15 (2002–04)
Total no. of members 25
Member party   PP
Status in legislature Majority government
Opposition party   PSOE
Opposition leader José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
History
Election(s) 2000 general election
Outgoing election 2004 general election
Legislature term(s) 7th Cortes Generales
Budget(s) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Predecessor Aznar I
Successor Zapatero I

The second government of José María Aznar was formed on 28 April 2000, following the latter's election as Prime Minister of Spain by the Congress of Deputies on 26 April and his swearing-in on 27 April, as a result of the People's Party (PP) emerging as the largest parliamentary force at the 2000 Spanish general election. It succeeded the first Aznar government and was the Government of Spain from 28 April 2000 to 18 April 2004, a total of 1,451 days, or 3 years, 11 months and 21 days.

The cabinet comprised members of the PP and a number of independents. It was automatically dismissed on 15 March 2004 as a consequence of the 2004 general election, but remained in acting capacity until the next government was sworn in.

Investiture

Investiture
José María Aznar (PP)
Ballot → 26 April 2000
Required majority → 176 out of 350 YesY
202 / 350
148 / 350
Abstentions
0 / 350
Absentees
0 / 350
Sources

Cabinet changes

Aznar's second government saw a number of cabinet changes during its tenure:

  • On 28 February 2001, Jaime Mayor Oreja stepped down as Minister of the Interior in order to run as the People's Party (PP)'s leading candidate for Lehendakari in the 2001 Basque regional election. He was succeeded in his office by Mariano Rajoy, who in turn was replaced in the Presidency ministry by Juan José Lucas.
  • On 10 July 2002, a major cabinet reshuffle saw Ana de Palacio replacing Josep Piqué as Minister of Foreign Affairs, who in turn replaced Anna Birulés as Minister of Science and Technology. Rajoy was reassigned the Ministry of the Presidency as well as the functions of Spokesperson of the Government, with Ángel Acebes being appointed for the Interior portfolio. José María Michavila filled the vacancy left by Acebes in the Ministry of Justice, whereas President of the Valencian Government Eduardo Zaplana replaced Juan Carlos Aparicio as Minister of Labour and Social Affairs. Javier Arenas replaced Jesús Posada as Minister of Public Administrations and Ana Pastor replaced Celia Villalobos in Health and Consumer Affairs. Aznar attempted to draw Convergence and Union (CiU) into a coalition government, with little success.
  • On 3 March 2003, Elvira Rodríguez replaced Jaume Matas as Minister of Environment, who stepped down in order to run as the PP leading candidate for President of the Balearic Islands in the 2003 Balearic regional election.
  • On 4 September 2003, Josep Piqué and Mariano Rajoy were dismissed from the government as a result of being nominated as the PP leading candidates for the 2003 Catalan regional and 2004 Spanish general elections, respectively. This prompted a new reshuffle which saw Rodrigo Rato being promoted to First Deputy Prime Minister, Arenas becoming new Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidency, Zaplana being assigned the functions of Spokesperson of the Government, Julia García-Valdecasas becoming new Minister of Public Administrations and Juan Costa filling Piqué's vacancy in the Science and Technology ministry.

Council of Ministers

The Council of Ministers was structured into the offices for the prime minister, the two deputy prime minister, 15 ministries and the post of the spokesperson of the Government. Until July 2002, the latter's officeholder had the rank of minister without portfolio and an office of its own.

Aznar II Government
(28 April 2000 – 18 April 2004)
Portfolio Name Party Took office Left office Ref.
Prime Minister José María Aznar PP 27 April 2000 17 April 2004
First Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of the Presidency
Mariano Rajoy PP 28 April 2000 28 February 2001
Second Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs
Minister of Economy
Rodrigo Rato PP 28 April 2000 4 September 2003
Minister of Foreign Affairs Josep Piqué PP 28 April 2000 10 July 2002
Minister of Justice Ángel Acebes PP 28 April 2000 10 July 2002
Minister of Defence Federico Trillo PP 28 April 2000 18 April 2004
Minister of Finance Cristóbal Montoro PP 28 April 2000 18 April 2004
Minister of the Interior Jaime Mayor Oreja PP 28 April 2000 28 February 2001
Minister of Development Francisco Álvarez-Cascos PP 28 April 2000 18 April 2004
Minister of Education, Culture and Sports Pilar del Castillo PP 28 April 2000 18 April 2004
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Juan Carlos Aparicio PP 28 April 2000 10 July 2002
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Miguel Arias Cañete PP 28 April 2000 18 April 2004
Minister of Public Administrations Jesús Posada PP 28 April 2000 10 July 2002
Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs Celia Villalobos PP 28 April 2000 10 July 2002
Minister of Environment Jaume Matas PP 28 April 2000 3 March 2003
Minister of Science and Technology Anna Birulés Independent 28 April 2000 10 July 2002
Spokesperson Minister of the Government, without portfolio Pío Cabanillas Alonso Independent 28 April 2000 10 July 2002

Changes February 2001

Portfolio Name Party Took office Left office Ref.
First Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of the Interior
Mariano Rajoy PP 28 February 2001 10 July 2002
Minister of the Presidency Juan José Lucas PP 28 February 2001 10 July 2002

Changes July 2002

Portfolio Name Party Took office Left office Ref.
First Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of the Presidency
Spokesperson of the Government
Mariano Rajoy PP 10 July 2002 4 September 2003
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ana Palacio PP 10 July 2002 18 April 2004
Minister of Justice José María Michavila PP 10 July 2002 18 April 2004
Minister of the Interior Ángel Acebes PP 10 July 2002 18 April 2004
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Eduardo Zaplana PP 10 July 2002 4 September 2003
Minister of Public Administrations Javier Arenas PP 10 July 2002 4 September 2003
Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs Ana Pastor PP 10 July 2002 18 April 2004
Minister of Science and Technology Josep Piqué PP 10 July 2002 4 September 2003

Changes March 2003

Portfolio Name Party Took office Left office Ref.
Minister of Environment Elvira Rodríguez PP 3 March 2003 18 April 2004

Changes September 2003

Portfolio Name Party Took office Left office Ref.
First Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Economy
Rodrigo Rato PP 4 September 2003 18 April 2004
Second Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of the Presidency
Javier Arenas PP 4 September 2003 18 April 2004
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
Spokesperson of the Government
Eduardo Zaplana PP 4 September 2003 18 April 2004
Minister of Public Administrations Julia García-Valdecasas PP 4 September 2003 18 April 2004
Minister of Science and Technology Juan Costa PP 4 September 2003 18 April 2004

Departmental structure

José María Aznar's second government was organised into several superior and governing units, whose number, powers and hierarchical structure varied depending on the ministerial department.

Unit/body rank
Office
(Original name)
Portrait Name Took office Left office Alliance/party Ref.

Prime Minister's Office

Prime Minister
(Presidencia del Gobierno)
José María Aznar 2003d (cropped).jpg José María Aznar 26 April 2000 17 April 2004 PP




First Deputy Prime Minister
(Vicepresidencia Primera
del Gobierno)
Mariano Rajoy 2003 (cropped).jpg Mariano Rajoy 28 April 2000 4 September 2003 PP
Rodrigo Rato 2004 (cropped).jpg Rodrigo Rato 4 September 2003 18 April 2004 PP
See Ministry of the Presidency (28 April 2000 – 28 February 2001; 10 July 2002 – 4 September 2003)
See Ministry of the Interior (28 February 2001 – 10 July 2002)
See Ministry of Economy (4 September 2003 – 18 April 2004)
Second Deputy Prime Minister
for Economic Affairs

(Vicepresidencia Segunda
del Gobierno para Asuntos
Económicos)

(until 4 September 2003)

Second Deputy Prime Minister
(Vicepresidencia Segunda
del Gobierno)

(from 4 September 2003)

Rodrigo Rato 2004 (cropped).jpg Rodrigo Rato 28 April 2000 4 September 2003 PP
Javier Arenas (cropped).jpg Javier Arenas 4 September 2003 18 April 2004 PP
See Ministry of Economy (28 April 2000 – 4 September 2003)
See Ministry of the Presidency (4 September 2003 – 18 April 2004)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores)
Josep Piqué 1999 (cropped).jpg Josep Piqué 28 April 2000 10 July 2002 PP



Ana Palacio 2004b (cropped).jpg Ana Palacio 10 July 2002 18 April 2004 PP

Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice
(Ministerio de Justicia)
Ángel Acebes 2001 (cropped).jpg Ángel Acebes 28 April 2000 10 July 2002 PP

José María Michavila 2003 (cropped).jpg José María Michavila 10 July 2002 18 April 2004 PP

Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence
(Ministerio de Defensa)
Federico Trillo 2001b (cropped).jpg Federico Trillo 28 April 2000 18 April 2004 PP


Ministry of Finance

Ministry of Finance
(Ministerio de Hacienda)
Cristóbal Montoro 2003b (cropped).jpg Cristóbal Montoro 28 April 2000 18 April 2004 PP



Ministry of the Interior

Ministry of the Interior
(Ministerio del Interior)
Jaime Mayor Oreja 2009b (cropped).jpg Jaime Mayor Oreja 28 April 2000 28 February 2001 PP


Mariano Rajoy 2003 (cropped).jpg Mariano Rajoy 28 February 2001 10 July 2002 PP
Ángel Acebes 2001 (cropped).jpg Ángel Acebes 10 July 2002 18 April 2004 PP

Ministry of Development

Ministry of Development
(Ministerio de Fomento)
Francisco Álvarez-Cascos 1996 (cropped).jpg Francisco Álvarez-Cascos 28 April 2000 18 April 2004 PP

Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports

Ministry of Education,
Culture and Sports
(Ministerio de Educación,
Cultura y Deporte)
Pilar del Castillo 2001b (cropped).jpg Pilar del Castillo 28 April 2000 18 April 2004 PP


Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Ministry of Labour
and Social Affairs
(Ministerio de Trabajo
y Asuntos Sociales)
Juan Carlos Aparicio 2002b (cropped).jpg Juan Carlos Aparicio 28 April 2000 10 July 2002 PP


Eduardo Zaplana en la rueda de prensa posterior al Consejo de Ministros (cropped - b).jpg Eduardo Zaplana 10 July 2002 18 April 2004 PP

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food
(Ministerio de Agricultura,
Pesca y Alimentación)
Miguel Arias Cañete 2002b (cropped).jpg Miguel Arias Cañete 28 April 2000 18 April 2004 PP

Ministry of the Presidency

Ministry of the Presidency
(Ministerio de la Presidencia)
Mariano Rajoy 2003 (cropped).jpg Mariano Rajoy 28 April 2000 28 February 2001 PP


Juan José Lucas 2014 (cropped).jpg Juan José Lucas 28 February 2001 10 July 2002 PP
Mariano Rajoy 2003 (cropped).jpg Mariano Rajoy 10 July 2002 4 September 2003 PP
Javier Arenas (cropped).jpg Javier Arenas 4 September 2003 18 April 2004 PP

Ministry of Public Administrations

Ministry of Public Administrations
(Ministerio de Administraciones
Públicas)
Jesús Posada 2002 (cropped).jpg Jesús Posada 28 April 2000 10 July 2002 PP
Javier Arenas (cropped).jpg Javier Arenas 10 July 2002 4 September 2003 PP
Julia García-Valdecasas 2005b (cropped).jpg Julia García-Valdecasas 4 September 2003 18 April 2004 PP

Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs

Ministry of Health
and Consumer Affairs
(Ministerio de Sanidad
y Consumo)
Celia Villalobos 2001b (cropped).jpg Celia Villalobos 28 April 2000 10 July 2002 PP




Ana Pastor Julián 2002 (cropped).jpg Ana Pastor 10 July 2002 18 April 2004 PP

Ministry of Environment

Ministry of Environment
(Ministerio de Medio Ambiente)
Jaume Matas 2004 (cropped).jpg Jaume Matas 28 April 2000 3 March 2003 PP
Elvira Rodríguez 2003b (cropped).jpg Elvira Rodríguez 3 March 2003 18 April 2004 PP

Ministry of Economy

Ministry of Economy
(Ministerio de Economía)
Rodrigo Rato 2004 (cropped).jpg Rodrigo Rato 28 April 2000 18 April 2004 PP





Ministry of Science and Technology

Ministry of Science
and Technology
(Ministerio de Ciencia
y Tecnología)
Anna Birulés 2002 (cropped).jpg Anna Birulés 28 April 2000 10 July 2002 PP
(Independent)


Josep Piqué 1999 (cropped).jpg Josep Piqué 10 July 2002 4 September 2003 PP
Juan Costa 2007b (cropped).jpg Juan Costa 4 September 2003 18 April 2004 PP

Spokesperson of the Government

Spokesperson Minister of the
Government, without portfolio
(Ministro Portavoz del Gobierno,
sin cartera)

(until 10 July 2002)

Spokesperson of the Government
(Portavoz del Gobierno)
(from 10 July 2002)

Pío Cabanillas Alonso 2002b (cropped).jpg Pío Cabanillas Alonso 28 April 2000 10 July 2002 PP
(Independent)





Mariano Rajoy 2003 (cropped).jpg Mariano Rajoy 10 July 2002 4 September 2003 PP
Eduardo Zaplana en la rueda de prensa posterior al Consejo de Ministros (cropped - b).jpg Eduardo Zaplana 4 September 2003 18 April 2004 PP

See also

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