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Government of Spain
1986–1989
The government in July 1988.
Date formed	26 July 1986
Date dissolved	7 December 1989
People and organisations
Monarch	Juan Carlos I
Prime Minister	Felipe González
Deputy Prime Minister	Alfonso Guerra
No. of ministers	16 (1986–1988) 17 (1988–1989)
Total no. of members	22
Member party	PSOE
Status in legislature	Majority government
Opposition party	AP–PL (1986–1987)   AP (1987–1989)   PP (1989)
Opposition leader	Manuel Fraga (1986) Miguel Herrero de Miñón (1986–1987) Antonio Hernández Mancha (1987–1989)
History
Election(s)	1986 general election
Outgoing election	1989 general election
Legislature term(s)	3rd Cortes Generales
Budget(s)	1987, 1988, 1989
Predecessor	González I
Successor	González III

The second government of Felipe González was formed on 26 July 1986, following the latter's election as Prime Minister of Spain by the Congress of Deputies on 23 July and his swearing-in on 24 July, as a result of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) emerging as the largest parliamentary force at the 1986 Spanish general election. It succeeded the first González government and was the Government of Spain from 26 July 1986 to 7 December 1989, a total of 1,230 days, or 3 years, 4 months and 11 days.

The cabinet comprised members of the PSOE (including its sister party, the Socialists' Party of Catalonia, PSC) and a number of independents. It was automatically dismissed on 30 October 1989 as a consequence of the 1989 general election, but remained in acting capacity until the next government was sworn in.

Investiture

Investiture Felipe González (PSOE)
Ballot →		23 July 1986
Required majority →		176 out of 350 Y
	Yes • PSOE (184)	184 / 350
	No • AP–PL (73) • PDP (21) • CDS (19) • CiU (18) • IU (7) • EE (2) • CG (1) • PAR (1) • AIC (1) • UV (1)	144 / 350
	Abstentions • PNV (6)	6 / 350
	Absentees • AP (11) • HB (5)	16 / 350
Sources

Council of Ministers

The Council of Ministers was structured into the offices for the prime minister, the deputy prime minister and 15 ministries. The number of ministries was increased to 17 with the creation of the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Ministry of the Spokesperson of the Government in July 1988.

Departmental structure

Felipe González'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

• (■) Secretary of state
• (■) Undersecretary
• (■) Director-general
• (●) Autonomous agency
• (◆) Military & intelligence agency

Office (Original name)	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Alliance/party			Ref.
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister (Presidencia del Gobierno)		Felipe González	24 July 1986	6 December 1989			PSOE
	26 July – 4 September 1986 (■) Office of the Spokesperson of the Government (■) General Secretariat of the Office of the Spokesperson of the Government (■) Directorate-General for Information Relations (■) Directorate-General for Information Cooperation (■) Cabinet of the Prime Minister's Office–Chief of Staff (■) Deputy Chief of Staff (■) Secretariat of the Prime Minister's Office (■) Chief of Protocol of the State (■) Chief of Security of the Prime Minister's Office (■) Chief of Operational Resources of the Prime Minister's Office (■) General Secretariat of the Prime Minister's Office (■) Directorate-General for Social Communication Media (■) Directorate-General of the Centre for Sociological Research 4 September 1986 – 16 December 1989 (■) Office of the Spokesperson of the Government (disest. 30 Jul 1988) (■) General Secretariat of the Office of the Spokesperson of the Government (disest. 30 Jul 1988) (■) Directorate-General for Information Relations (until 30 Jul 1988) (■) Directorate-General for Information Cooperation (until 30 Jul 1988) (■) Cabinet of the Prime Minister's Office–Chief of Staff (■) Deputy Chief of Staff (■) Department of Infrastructure and Monitoring for Crisis Situations (est. 7 Feb 1987) (■) General Secretariat of the Prime Minister's Office (■) Chief of Protocol of the State (■) Chief of Protocol of the Prime Minister's Office (est. 31 Jan 1987) (■) Chief of Security of the Prime Minister's Office (■) Chief of Operational Resources of the Prime Minister's Office
Deputy Prime Minister (Vicepresidencia del Gobierno)		Alfonso Guerra	26 July 1986	7 December 1989			PSOE
	24 December 1982 – 16 December 1989 (■) Secretariat of the Deputy Prime Minister's Office
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores)		Francisco Fernández Ordóñez	26 July 1986	7 December 1989			PSOE
	29 August 1985 – 24 December 1988 (■) State Secretariat for the European Communities (■) General Secretariat for the European Communities (■) Directorate-General for Community Technical Coordination (■) Directorate-General for Community Legal and Institutional Coordination (■) State Secretariat for International Cooperation and for Ibero-America (■) Directorate-General for Cultural Relations (■) Directorate-General for International Technical Coordination (■) Directorate-General for International Economic Relations (■) Undersecretariat of Foreign Affairs (■) Technical General Secretariat (■) Directorate-General for the Foreign Service (■) Directorate-General for Consular Affairs (■) General Secretariat for Foreign Policy (■) Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for Europe (■) Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for Ibero-America (■) Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for North America and Asia (■) Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for Africa and the Middle East (■) Directorate-General for International Organizations and Conferences (■) Directorate-General for International Affairs of Security and Disarmament (■) Service for Protocol, Chancery and Orders–First Introducer of Ambassadors (■) Directorate-General of the Office for Diplomatic Information 24 December 1988 – 11 May 1996 (■) State Secretariat for the European Communities (■) General Secretariat for the European Communities (■) Directorate-General for Community Technical Coordination (■) Directorate-General for Community Legal and Institutional Coordination (■) State Secretariat for International Cooperation and for Ibero-America (■) Directorate-General for International Economic Relations (■) Directorate-General for Cultural and Scientific Relations (■) Undersecretariat of Foreign Affairs (■) Technical General Secretariat (■) Directorate-General for the Foreign Service (■) Directorate-General for Consular Affairs (■) General Secretariat for Foreign Policy (■) Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for Europe (■) Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for Ibero-America (■) Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for North America and Asia (■) Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for Africa and the Middle East (■) Directorate-General for International Organizations and Conferences (■) Directorate-General for International Affairs of Security and Disarmament (■) Service for Protocol, Chancery and Orders–First Introducer of Ambassadors (■) Directorate-General of the Office for Diplomatic Information
Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice (Ministerio de Justicia)		Fernando Ledesma	26 July 1986	12 July 1988			PSOE (Independent)
		Enrique Múgica	12 July 1988	7 December 1989			PSOE
	17 August 1985 – 17 January 1991 (■) Undersecretariat of Justice (■) Technical General Secretariat (■) Directorate-General for Services (■) Directorate-General for Relations with the Administration of Justice (■) Directorate-General for Religious Affairs (■) Directorate-General for Registries and Notaries (■) Directorate-General for Penitentiary Institutions (■) Directorate-General of the State Legal Service (■) Directorate-General for the Legal Protection of Minors (until 23 Jul 1988)
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence (Ministerio de Defensa)		Narcís Serra	26 July 1986	7 December 1989			PSOE (PSC–PSOE)
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Ministry of Economy and Finance (Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda)		Carlos Solchaga	26 July 1986	7 December 1989			PSOE
	9 February 1984 – 22 February 1987 (■) State Secretariat for Finance (■) General Secretariat for Finance (■) Office of the Comptroller General of the State Administration (■) Directorate-General for Customs and Special Taxes (■) Directorate-General for Financial and Tax Inspection (■) Inspectorate-General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (■) Directorate-General for Taxes (■) Directorate-General for Budgets (■) Directorate-General for Personnel Expenditures (■) Directorate-General for Coordination with the Territorial Treasuries (■) State Secretariat for Economy and Planning (■) General Secretariat for Economy and Planning (■) Directorate-General for Economic Policy (■) Directorate-General for Forecast and Conjuncture (■) Directorate-General for Planning (■) Directorate-General for Plan Coordination (■) Directorate-General for the National Institute of Statistics (■) Directorate-General for the Treasury and Financial Policy (■) Directorate-General for Insurance (■) State Secretariat for Trade (■) General Secretariat for Trade (■) Directorate-General for Trade Policy (■) Directorate-General for Tariff Policy and Imports (■) Directorate-General for Exports (■) Directorate-General for Foreign Transactions (■) Directorate-General for Internal Trade (■) Undersecretariat of Economy and Finance (■) Directorate-General for Services (■) Technical General Secretariat (■) Directorate-General for State Litigation (■) Directorate-General for the State Heritage 22 February 1987 – 13 March 1991 (■) State Secretariat for Finance (■) General Secretariat for Finance (■) Directorate-General for Tax Management (■) Directorate-General for Financial and Tax Inspection (■) Directorate-General for Tax Collection (■) Directorate-General for Customs and Special Taxes (■) Directorate-General for Tax Informatics (■) General Secretariat for Planning and Budgets (■) Directorate-General for Planning (■) Directorate-General for Budgets (■) Office of the Comptroller General of the State Administration (■) Directorate-General of the Budget Information Centre and the Plan (disest. 9 Mar 1989) (■) Directorate-General for Budget Informatics (est. 9 Mar 1989) (■) Directorate-General for Personnel Expenditures and Public Pensions (■) Directorate-General for Taxes (■) Directorate-General for Coordination with the Territorial Treasuries (■) State Secretariat for Economy (■) Directorate-General for Economic Policy (■) Directorate-General for Forecast and Conjuncture (■) Directorate-General for the Treasury and Financial Policy (■) Directorate-General for Insurance (■) Directorate-General for the National Institute of Statistics (disest. 24 Jul 1989) (■) Directorate-General for Regional Economic Incentives (■) State Secretariat for Trade (■) General Secretariat for Trade (■) Directorate-General for Trade Policy (■) Directorate-General for Foreign Trade (■) Directorate-General for Foreign Transactions (■) Directorate-General for Internal Trade (■) Directorate-General for Competition Defence (■) Undersecretariat of Economy and Finance (■) Directorate-General for Services (■) Technical General Secretariat (■) Directorate-General for the State Heritage (■) Inspectorate-General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance
Ministry of the Interior
Ministry of the Interior (Ministerio del Interior)		José Barrionuevo	26 July 1986	12 July 1988			PSOE
		José Luis Corcuera	12 July 1988	7 December 1989			PSOE
Ministry of Public Works and Urbanism
Ministry of Public Works and Urbanism (Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Urbanismo)		Javier Sáenz de Cosculluela	26 July 1986	7 December 1989			PSOE
	(■) Directorate-General of the National Geographic Institute
Ministry of Education and Science
Ministry of Education and Science (Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia)		José María Maravall	26 July 1986	12 July 1988			PSOE
		Javier Solana	12 July 1988	7 December 1989			PSOE
	(●) High Council for Sports (from 12 Jul 1988) (■) President's Office of the High Council for Sports (from 12 Jul 1988) (■) Directorate-General of the High Council for Sports (from 12 Jul 1988; disest. 9 Dec 1988) (■) Directorate-General for Sports (est. 9 Dec 1988) (■) Directorate-General for Sports Infrastructure (est. 9 Dec 1988)
Ministry of Labour and Social Security
Ministry of Labour and Social Security (Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social)		Manuel Chaves	26 July 1986	7 December 1989			PSOE
	25 April 1985 – 14 July 1993 (■) Undersecretariat of Labour and Social Security (■) Technical General Secretariat (■) Directorate-General for Services (■) Directorate-General for Personnel (■) Directorate-General for Labour and Social Security Inspection (■) Directorate-General for Informatics and Statistics (■) Directorate-General of the Spanish Institute for Emigration (■) General Secretariat for Employment and Labour Relations (■) Directorate-General for Labour (■) Directorate-General for Employment (■) Directorate-General for Cooperatives and Labour Relations (■) General Secretariat for Social Security (■) Directorate-General for Economic Regime of the Social Security (■) Directorate-General for Social Action (until 23 Jul 1988) (■) Directorate-General for Legal Regime of the Social Security (■) Office of the Comptroller General of the Social Security
Ministry of Industry and Energy
Ministry of Industry and Energy (Ministerio de Industria y Energía)		Luis Carlos Croissier	26 July 1986	12 July 1988			PSOE
		Claudio Aranzadi	12 July 1988	7 December 1989			PSOE (Independent)
	16 December 1982 – 30 October 1988 (■) Undersecretariat of Industry and Energy (■) General Secretariat for Energy and Mineral Resources (■) Directorate-General for Mines (■) Directorate-General for Energy (■) Technical General Secretariat (■) Directorate-General for Steel and Naval Industries (■) Directorate-General for Chemical, Construction, Textile and Pharmaceutical Industries (■) Directorate-General for Electronics and Informatics (■) Directorate-General for Food Industries and the Small and Medium-sized Industry (■) Directorate-General for Industrial Innovation and Technology (■) Directorate-General for Services 30 October 1988 – 13 March 1991 (■) Undersecretariat of Industry and Energy (■) Technical General Secretariat (■) Directorate-General for Services (■) General Secretariat for Energy and Mineral Resources (■) Directorate-General for Mines and Construction (■) Directorate-General for Energy (■) General Secretariat for Industrial Promotion and Technology (■) Directorate-General for Electronics and New Technologies (■) Directorate-General for Technological Policy (■) Directorate-General for Industry
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación)		Carlos Romero	26 July 1986	7 December 1989			PSOE
Ministry for Public Administrations
Ministry for Public Administrations (Ministerio para las Administraciones Públicas)		Joaquín Almunia	26 July 1986	7 December 1989			PSOE
	(■) State Secretariat for Public Administration (■) Directorate-General for the Civil Service (■) Directorate-General for Organization, Procedures and Information Technology (■) Inspectorate-General for Public Administration Services
Ministry of Transport, Tourism and Communications
Ministry of Transport, Tourism and Communications (Ministerio de Transportes, Turismo y Comunicaciones)		Abel Caballero	26 July 1986	12 July 1988			PSOE
		José Barrionuevo	12 July 1988	7 December 1989			PSOE
Ministry of Culture
Ministry of Culture (Ministerio de Cultura)		Javier Solana	26 July 1986	12 July 1988			PSOE
		Jorge Semprún	12 July 1988	7 December 1989			PSOE (Independent)
	1 May 1985 – 21 October 1993 (■) Undersecretariat of Culture (■) Technical General Secretariat (■) Directorate-General for Fine Arts and Archives (■) Directorate-General for Books and Libraries (■) Directorate-General for Cultural Cooperation (●) High Council for Sports (until 12 Jul 1988) (■) President's Office of the High Council for Sports (until 12 Jul 1988) (■) Directorate-General of the High Council for Sports (until 12 Jul 1988)
Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs
Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs (Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo)		Julián García Vargas	26 July 1986	7 December 1989			PSOE
Ministry of Relations with the Cortes and the Government Secretariat
Ministry of Relations with the Cortes and the Government Secretariat (Ministerio de Relaciones con las Cortes y de la Secretaría del Gobierno)		Virgilio Zapatero	26 July 1986	7 December 1989			PSOE
	26 July – 26 September 1986 (■) Undersecretariat of Relations with the Cortes and the Government Secretariat (■) Technical General Secretariat (■) Directorate-General for Services (■) Directorate-General for Relations with the Congress of Deputies (■) Directorate-General for Relations with the Senate (■) Directorate-General for Social Communication Media (from 4 Sep 1986) (■) Directorate-General of the Centre for Sociological Research (from 4 Sep 1986) 26 September 1986 – 31 July 1987 (■) Undersecretariat of Relations with the Cortes and the Government Secretariat (■) Technical General Secretariat (■) Directorate-General for Services (■) Directorate-General for Relations with the Cortes (■) Directorate-General for Monitoring of Parliamentary Initiatives (■) Directorate-General of the Government Secretariat (■) Directorate-General for Social Communication Media (■) Directorate-General of the Centre for Sociological Research 31 July 1987 – 14 July 1993 (■) Undersecretariat of Relations with the Cortes and the Government Secretariat (■) Directorate-General for Relations with the Cortes (■) Directorate-General for Monitoring of Parliamentary Initiatives (■) Directorate-General of the Government Secretariat (■) Technical General Secretariat (■) Directorate-General for Services (■) Directorate-General of the Centre for Sociological Research (■) Directorate-General for Social Communication Media
Ministry of Social Affairs
Ministry of Social Affairs (Ministerio de Asuntos Sociales) (from 12 July 1988)		Matilde Fernández	12 July 1988	7 December 1989			PSOE
	23 July 1988 – 14 July 1993 (■) Undersecretariat of Social Affairs (■) Technical Directorate-General and for Services (■) Directorate-General for Social Action (■) Directorate-General for the Legal Protection of Minors
Ministry of the Spokesperson of the Government
Ministry of the Spokesperson of the Government (Ministerio del Portavoz del Gobierno) (from 12 July 1988)		Rosa Conde	12 July 1988	7 December 1989			PSOE (Independent)
	30 July 1988 – 6 September 1993 (■) Undersecretariat of the Spokesperson of the Government (■) Technical Directorate-General and for Services (■) Directorate-General for Information Relations (■) Directorate-General for Information Cooperation

See also

In Spanish: Segundo Gobierno González para niños

• Governments of Felipe González