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Deputy Prime Minister of Spain

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Style
  
Señor (m) / Señora (f)

Formation
  
1962

Appointer
  
Mr. Mariano Rajoy Brey

Salary
  
€75,744 p.a.

Deputy Prime Minister of Spain

Inaugural holder
  
Mr. Agustín Muñoz Grandes

Unofficial names
  
Deputy Prime Minister of Spain

The Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, officially First Vice President of the Government, (Spanish: Vicepresidente primero del Gobierno de España) is the second in command to the Prime Minister of Spain, filling in for when the Prime Minister is absent or incapable of exercising power. The person for the post is usually handpicked by the Prime Minister from the members of the Cabinet. The title of "First" is used to distinguish them from the Second Vice President of the Government, as in the last legislatures there have been usually two. The Headquarters of the First Vice Presidency of the Government of Spain is the Edificio Semillas, in La Moncloa Complex.

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Currently Mrs. Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría is the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of Spain. She assumed the post on the swearing-in of the Rajoy Government in December 2011.

Official title

Being a constitutional monarchy, the government of Spain is headed by a prime minister but the official title in Spanish is Presidente del Gobierno, literally President of the Government. This can be confusing to foreigners and indeed is to many Spaniards, who sometimes translate the title into English as President. Therefore, the Spanish Vice President of the Government is actually the equivalent of a Deputy Prime Minister, not a Vice President.

Responsibilities

The Deputy Prime Minister of Spain is responsible for:

  • Advising the President of the Government (Prime Minister).
  • Attending the Cabinet, the Delegated Commissions of the Government and the General Commission of Secretaries of State and Undersecretaries.
  • Supporting the President of the Government, specially exercising the responsibilities in relation to preparing and tracking the Government Programme.
  • Interministerial Coordinating given by current laws, the Government or the President.
  • Attending the Government with its relationships with the General Courts.
  • Preparing, carrying out and tracking the legislative programme of the Government and specialy its parliamentary processing.
  • Material supporting, economic, financial, personal and budgetary management and in general whatever responsibilities needed by the President and the Presidency of the Government's dependent bodies.
  • Being the secretary at the Cabinet.
  • Organising the territorial administration.

    • List of Deputy Prime Ministers of Spain

      Falange
      Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)
      Socialist (PSOE)
      People's Party (PP)
      Military

    References

    Deputy Prime Minister of Spain Wikipedia
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