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Prime Minister of Spain

head of government of Spain

8 dated entries naming Prime Minister of Spain, drawn from 8 separate years between 1714 CE and 2018 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Spanish Prime Minister in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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18th century

  • 1714November 30 – King Philip V of Spain issues a decree reorganizing the Spanish government to create four ministries, with the Secretary of State being the chief minister, predecessor to the office of Prime Minister of Spain. José de Grimaldo becomes the first person to have the chief ministry.source
  • 1725December 12 – Johan Willem Ripperda of the Netherlands, the former Dutch Ambassador to Spain, arrives in Madrid and claims that King Philip V has appointed him as the new Prime Minister. The bluff is successful and he is granted authority by the King's advisers, but after four months, he is forced to resign.source

19th century

  • 1864March 1 – Alejandro Mon y Menéndez takes office as Prime Minister of Spain.source
  • 190023 September – Arsenio Martínez Campos, Prime Minister of Spain (born 1831)source

20th century

  • 191212 November – José Canalejas, Prime Minister, is murdered in Madrid by an anarchist.source
  • 1996March 3 – José María Aznar, leader of the Popular Party, is elected as Prime Minister of Spain, replacing Felipe González.source

21st century

  • 2004April 18 – Newly elected prime minister of Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, announces the withdrawal of all 1,300 Spanish troops from Iraq.source
  • 2018June 2 – Pedro Sánchez is appointed new Prime Minister of Spain, a day after a vote of no confidence against his predecessor, Mariano Rajoy.source

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