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Prime Minister of Spain

head of government of Spain

12 dated entries naming Prime Minister of Spain, drawn from 12 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.

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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
  • 1874November 17 – Francisco de Lersundi y Hormaechea, Spanish noble and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1817)source
  • 1892February 3 – Juan Negrín, Spanish physician, politician and 67th Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1956)source
  • 1897August 8 – Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, incumbent Prime Minister of Spain and historian (assassinated) (b. 1828)source
  • 1900September 23 – Arsenio Martínez-Campos, Spanish general, revolutionary, and Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1831)source

20th century

  • 1930March 16 – Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish military officer, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1870)source
  • 1940November 3 – Manuel Azaña, 55th Prime Minister of Spain, 2nd President of Spain (b. 1880)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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