Government of Cristina Cifuentes
{{Infobox government cabinet
| cabinet_name = Government of Cristina Cifuentes
| cabinet_number = 10th
| cabinet_type = Government
| jurisdiction = the Community of Madrid
| flag = Flag of the Community of Madrid.svg
| flag_border = true
| incumbent = 2015–2018
| image = Gobierno Cifuentes 2015-2017.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| caption = The government in September 2017.
| date_formed = 26 June 2015
| date_dissolved = 22 May 2018
| government_head = Cristina Cifuentes (2015–2018)
Ángel Garrido (2018; acting)
| government_head_title = President
| deputy_government_head =
| deputy_government_head_title =
| state_head = Felipe VI
| state_head_title = Monarch
| members_number = 7{{efn|name="President"|Does not include the President.}} (2015–2017)
8{{efn|name="President"}} (2017–2018)
| total_number = 10{{efn|name="President"}}
| political_party = {{color test|{{party color|People's Party of the Community of Madrid}}|size=1}} PP
| legislature_status = Minority government
| opposition_party = {{color test|{{party color|Socialist Party of Madrid}}|size=1}} PSOE
| opposition_leader = Ángel Gabilondo
| election = 2015 regional election
| last_election =
| legislature_term = 10th Assembly
| budget = 2016, 2017, 2018
| incoming_formation =
| outgoing_formation =
| previous = González
| successor = Garrido
}}
The government of Cristina Cifuentes was formed on 26 June 2015, following the latter's election as President of the Community of Madrid by the Assembly of Madrid on 24 June and her swearing-in on 25 June, as a result of the People's Party (PP) emerging as the largest parliamentary force at the 2015 Madrilenian regional election.{{cite news|last=Reyero|first=Itziar|date=25 June 2015|url=https://www.abc.es/madrid/20150625/abci-cifuentes-jura-presidenta-comunidad-201506251137.html|title=El Gobierno de Rajoy se vuelca con Cifuentes|language=es|newspaper=ABC|access-date=13 March 2021}} It succeeded the González government and was the Government of the Community of Madrid from 26 June 2015 to 22 May 2018, a total of {{age in days|26 Jun 2015|22 May 2018}} days, or {{age in years, months and days|2015|6|26|2018|5|22}}.
The cabinet comprised members of the PP and a number of independents. It was automatically dismissed on 28 April 2018 as a consequence of Cifuentes's resignation as president, but remained in acting capacity until the next government was sworn in.
Investiture
{{Further|2015 Madrilenian regional election}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| Investiture Cristina Cifuentes (PP) |
| colspan="2" width="150px"| Ballot →
! 24 June 2015 |
|---|
| colspan="2"| Required majority →
| 65 out of 129 {{tick|15}} |
| width="1px" style="background:green;"|
| align="left"| {{Collapsible list | title = Yes | • PP (48) | • C's (17) }} | {{Composition bar|65|129|green|width=125px}} |
| style="background:red;"|
| align="left"| {{Collapsible list | title = No | • PSOE (37) | • Podemos (27) }} | {{Composition bar|64|129|red|width=125px}} |
| style="background:gray;"|
| align="left"| Abstentions | {{Composition bar|0|129|gray|width=125px}} |
| style="background:black;"|
| align="left"| Absentees | {{Composition bar|0|129|black|width=125px}} |
| align="left" colspan="3"| Sources{{cite news|last=G. Treceño|first=Jaime|date=24 June 2015|url=https://www.elmundo.es/madrid/2015/06/24/558abb28ca4741474f8b4581.html|title=Cifuentes, investida presidenta regional con los votos de PP y C's|language=es|newspaper=El Mundo|location=Madrid|access-date=13 March 2021}} |
Cabinet changes
Cifuentes's government saw a number of cabinet changes during its tenure:
- On 23 September 2017, it was announced that the Environment, Local Administration and Territory Planning and Health ministers, Jaime González Taboada and Jesús Sánchez Martos respectively, would be removed from office, effective from 25 September, as a result of their involvement in a number of political controversies and corruption scandals.{{cite news|last=Bécares|first=Roberto|date=23 September 2017|url=https://www.elmundo.es/madrid/2017/09/23/59c66c1be2704ea1478b4602.html|title=Cesan a petición propia los consejeros señalados de Cifuentes|language=es|newspaper=El Mundo|location=Madrid|access-date=13 March 2021}} The move led to a larger reshuffle on 26 September which saw Pedro Rollán being appointed to fill the Environment, Local Administration and Territory Planning portfolio and replaced in his own Transport, Housing and Infrastructures ministry by Rosalía Gonzalo; Enrique Ruiz Escudero becoming new Minister of Health and a restructuring of two cabinet posts: the Education, Youth and Sports ministry became the Ministry of Education and Research, maintained by Rafael van Grieken; and the Culture, Tourism and Sports portfolio, whose attributions had been subsumed into the President's office in 2015, was re-established as an independent ministry under Jaime Miguel de los Santos.{{cite news|last=Sánchez|first=Esther|date=23 September 2017|title=Cifuentes destituye a los consejeros de Sanidad y Medio Ambiente|url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2017/09/23/madrid/1506175213_270178.html|language=es|newspaper=El País|location=Madrid|access-date=13 March 2021}}{{cite news|last=Caro|first=Ana|date=26 September 2017|url=http://www.elmundo.es/madrid/2017/09/26/59ca650be2704e4b288b46d7.html|title=Los nuevos consejeros de Cifuentes toman posesión de sus cargos|language=es|newspaper=El Mundo|location=Madrid|access-date=13 March 2021}}
- On 25 April 2018, Cifuentes resigned as regional president following a string of scandals starting in March, involving the fraudulent obtention of a master's degree, the subsequent document forgery to cover it up and the leaking of a 2011 shoplifting video in which she was involved.{{cite news|date=21 March 2018|url=https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/Cifuentes-obtenido-publico-falseando-asignaturas_0_752075026.html|title=Cristina Cifuentes obtuvo su título de máster en una universidad pública con notas falsificadas|language=es|newspaper=eldiario.es|access-date=29 March 2018}}{{cite news|date=4 April 2018|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2018-04-04/master-cristina-cifuentes-firmas-falsificadas-acta-tfm_1544524/|title=El acta del máster que exhibió Cifuentes tiene al menos dos firmas falsificadas|language=es|newspaper=El Confidencial|access-date=5 April 2018}}{{cite news|date=25 April 2018|title=Madrid leader Cifuentes resigns over supermarket 'theft video'|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43891489 |publisher=BBC News|access-date=25 April 2018}} As a result, Minister of the Presidency Ángel Garrido served as acting president until being confirmed to the post on 19 May 2018.{{cite news|agency=EFE|date=25 April 2018|url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20180425/442994793135/angel-garrido-asume-la-presidencia-en-funciones-de-la-comunidad-de-madrid.html|title=Ángel Garrido asume la Presidencia en funciones de la Comunidad de Madrid|language=es|newspaper=La Vanguardia|location=Madrid|access-date=13 March 2021}}
Council of Government
The Council of Government was structured into the office for the president and seven ministries.{{cite journal|journal=Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid|issue=150|date=26 June 2015|language=es|title=Decreto 25/2015, de 26 de junio, de la Presidenta de la Comunidad de Madrid, por el que se establece el número y denominación de las Consejerías de la Comunidad de Madrid|format=pdf|url=https://www.bocm.es/boletin/CM_Orden_BOCM/2015/06/26/BOCM-20150626-1.PDF|issn=1989-4791|pages=11–13}} From September 2017, the number of ministries was increased to eight.{{cite journal|journal=Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid|issue=229|date=26 September 2017|language=es|title=Decreto 80/2017, de 25 de septiembre, del Consejo de Gobierno, por el que se crea la Consejería de Educación e Investigación y la Consejería de Cultura, Turismo y Deportes y se modifican parcialmente las competencias y estructura orgánica de algunas Consejerías de la Comunidad de Madrid|format=pdf|url=https://www.bocm.es/boletin/CM_Orden_BOCM/2017/09/26/BOCM-20170926-1.PDF|issn=1989-4791|pages=13–15}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| colspan="7" bgcolor="#F2F2F2" align="center"| ← Cifuentes Government →
(26 June 2015 – 22 May 2018)
|-
! Portfolio
! Name
! width="100px" colspan="2"| Party
! width="125px"| Took office
! width="125px"| Left office
! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| President
| width="1" style="background-color:{{party color|People's Party of the Community of Madrid}};"|
| PP
| 25 June 2015
| 25 April 2018
|-
| colspan="6"| {{resize|Ángel Garrido served in acting capacity from 25 April to 19 May 2018.}}
|-
| colspan="7"|
|-
| Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Spokesperson of the Government
| style="background-color:{{party color|People's Party of the Community of Madrid}};"|
| PP
| 26 June 2015
| 22 May 2018
|-
| Minister of Economy, Employment and Finance
| style="background-color:{{party color|People's Party of the Community of Madrid}};"|
| PP
| 26 June 2015
| 22 May 2018
|-
| Minister of the Environment, Local Administration and Territory Planning
| style="background-color:{{party color|People's Party of the Community of Madrid}};"|
| PP
| 26 June 2015
| 25 September 2017
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|People's Party of the Community of Madrid}};"|
| 26 June 2015
| 25 September 2017
|-
| Minister of Social Policies and Family
| style="background-color:{{party color|People's Party of the Community of Madrid}};"|
| PP
| 26 June 2015
| 22 May 2018
|-
| Minister of Education, Youth and Sports
| style="background-color:{{party color|People's Party of the Community of Madrid}};"|
| 26 June 2015
| 26 September 2017
|-
| Minister of Transport, Housing and Infrastructures
| style="background-color:{{party color|People's Party of the Community of Madrid}};"|
| PP
| 26 June 2015
| 26 September 2017
|-
| colspan="7"|
=Changes September 2017=
|-
! Portfolio
! Name
! colspan="2"| Party
! Took office
! Left office
! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| Minister of the Environment, Local Administration and Territory Planning
| style="background-color:{{party color|People's Party of the Community of Madrid}};"|
| PP
| 26 September 2017
| 22 May 2018
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|People's Party of the Community of Madrid}};"|
| PP
| 26 September 2017
| 22 May 2018
|-
| Minister of Education and Research{{efn|The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports was rebranded as the Ministry of Education and Research on 26 September 2017.}}
| style="background-color:{{party color|People's Party of the Community of Madrid}};"|
| 26 September 2017
| 22 May 2018
|-
| Minister of Transport, Housing and Infrastructures
| style="background-color:{{party color|People's Party of the Community of Madrid}};"|
| PP
| 26 September 2017
| 22 May 2018
|-
| Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sports{{efn|On 26 September 2017, the Office of Culture, Tourism and Sports attached to the regional president's office was restructured into the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports.}}
| style="background-color:{{party color|People's Party of the Community of Madrid}};"|
| 26 September 2017
| 22 May 2018
|}
Notes
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