Second government of Mariano Rajoy
The second government of Mariano Rajoy was formed on 4 November 2016, following the latter's election as Prime Minister of Spain by the Congress of Deputies on 29 October and his swearing-in on 31 October, as a result of the People's Party (PP) emerging as the largest parliamentary force at the 2016 Spanish general election. It succeeded the first Rajoy government and was the Government of Spain from 4 November 2016 to 7 June 2018, a total of 580 days, or 1 year, 7 months and 3 days.
Image: Segundo Gobierno de Mariano Rajoy (2016) (2)
Image: Segundo Gobierno de Mariano Rajoy (2018)
Image: Mariano Rajoy 2018b (cropped)
Image: Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría 2017 (cropped)
Mariano Rajoy Brey is a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 2011 to 2018, when a vote of no confidence ousted his government. On 5 June 2018, he announced his resignation as People's Party leader.
Rajoy in 2018
Mariano Rajoy during a party meeting in Bilbao, 2005
Rajoy with Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel in March 2007
Rajoy at the EPP convention on climate change in February 2008