First Zapatero Government

First Zapatero Government
12th Government of Spain (since 1975)
Date formed	17 April 2004
Date dissolved	11 March 2008 (formally) 12 April 2008 (caretaker)
People and organisations
Head of government	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Deputy head of government	First María Teresa Fernández de la Vega Second Pedro Solbes
Head of state	Juan Carlos I
Number of ministers	17
Member party	PSOE PSC
Status in legislature	Minority
Opposition party	PP
Opposition leader	Mariano Rajoy
History
Election(s)	2004 general election
Outgoing election	2008 general election
Legislature term(s)	8th Legislature (2004–08)
Budget(s)	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Predecessor	Aznar II
Successor	Zapatero II

The 8th Spanish General Courts were elected at the 2004 general election on 14 March and first met on 2 April. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was invested as Prime Minister on 16 April by the Congress of Deputies and was sworn into office the following day. On the nomination of the Prime Minister, the First Zapatero Government, or the 12th Government of Spain since the Spanish transition to democracy, was appointed.

History

The first Zapatero cabinet was the cabinet of the government of Spain from 17 April 2004 to 12 April 2008, a total of 1,456 days, or 3 years, 11 months and 26 days. It was composed mainly by members of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, though it also included members of its sister party, the Socialists' Party of Catalonia, and several independents.

Investiture

First round: 16 April 2004
Absolute majority (176/350) required

Candidate: José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Choice		Vote
		Parties	Votes
	YYes	PSOE (164), ERC (8), IU–ICV (5), CC (3), BNG (2), CHA (1)	183 / 350
	No	PP (148)	148 / 350
	Abstentions	CiU (10), PNV (7), EA (1), NaBai (1)	19 / 350
Source: Historia Electoral

Cabinets

References

Governments and Legislatures of Spain
Second Republic-era	I II III IV V VI VII XIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX
Franco-era	Franco I Franco II Franco III Franco IV Franco V Franco VI Franco VII Franco VIII Franco IX Franco X Franco XI Franco XII Carrero Arias I Arias II
since 1975	Arias III Suárez I Suárez II Suárez III Calvo-Sotelo González I González II González III González IV Aznar I Aznar II Zapatero I Zapatero II Rajoy I Rajoy II