Government Name: | Government of Cantabria |
Nativename: | Spanish; Castilian: Gobierno de Cantabria |
Border: | Autonomous government |
Polity: | Cantabria |
Address: | c/. Peña Herbosa 29, Santander |
Appointed: | King of Spain |
Leader Title: | President |
Main Organ: | Council of Government |
Responsible: | Parliament of Cantabria |
Budget: | €3.56 billion (2024)[1] |
The Government of Cantabria is one of the statutory institutions that conform the Autonomous Community of Cantabria. It is the superior collegiate body that directs the politics and the Administration of this Spanish autonomous community, and at the same time the holder of the executive power as well as the regulatory authority over said territory.
Every four years there are the Autonomical Elections, when the electors of Cantabria vote for the political party that they want in government. The members of the elected Parliament of Cantabria must elect the President of Cantabria, and he must elect his counsellors.
This is the government for the 2023–2027 period. It is a minority People's Party government.
Charge | Name | |
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President of Cantabria | María José Sáenz de Buruaga | |
Minister of the Presidency, Justice, Security and Administrative Simplification | María Isabel Urrutia de los Mozos | |
Minister of Public Works, Territory Planning and Environment | Roberto Media Sainz | |
Minister of Economy, Finance and European Funds | Luis Ángel Agüeros Sánchez | |
Minister of Education, Vocational Training and Universities | Sergio Silva Fernández | |
Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sport | Eva Guillermina Fernández Ortiz | |
Minister of Rural Development, Livestock, Fisheries and Food | Pablo Palencia Garrido-Lestache | |
Minister of Industry, Labour, Innovation and Commerce | Eduardo Arasti Barca | |
Minister of Health | César Pascual Fernández | |
Minister of Social Inclusion, Youth, Families and Equality | Begoña Gómez del Río |
Here is a list with the public companies which depend of the Government of Cantabria: