Government of Yolanda Barcina explained

Cabinet Name:	Government of Yolanda Barcina
Cabinet Type:	Government
Jurisdiction:	Navarre
Flag:	Bandera de Navarra.svg
Flag Border:	true
Incumbent:	2011–2015
Date Formed:	2 July 2011
Date Dissolved:	23 July 2015
Government Head:	Yolanda Barcina
Government Head Title:	President
Deputy Government Head:	Roberto Jiménez^1st, Álvaro Miranda^2nd (2011–2012) Lourdes Goicoechea^1st, Juan Luis Sánchez de Muniáin^2nd (2012–2015)
Deputy Government Head Title:	Vice Presidents
State Head:	Juan Carlos I (2011–2014) Felipe VI (2014–2015)
State Head Title:	Monarch
Members Number:	8
Total Number:	13
Political Party:	UPN PSN–PSOE (2011–2012)
Legislature Status:	Majority coalition government (2011–2012) Minority government (2012–2015)
Opposition Party:	NaBai 2011 (2011–2012) PSN–PSOE (2012–2015)
Opposition Leader:	Patxi Zabaleta (2011–2012) Roberto Jiménez (2012–2015) Santos Cerdán (2015)
Election:	2011 regional election
Last Election:	2015 regional election
Legislature Term:	8th Parliament
Budget:	2012
Previous:	Sanz IV
Successor:	Barkos

The government of Yolanda Barcina was formed on 2 July 2011, following the latter's election as President of the Government of Navarre by the Parliament of Navarre on 23 June and her swearing-in on 1 July, as a result of Navarrese People's Union (UPN) emerging as the largest parliamentary force at the 2011 Navarrese regional election and forming an alliance together with the Socialist Party of Navarre (PSN–PSOE), with which it held a majority in the Parliament.^[1] It succeeded the fourth Sanz government and was the Government of Navarre from 2 July 2011 to 23 July 2015, a total of days, or .

Until 2012, the cabinet comprised five members of UPN (including one independent) and three of the PSN–PSOE, to become the first coalition government between the two parties in the region.^[2] On 15 June 2012, following a dispute between the two parties on economic and budgetary affairs, President Barcina expelled PSN leader and vice president Roberto Jiménez from her cabinet, which led to the two remaining PSN members leaving the government.^[3] From that point onwards, UPN would form a minority cabinet until the end of Barcina's term.^[4] It was automatically dismissed on 25 May 2015 as a consequence of the 2015 regional election, but remained in acting capacity until the next government was sworn in.

Investiture

Investiture Yolanda Barcina (UPN)
Ballot →		23 June 2011
Required majority →		26 out of 50
	Abstentions
	Absentees
Sources^[5]

Cabinet changes

Barcina's government saw a number of cabinet changes during its tenure:

• On 15 June 2012, Barcina dismissed PSN-PSOE secretary-general, Roberto Jiménez, as first vice president of her government, accusing him of "disloyalty" following various public statements by Jiménez questioning the situation of Navarra's accounts and suggesting that the public deficit was far superior than the recognized 132 million euros. As a result of the dismissal the other two PSN ministers, Elena Torres Miranda (Social Policy, Equality, Sports and Youth) and Anai Astiz (Development and Housing) announced their resignations, de facto terminating the government coalition between the two parties.^{[6] [7]} The functions of the vacant portfolios were assumed by other government ministers until new replacements could be appointed.^[8] On 23 June 2022, a major cabinet reshuffle took place, with Lourdes Goicoechea becoming new vice president and regional minister for Economy, Finance, Industry and Employment, replacing Álvaro Miranda; Juan Luis Sánchez de Muniáin assuming the functions of second vice president; Javier Morrás filling the post of Presidency, Justice and Interior minister; Javier Esparza replacing Goicoechea in the rebranded Rural Development, Environment and Local Administration department; Jesús Pejenaute being appointed as new Social Policies minister; and Luis Zarraluqui being appointed to lead the Development portfolio.^[9]
• On 21 October 2012, the Social Policies minister, Jesús Pejenaute, resigned from his post after being accused of money laundering to "prevent any false accusations and insults against his person from harming President Barcina and the UPN government".^[10] He was replaced in his post by Iñigo Alli on 24 October.^[11]

Council of Government

The Council of Government was structured into the offices for the president, the two vice presidents and eight ministries.^{[12] [13]}

← Barcina Government → (2 July 2011 – 23 July 2015)
Portfolio	Name	Party		Took office	Left office
President	Yolanda Barcina		UPN	28 June 2011	22 July 2015	^[14]
First Vice President Minister of the Presidency, Public Administrations and Interior	Roberto Jiménez		PSN–PSOE	2 July 2011	16 June 2012	^[15] ^[16]
Second Vice President Minister of Economy and Finance	Álvaro Miranda		UPN	2 July 2011	23 June 2012	^[17] ^[18]
Minister of Culture, Tourism and Institutional Relations Spokesperson of the Government	Juan Luis Sánchez de Muniáin		UPN	2 July 2011	23 June 2012	^[19] ^[20]
Minister of Education	José Iribas		UPN	2 July 2011	23 July 2015	^[21]
Minister of Health	Marta Vera Janín			2 July 2011	23 July 2015	^[22]
Minister of Social Policy, Equality, Sports and Youth	Elena Torres Miranda		PSN–PSOE	2 July 2011	16 June 2012	^[23]
Minister of Rural Development, Industry, Employment and Environment	Lourdes Goicoechea		UPN	2 July 2011	23 June 2012	^[24]
Minister of Development and Housing	Anai Astiz		PSN–PSOE	2 July 2011	16 June 2012	^[25]
Changes 16 June 2012
Portfolio	Name	Party		Took office	Left office
First Vice President
Minister of the Presidency, Public Administrations and Interior
Minister of Social Policy, Equality, Sports and Youth
Minister of Development and Housing
Changes 23 June 2012
Portfolio	Name	Party		Took office	Left office
First Vice President Minister of Economy, Finance, Industry and Employment	Lourdes Goicoechea		UPN	23 June 2012	23 July 2015	^[26] ^[27]
Second Vice President Minister of Culture, Tourism and Institutional Relations Spokesperson of the Government	Juan Luis Sánchez de Muniáin		UPN	23 June 2012	23 July 2015	^[28]
Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Interior	Javier Morrás		UPN	23 June 2012	23 July 2015	^[29]
Minister of Rural Development, Environment and Local Administration	Javier Esparza		UPN	23 June 2012	23 July 2015	^[30]
Minister of Social Policies	Jesús Pejenaute		UPN	23 June 2012	21 October 2012	^[31]
Minister of Development	Luis Zarraluqui			23 June 2012	23 July 2015	^[32]
Changes October 2012
Portfolio	Name	Party		Took office	Left office
Minister of Social Policies	Iñigo Alli		UPN	24 October 2012	23 July 2015	^[33]

Departmental structure

Yolanda Barcina's government was organised into several superior and governing units, whose number, powers and hierarchical structure varied depending on the ministerial department.^{[12] [13] [34]}

Office	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Alliance/party
Presidency
Presidency		Yolanda Barcina	28 June 2011	22 July 2015			UPN
First Vice Presidency		Roberto Jiménez	2 July 2011	16 June 2012			PSN–PSOE
		Lourdes Goicoechea	23 June 2012	23 July 2015			UPN
	See Department of the Presidency, Public Administrations and Interior (2 July 2011 – 16 June 2012) See Department of Economy, Finance, Industry and Employment (23 June 2012 – 23 July 2015)
Second Vice Presidency		Álvaro Miranda	2 July 2011	23 June 2012			UPN
		Juan Luis Sánchez de Muniáin	23 June 2012	23 July 2015			UPN
	See Department of Economy and Finance (2 July 2011 – 23 June 2012) See Department of Culture, Tourism and Institutional Relations (23 June 2012 – 23 July 2015)
Department of the Presidency and Interior
Department of the Presidency, Public Administrations and Interior ----Department of the Presidency, Justice and Interior		Roberto Jiménez	2 July 2011	16 June 2012			PSN–PSOE
		Juan Luis Sánchez de Muniáin	16 June 2012	23 June 2012			UPN
		Javier Morrás	23 June 2012	23 July 2015			UPN
Department of Economy and Finance
Department of Economy and Finance ----Department of Economy, Finance, Industry and Employment		Álvaro Miranda	2 July 2011	23 June 2012			UPN
		Lourdes Goicoechea	23 June 2012	23 July 2015			UPN
Department of Culture, Tourism and Institutional Relations
Department of Culture, Tourism and Institutional Relations		Juan Luis Sánchez de Muniáin	2 July 2011	23 July 2015			UPN
Department of Education
Department of Education		José Iribas	2 July 2011	23 July 2015			UPN
Department of Health
Department of Health		Marta Vera Janín	2 July 2011	23 July 2015			UPN
Department of Social Policies
Department of Social Policy, Equality, Sports and Youth ----Department of Social Policies		Elena Torres Miranda	2 July 2011	16 June 2012			PSN–PSOE
		Marta Vera Janín	16 June 2012	23 June 2012			UPN
		Jesús Pejenaute	23 June 2012	21 October 2012			UPN
		Iñigo Alli	24 October 2012	23 July 2015			UPN
Department of Rural Development and Environment
Department of Rural Development, Industry, Employment and Environment ----Department of Rural Development, Environment and Local Administration		Lourdes Goicoechea	2 July 2011	23 June 2012			UPN
		Javier Esparza	23 June 2012	23 July 2015			UPN
Department of Development
Department of Development and Housing ----Department of Development		Anai Astiz	2 July 2011	16 June 2012			PSN–PSOE
		Álvaro Miranda	16 June 2012	23 June 2012			UPN
		Luis Zarraluqui	23 June 2012	23 July 2015			UPN
Spokesperson of the Government
Spokesperson of the Government		Juan Luis Sánchez de Muniáin	2 July 2011	23 July 2015			UPN

Notes and References

1. News: 1 July 2011. Yolanda Barcina toma posesión como presidenta de Navarra. es. eldiario.es. Pamplona. 13 July 2021.
2. News: 2 July 2011. Los ocho miembros del Gobierno de Navarra han tomado posesión de sus cargos. es. Government of Navarre. 1 October 2021.
3. News: 15 June 2012. El pacto de Gobierno UPN-PSN se rompe sin cumplir un año. es. Diario de Navarra. Pamplona. 1 October 2021.
4. News: Arrarás. Amaia. 15 June 2012. UPN gobernará en minoría Navarra tras romper con el PSN. es. El País. Pamplona. 17 June 2022.
5. Web site: Elecciones al Parlamento de Navarra (Nafarroako Parlamentua) (1979 - 2019) . es . Historia Electoral.com . 29 September 2017.
6. News: EFE. 15 June 2012. La presidenta navarra, Yolanda Barcina, destituye a su segundo y estalla crisis de gobierno. es. 20 minutos. 17 June 2022.
7. News: Europa Press. 15 June 2012. Jiménez: "Barcina cerró la puerta del Gobierno al PSN, nos ha expulsado, aquí no hay ninguna vuelta atrás". es. Diario de Noticias. Pamplona. 17 June 2022.
8. News: 15 June 2012. Sánchez de Muniáin, Vera y Miranda asumen las consejerías del PSN en el Gobierno. es. Europa Press. Pamplona. 17 June 2022.
9. News: Encinas. Javier. 23 June 2012. Barcina se rodea de un equipo de bajo perfil político para acaparar más poder. es. Diario de Noticias. Pamplona. 17 June 2022.
10. News: Agencias . 21 October 2012. Dimite un consejero del Gobierno de Navarra acusado de blanqueo. es. El País. Pamplona. 17 June 2022.
11. News: EFE. 23 October 2012. Íñigo Alli sustituye a Jesús Pejenaute en Servicios Sociales. es. Diario de Navarra. Pamplona . 17 June 2022.
12. Boletín Oficial de Navarra. 131. 2 July 2011. es. Decreto Foral de la Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra 10/2011, de 1 de julio, por el que se establece la estructura departamental de la Administración de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra. 1130-5894. 10490–10491.
13. Boletín Oficial de Navarra. 121. 23 June 2012. es. Decreto Foral de la Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra 11/2012, de 22 de junio, por el que se establece la estructura departamental de la Administración de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra. 1130-5894. 7754–7755.
14. Boletín Oficial de Navarra. 126. 28 June 2011. es. Real Decreto 917/2011, de 27 de junio, por el que se nombra Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra a doña Yolanda Barcina Angulo. 1130-5894. 10337.
15. Boletín Oficial de Navarra. 131. 2 July 2011. es. Decreto Foral de la Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra 19/2011, de 1 de julio, por el que se nombra Vicepresidente Primero del Gobierno de Navarra a don Roberto Jiménez Alli. 1130-5894. 10492.
16. Boletín Oficial de Navarra. 131. 2 July 2011. es. Decreto Foral de la Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra 11/2011, de 1 de julio, por el que se nombra Consejero del Gobierno de Navarra a don Roberto Jiménez Alli. 1130-5894. 10491.
17. Boletín Oficial de Navarra. 131. 2 July 2011. es. Decreto Foral de la Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra 20/2011, de 1 de julio, por el que se nombra Vicepresidente Segundo del Gobierno de Navarra a don Álvaro Miranda Simavilla. 1130-5894. 10492.
18. Boletín Oficial de Navarra. 131. 2 July 2011. es. Decreto Foral de la Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra 12/2011, de 1 de julio, por el que se nombra Consejero del Gobierno de Navarra a don Álvaro Miranda Simavilla. 1130-5894. 10491.
19. Boletín Oficial de Navarra. 131. 2 July 2011. es. Decreto Foral de la Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra 13/2011, de 1 de julio, por el que se nombra Consejero del Gobierno de Navarra a don Juan Luis Sánchez de Muniáin Lacasia. 1130-5894. 10491.
20. Boletín Oficial de Navarra. 131. 2 July 2011. es. Decreto Foral de la Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra 21/2011, de 1 de julio, por el que se nombra Portavoz del Gobierno de Navarra a don Juan Luis Sánchez de Muniáin Lacasia. 1130-5894. 10492.
21. Boletín Oficial de Navarra. 131. 2 July 2011. es. Decreto Foral de la Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra 14/2011, de 1 de julio, por el que se nombra Consejero del Gobierno de Navarra a don José Iribas Sánchez de Boado. 1130-5894. 10491.
22. Boletín Oficial de Navarra. 131. 2 July 2011. es. Decreto Foral de la Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra 15/2011, de 1 de julio, por el que se nombra Consejera del Gobierno de Navarra a doña Marta Vera Janín. 1130-5894. 10491.
23. Boletín Oficial de Navarra. 131. 2 July 2011. es. Decreto Foral de la Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra 16/2011, de 1 de julio, por el que se nombra Consejera del Gobierno de Navarra a doña María Elena Torres Miranda. 1130-5894. 10491.
24. Boletín Oficial de Navarra. 131. 2 July 2011. es. Decreto Foral de la Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra 17/2011, de 1 de julio, por el que se nombra Consejera del Gobierno de Navarra a doña Lourdes Goicoechea Zubelzu. 1130-5894. 10491–10492.
25. Boletín Oficial de Navarra. 131. 2 July 2011. es. Decreto Foral de la Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra 18/2011, de 1 de julio, por el que se nombra Consejero del Gobierno de Navarra a don Anai Astiz Medrano. 1130-5894. 10492.
26. Boletín Oficial de Navarra. 121. 23 June 2012. es. Decreto Foral de la Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra 17/2012, de 22 de junio, por el que se nombra Vicepresidenta Primera del Gobierno de Navarra a doña Lourdes Goicoechea Zubelzu. 1130-5894. 7755.
27. Boletín Oficial de Navarra. 121. 23 June 2012. es. Decreto Foral de la Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra 12/2012, de 22 de junio, por el que se nombra Consejera del Gobierno de Navarra a doña Lourdes Goicoechea Zubelzu. 1130-5894. 7755.
28. Boletín Oficial de Navarra. 121. 23 June 2012. es. Decreto Foral de la Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra 18/2012, de 22 de junio, por el que se nombra Vicepresidente Segundo del Gobierno de Navarra a don Juan Luis Sánchez de Muniáin Lacasia. 1130-5894. 7756.
29. Boletín Oficial de Navarra. 121. 23 June 2012. es. Decreto Foral de la Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra 13/2012, de 22 de junio, por el que se nombra Consejero del Gobierno de Navarra a don Javier Morrás Iturmendi. 1130-5894. 7755.
30. Boletín Oficial de Navarra. 121. 23 June 2012. es. Decreto Foral de la Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra 14/2012, de 22 de junio, por el que se nombra Consejero del Gobierno de Navarra a don José Javier Esparza Abaurrea. 1130-5894. 7755.
31. Boletín Oficial de Navarra. 121. 23 June 2012. es. Decreto Foral de la Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra 15/2012, de 22 de junio, por el que se nombra Consejero del Gobierno de Navarra a don Jesús Pejenaute Grávalos. 1130-5894. 7755.
32. Boletín Oficial de Navarra. 121. 23 June 2012. es. Decreto Foral de la Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra 16/2012, de 22 de junio, por el que se nombra Consejero del Gobierno de Navarra a don Luis Zarraluqui Ortigosa. 1130-5894. 7755.
33. Boletín Oficial de Navarra. 209. 24 October 2012. es. Decreto Foral de la Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra 22/2012, de 23 de octubre, por el que se nombra Consejero del Gobierno de Navarra a don Iñigo Alli Martínez. 1130-5894. 11766.
34. Ley Foral 15/2004, de 3 de diciembre, de la Administración de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra. Law. 3. es. 14 March 2019. 17 June 2022.