Ministry of Economy and Finance (Spain)

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Ministry of Economy and Finance

Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda
Main headquarters
Agency overview
Formed	8 December 1982 (1st) 17 April 2004 (2nd)
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Finance Ministry of Economy
Dissolved	27 April 2000 (1st) 22 December 2011 (2nd)
Superseding agencies	Ministry of Finance Ministry of Economy
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Government of Spain
Website	www.meh.es

The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEH) was a ministerial department in the Government of Spain that merged the traditional ministries of Finance and Economy, with competences on economic affairs, public finance and budgets. It was established on two occasions: the first time during the premierships of Felipe González (1982–1996) and the first term of José María Aznar (1996–2000), and the second time during the premiership of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2004–2011).

Due to its size and the vast amount of competences on economic and finance affairs under its control, it has been often dubbed as a "superministry".^[1][2][3][4]

List of officeholders

Office name:

• Ministry of Economy and Finance (1982–2000; 2004–2011)

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Party		Government	Prime Minister (Tenure)		Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Duration
	Miguel Boyer (1939–2014)	8 December 1982	5 July 1985	2 years and 209 days		PSOE	González I		Felipe González (1982–1996)	[5] [6]
	Carlos Solchaga (born 1944)	5 July 1985	26 July 1986	8 years and 9 days		PSOE				[7] [8] [9] [10]
		26 July 1986	7 December 1989				González II
		7 December 1989	14 July 1993				González III
	Pedro Solbes (1942–2023)	14 July 1993	6 May 1996	2 years and 297 days		Independent	González IV			[11] [12]
	Rodrigo Rato (born 1949)	6 May 1996	28 April 2000	3 years and 358 days		PP	Aznar I		José María Aznar (1996–2004)	[13] [14]
Office disestablished during this interval.[a]
	Pedro Solbes (1942–2023)	18 April 2004	14 April 2008	4 years and 354 days		Independent	Zapatero I		José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2004–2011)	[15] [16] [17]
		14 April 2008	7 April 2009				Zapatero II
	Elena Salgado (born 1949)	7 April 2009	22 December 2011	2 years and 259 days		Independent				[18] [19]
Office disestablished.

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