Women will also lead the economic team of Sanchez's government, whose "main priority" will be to respect Madrid's deficit reduction commitments to the EU, the new prime minister has said. He has defined his government as feminist, progressive, pro-European and “a loyal reflection of the best in the society that it aspires to serve.”

Spanish minister for economic affairs Nadia Calvino takes oath of office in presence of Spain’s King Felipe VI at La Zarzuela palace in Madrid on June 7, 2018.J. Sanchez, 46, ousted conservative veteran Mariano Rajoy as prime minister last week in a no-confidence vote

Felipe VI on Thursday swore in Spain's new pro-EU government, with women holding the majority of ministerial posts. Image copyright ESA-S. Corvaja 2003 Image caption Pedro Duque took part in a 2003 mission to the ISS

Conservative Popular Party leader Mariano Rajoy, who took office in 2011, lost his job as prime minister last week after losing a no-confidence motion in parliament. With just 84 seats in Spain’s 350-seat parliament, Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s administration also has the smallest representation of any government since the country returned to democracy and it is not expected to last until the end of its mandate in 2020. Calvo, who was culture minister from 2004 to 2007, will also be in charge of equality, a priority for Sanchez’s government in a country where women staged an unprecedented strike to defend their rights on March 8. Among the appointees are María Jesús Montero, the new head of the treasury, Margarita Robles at the defence ministry, Dolores Delgado as minister of justice and Carmen Calvo, who, as well as her roles as vice-president of the government and minister for equality will also oversee parliamentary relations.
Spanish King Felipe VI swears in the cabinet of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. It is the first cabinet in European history, and the only in the world, to be composed primarily of women.