Third government of Felipe González

3rd government of Felipe González

Government of Spain
1989–1993
The government in March 1991.
Date formed7 December 1989
Date dissolved14 July 1993
People and organisations
MonarchJuan Carlos I
Prime MinisterFelipe González
Deputy Prime MinisterAlfonso Guerra (1989–1991)
Narcís Serra (1991–1993)
No. of ministers18 (1989–1991)
17 (1991–1993)
Total no. of members28
Member party  PSOE
Status in legislatureMinority government
Opposition party  PP
Opposition leaderJosé María Aznar
History
Election1989 general election
Outgoing election1993 general election
Legislature term4th Cortes Generales
Budget1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
PredecessorGonzález II
SuccessorGonzález IV

The third government of Felipe González was formed on 7 December 1989, following the latter's election as Prime Minister of Spain by the Congress of Deputies on 5 December and his swearing-in on 6 December, as a result of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) emerging as the largest parliamentary force at the 1989 Spanish general election. It succeeded the second González government and was the Government of Spain from 7 December 1989 to 14 July 1993, a total of 1,315 days, or 3 years, 7 months and 7 days.

González formed a continuity government, maintaining the same composition of the preceding cabinet as established in 1988. This came as a consequence of the pending legal challenges on election results in some constituencies sparking an apparent "provisionality feeling" on the new government, a situation which had already led to an unprecedented investiture session with 18 deputies being prevented by judicial courts from taking their offices. The government included two members of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC)—initially Narcís Serra, later joined by Jordi Solé Tura—and four independents (Claudio Aranzadi, Jorge Semprún and Rosa Conde—who would end up joining the PSOE in November 1990—as well as Pedro Solbes from March 1991).

The government was automatically dismissed on 7 June 1993 as a consequence of the 1993 general election, but remained in acting capacity until the next government was sworn in.