Government of Francisco Álvarez-Cascos

The Cascos government was the regional government of Asturias led by President Francisco Álvarez Cascos. It was formed in July 2011 after the regional election.

Government of Francisco Álvarez-Cascos
Council of Government of Asturias
Date formed	15 July 2011 (2011-07-15)
Date dissolved	26 May 2012 (2012-05-26)
People and organisations
Head of government	Francisco Álvarez-Cascos
No. of ministers	10
Member party	Asturias Forum
Status in legislature	Minority government
Opposition party	Asturian Socialist Federation
Opposition leader	Javier Fernández
History
Election	2011 regional election
Legislature term	8th General Junta (2011–2012)
Predecessor	Areces III
Successor	Fernández I

After six months of minority government and being his regional budget for 2012 was rejected. This blocked situation forced him to resign on 30 January 2012, called for new elections to be held on 25 March,^[1] thus ending the shortest legislature in the General Junta ever.

Investiture

Further information: 2011 Asturian regional election

Investiture
Ballot →		13 July 2011		15 July 2011
Required majority →		23 out of 45		Simple
	Francisco Álvarez-Cascos (FAC) • FAC (16)	16 / 45	N	16 / 45	Y
	Abstentions • PSOE (15) • PP (10) • IU–LV (4)	29 / 45		29 / 45
	Absentees	0 / 45		0 / 45
Sources[2][3]

Council of Government

← Cascos Government → (16 July 2011 – 26 May 2012)
Office	Name	Term of office	Ref.
President	Francisco Álvarez-Cascos	15 July 2011 – 24 May 2012	[4]
Minister of Presidency	Florentino Alonso (es)	16 July 2011 – 26 May 2012
Minister of Education and Universities	Ana Isabel Álvarez	16 July 2011 – 26 May 2012
Minister of Culture and Sport	Emilio Marcos	16 July 2011 – 26 May 2012
Minister of Agro Labour and Authochtonous Resources	Albano Longo	16 July 2011 – 26 May 2012
Minister of Economy and Employment	José Manuel Rivero (es)	16 July 2011 – 26 May 2012
Minister of Finance and Public Sector	Ramón del Riego	16 July 2011 – 26 May 2012
Minister of Health	José María Nava-Osorio	16 July 2011 – 26 May 2012
Minister of Infrastructures, Territorial Planning and Environment	María Isabel Marqués	16 July 2011 – 26 May 2012
Minister of Social Welfare and Equality	Paloma Menéndez	16 July 2011 – 26 May 2012