Spain’s re-elected prime minister has named a government with more women than men.
The newly appointed President of the Government, Pedro Sanchez (1l), applauds after finishing the second session of the investiture debate as President of the Government, at the Congress of Deputies. (Photo By Alejandro Martinez Velez/Europa Press via Getty Images)
12 out of 22 members in socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez’s cabinet are women.
Women now lead the ministries of economy, energy, health, defense, equality, children and youth, education and more.
This is not the first time Spain has had a women-majority cabinet, with Sanchez appointing more women than men in 2018.
Before him, former socialist prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero also named more women than men in 2008.
Newly appointed ministers poise for a group picture with Spain’s King Felipe VI (C) and Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (C-L) during a swearing-in ceremony, at La Zarzuela Palace in Madrid. (Photo by CHEMA MOYA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
There are only 13 countries around the world where women hold more than 50% of cabinet roles, according to UN Women.