MADRID - The new English government minister appointed nine women and eight men. Pledging for a second term before King Juan Carlos, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero presented his executive. For the first time in the political history of Spain, women outnumber men. Also for the first time a woman was appointed minister in an advanced state of pregnancy, the 37 year-old Catalan Carmen Chacon .
These are the names of the ministers of the new English government: María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, vice president primera (First Vice President) Carmen Chacón, Minister de Defensa (Defence Minister) Bibiana Aido, ministress Equality (Minister per l'uguglianza and pari opportunit) Cristina Garmendia, Minister Research and Development (Ministero della ricerca e sviluppo) Elena Salgado, Minister of Public Administration Mercedes Cabrera, Minister of Education, Social and Family Affairs Magdalena Alvarez, Minister of Development (Minister delle Infrastrutture) Elena Espinosa, Agricoltura and Environment Minister Beatrix Corridor Home Minister
