# Provisional Government of the Second Spanish Republic

The Provisional Government of the Second Spanish Republic (Spanish: Gobierno Provisional de la Segunda República Española) was the government that held political power in Spain from the fall of Alfonso XIII of Spain on April 14, 1931 and the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic until the approval of the Spanish Constitution of 1931 on December 9 and the formation of the first regular government on December 15. The King's departure created the need for a provisional government, whose first president was Niceto Alcalá Zamora, who presided until 1936, when Manuel Azaña took over. The new constitution established freedom of speech, freedom of association, extended voting privileges to women, allowed divorce, and stripped the Spanish nobility of their special legal status.

## Cabinet of Alcalá Zamora

| Portfolio | Name | Political Party |
| President of the Provisional Government | Niceto Alcalá-Zamora y Torres | Liberal Republican Right |
| Minister of State | Alejandro Lerroux García | Radical Republican Party |
| Minister of Justice | Fernando de los Ríos Urruti | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
| Minister of War | Manuel Azaña Díaz | Republican Action Group |
| Minister of the Navy | Santiago Casares Quiroga | Autonomous Galician Republican Organization |
| Minister of Finance | Indalecio Prieto Tuero | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
| Minister of the Governance | Miguel Maura Gamazo | Liberal Republican Right |
| Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts | Marcelino Domingo Sanjuán | Radical Socialist Republican Party |
| Minister of Development | Álvaro de Albornoz Liminiana | Radical Socialist Republican Party |
| Minister of Labour | Francisco Largo Caballero | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
| Minister of National Economy | Luis Nicolau d'Olwer | Republican Catalan Action |
| Minister of Communications | Diego Martínez Barrio | Radical Republican Party |

## Cabinet of Azaña

In October 1931, the prime minister Niceto Alcalá-Zamora and the minister of the Governance, Miguel Maura, left the government. Alcalá-Zamora was replaced by the minister of War and Maura was replaced by the minister of the Navy, Santiago Casares Quiroga. To replace Casares as minister of the Navy, Azaña appointed José Giral Pereira.
| Portfolio | Name | Political Party |
| President of the Council of Ministers Minister of War | Manuel Azaña Díaz | Republican Action |
| Minister of State | Alejandro Lerroux García | Radical Republican Party |
| Minister of Justice | Fernando de los Ríos Urruti | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
| Minister of the Navy | José Giral Pereira | Republican Action |
| Minister of Finance | Indalecio Prieto Tuero | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
| Minister of the Governance | Santiago Casares Quiroga | Autonomous Galician Republican Organization |
| Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts | Marcelino Domingo Sanjuán | Radical Socialist Republican Party |
| Minister of Development | Álvaro de Albornoz Liminiana | Radical Socialist Republican Party |
| Minister of Labour | Francisco Largo Caballero | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
| Minister of National Economy | Luis Nicolau d'Olwer | Republican Catalan Action |
| Minister of Communications | Diego Martínez Barrio | Radical Republican Party |