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June 7, 2018

Spain: Women to Hold 11 of 17 Cabinet Posts Under New Prime Minister
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Spain's newly appointed Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has
unveiled his new Cabinet, with women making up 11 of his 17 Cabinet
posts. The move makes Spain the country with the highest proportion of
women heading government ministries; it contrasts with the
male-dominated Cabinet of recently ousted Spanish Prime Minister Mariano
Rajoy, whose cabinets had at most 36 percent women.


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