Government of Francisco Álvarez-Cascos

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

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.

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
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
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