# Cuerpo takes over Transport after Puente quits: what we know

- By: Vote Times Newsroom
- 2026-11-04T10:00:00.000Z

## Excerpt

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on 4 November that First Deputy PM Carlos Cuerpo will run the Transport Ministry after Óscar Puente's resignation, on a transitional basis and, according to the Moncloa, until the 29 November election. The Moncloa statement does not say whether Cuerpo leaves the economy ministry; according to Infobae he adds Transport to his duties.

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