Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday made a cabinet reshuffle to inject vitality into his government during the upcoming electoral campaign months, to replace two ministers running for municipal elections at the end of May.

In a televised speech from the seat of government, the socialist leader announced the appointment of Hector Gomes Hernandez as the new Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism and Jose Manuel Miniones Conde as the new Minister of Health.

They will replace Reyes Maroto and Carolina Darias, respectively, candidates for the municipal elections in the capital, Madrid, where the left hopes to win the mayoralty of the city from the right, and in Las Palmas in the Canary Islands.

"In the final phase before the election, we will continue to fulfill the major objectives of the government's mandate," Sanchez said.

This amendment comes two months before the municipal and local elections on May 28, and nine months before the legislative elections scheduled for the end of the year.

Sanchez, who came to power in June 2018 after the parliament overthrew his conservative predecessor Mariano Rajoy, has been ruling since 2020 in coalition with the far-left Podemos party.

And many recent opinion polls show that the conservatives from the People's Party will win the legislative elections at the expense of the Socialist Party, but they will need the support of the far-right party to secure a majority and rule.