Pedro Sánchez

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Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo ˈsaɲʧeθ ˈpeɾeθ kasteˈxon]), was born on 29 February 1972 is a Spanish politician. He is the 12th and current Prime Minister of Spain since 2 June 2018.[1] He is the leader (Secretary-General) of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He first took the post from 2014 to October 2016. Because of tensions in the party, he resigned from the post and was replaced by a caretaker committee.


Pedro Sánchez

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Official portrait, 2023
Prime Minister of Spain
Assumed office
2 June 2018
MonarchFelipe VI
DeputyNadia Calviño
Yolanda Díaz
Teresa Ribera
Preceded byMariano Rajoy
Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Assumed office
17 June 2017
PresidentCristina Narbona
DeputyAdriana Lastra
María Jesús Montero
Preceded byCaretaker committee
In office
26 July 2014 – 1 October 2016
PresidentMicaela Navarro
Preceded byAlfredo Pérez Rubalcaba
Succeeded byCaretaker committee
President of the Socialist International
Assumed office
25 November 2022
Preceded byGeorge Papandreou
Leader of the Opposition
In office
18 June 2017 – 2 June 2018
Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy
Preceded byVacant
Succeeded byPablo Casado
In office
26 July 2014 – 1 October 2016
Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy
Preceded byAlfredo Pérez Rubalcaba
Succeeded byVacant
Member of the Congress of Deputies
Assumed office
21 May 2019
ConstituencyMadrid
In office
10 January 2013 – 29 October 2016
ConstituencyMadrid
In office
15 September 2009 – 27 September 2011
ConstituencyMadrid
Member of the Madrid City Council
In office
18 May 2004 – 15 September 2009
Personal details
Born
Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón

(1972-02-29) 29 February 1972 (age 52)
Madrid, Spain
Political partySpanish Socialist Workers' Party
Spouse(s)
Begoña Gómez (m. 2006)
Children2
ResidencePalace of Moncloa
EducationComplutense University of Madrid (Lic.)
Université libre de Bruxelles
IESE Business School
Camilo José Cela University (PhD)
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In the 2016 general election, he was defeated by the Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy. The party of Mariano Rajoy was believed to have had many corruption scandals. Because of this, a lot of people in the Spanish congress voted to remove him from presidency on 1 June 2018.[2] He later had the most votes on the elections of April 2019, but he could not find enough allies to form goverment, so the elections were repeated on November 2019 and then he formed a government with the party Unidas Podemos.[3] On July 2023, there were other elections. His party was not the most voted, but he still can form a government if he finds enough allies in other parties.

In November 2022, he became President of the Socialist International.

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