Policitians in Spain

  • Adolfo Suarez

    Adolfo Suarez
    He was born in Ávila in 1932 and trained in Law. He was a key figure in the process of democratic transition. After the approval of the law of political associations, still during the Franco regime, promoted the political association Unión Democrática del Pueblo Español (UDPE). It is said that the first president of Spanish democracy after Franco's dictatorship was Adolfo Suárez.
  • Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo,

    Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo,
    He was born in Madrid in 1926 and trained as an Engineer of Roads, Canals and Ports. His was the shortest term in the history of democracy. He participated in the creation of the Union of Democratic Center (UCD). After the resignation of Adolfo Suárez, he assumed the presidency of the Government. During his inauguration, Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Tejero attempted a coup attempt on February 23, 1981 .The government in 1981 was run by Leopoldo Calvo
  • Felipe González Márquez

    Felipe González Márquez
    Felipe González Márquez (Seville, March 5, 1942) is a lawyer, university professor and politician, general secretary of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) from 1974 to 1997 and third president of the Government of Spain since the restoration of democracy, between 1982 and 1996. the government in 1981 was run by Felipe Gonzalez
  • José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero,

    José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero,
    He was born in Valladolid, in 1960, and trained in Law. He joined the PSOE in 1979, and since 1982 he held positions of responsibility, such as the Secretariat of the Socialist Youth of León and the General Secretariat of the Leonese Socialist Federation. In addition, he was deputy in the Congress since 1986, and from 1996, spokesman of the PSOE in the Public Administration Committee of the Lower House.
  • José María Aznar

    José María Aznar
    He was born in Madrid in 1953 and trained in law. Very young, he joined Alianza Popular (AP), party of which he was secretary general in 1979. He was a deputy for the province of Ávila (1982), president of the party in Castilla y León (1985), deputy secretary general and member of the committee executive (1986). Between 1987 and 1989 he presided over the Junta de Castilla y León. Precisely, in '89, he was named national president
  • Mariano Rajoy,

    Mariano Rajoy,
    Mariano Rajoy, PP (December 2011-June 2018)
    He was born in Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña) on March 27, 1955. He graduated in Law. Before being president of the Government, he was Minister of Public Administration (1996-1999) and Minister of Education and Culture (1999-2000). Upon reaching the Government, obtaining absolute majority, its economic policy focused on readjustments aimed at solving the economic crisis.
  • Pedro Sanchez

    Pedro Sanchez
    Pedro Sánchez, PSOE (June 2018)
    Born in Madrid in 1972, and is trained in Economic and Business Sciences. In addition to teaching at the Camilo José Cela University, he has worked as an advisor in the European Parliament (1998) and as a member of the Cabinet of the High Representative of the United Nations in Bosnia during the Kosovo War (1999). the government in 2018 was run by Pedro Sanchez