Mariano Rajoy
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Mariano Rajoy Brey | |
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Prime Minister of Spain | |
In office 20 December 2011 – 1 June 2018 | |
Monarch |
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Deputy | Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría |
Preceded by | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
Succeeded by | Pedro Sánchez |
Leader of the Opposition | |
In office 16 April 2004 – 20 December 2011 | |
Prime Minister | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
Preceded by | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
Succeeded by | Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba |
Personal details | |
Born | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | March 27, 1955
Spouse(s) | Elvira Fernández |
Relations | Mariano Rajoy Sobredo (father) |
Mariano Rajoy Brey (born 27 March 1955) is the former Prime Minister of Spain.[1] His party, the Popular Party (Partido Popular, PP) won the elections in 2011. He won his re-election campaign in the 2016 election. His party had many corruption scandals and because of this a lot of people in Spanish congress voted to quit him from presidency on June 1, 2018[2] and put Pedro Sánchez in his place.
On 5 June 2018, Rajoy resigned as President of the People's Party.[3][4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Party leader: Mariano Rajoy | EPP". Archived from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
- ↑ Moción de censura del PSOE a Rajoy, últimas noticias en directo in elpais.com (in Spanish)
- ↑ I. Gracia, Ana (5 June 2018). "Rajoy deja la Presidencia del PP: "El partido tiene que seguir con otra persona"". El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ↑ Hernández, Marisol (5 June 2018). "Rajoy se va: "Es lo mejor para mí, para el PP y para España"". El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 11 June 2018.