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Adolfo Suárez (UCD)
Adolfo Suárez was the first president of Spanish democracy after Franco's dictatorship. And, although it was democratically elected, this denomination is not entirely accurate: the first Government of the Monarchy, after the death of Franco and the appointment of Juan Carlos I as head of state, was still chaired by Carlos Arias Navarro. -
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Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo (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. In 1982 he resigned as president of his political formation, but regained his parliamentary seat in 1983. -
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Felipe González (PSOE)
The first victory in the elections of the PSOE took place with absolute majority in 1982, overwhelming results that would be repeated in 1986 and 1989. In 93, the Spaniards would make him president again, this time with a simple majority. As a curiosity, Felipe González is the president who has been in office the longest (13 years and 5 months). -
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José María Aznar (PP)
Between 1987 and 1989 he presided over the Junta de Castilla y León. Precisely, in '89, he was appointed national president of the Popular Party (PP) as part of an act of refoundation of the conservative party, succeeding Manuel Fraga. Finally, he achieved victory by leading the PP in the general elections of March 3, 1996. -
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José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (PSOE)
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. -
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Mariano Rajoy (PP)
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 Sánchez (PSOE)
In Spain, he was councilor in Madrid City Council between 2004 and 2009 and deputy for the Madrid district from 2009 to 2011 and again from 2013 to 2016. He rose as president with the support of a sufficient number of parliamentarians in a motion of no confidence against the Government of Mariano Rajoy in June 2018.