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Adolfo Suárez González,UCD
A Spanish politician and lawyer who was president of the Government of Spain between 1976 and 1981. He has been removed from public life since 2003 as a result of a neurological disease. For his services to the country, King Juan Carlos I granted him the dukedom of Suarez, with greatness of Spain, and is also a knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. -
Leopoldo Ramón,UCD
He was a Spanish politician, president of the Government of Spain between February 1981 and December 1982. In gratitude for his services, in 2002 King Juan Carlos I conferred the title of Marquis of the Ría de Ribadeo, with greatness of Spain. During the vote on his inauguration as President of the Government (February 23, 1981), several armed civil guards who, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Tejero, intended to give a military coup d'etat, burst into Parliament. -
Felipe González, PSOE
He was born in Seville in 1942 and graduated in Law 20 years later. From a young age he was part of the Executive Committee of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE), and became its general secretary in 1974. In 1978 he was elected vice president of the Socialist International -
José María Aznar, PP
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. -
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, PSOE
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. -
Mariano Rajoy, PP
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 Sánchez, PSOE
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).
