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The presidents of the democratic period

  • Adolfo Suárez

    Adolfo Suárez
    The death of the dictator and General Francisco Franco, on November 20, 1975, marked the beginning of the Spanish Transition towards democracy. All this allowed to hold the general elections of 1977, the first elections in Spain since February 1936.
    Where won Aldolfo Suarez from the political party Ucd
  • Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo

    Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo
    In 1981 the elections were held again in which Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo of the political party Ucd won, with the absolute majority of 186 votes.
  • Felipe González

    Felipe González
    There was not much time until we returned to the elections, almost a year after it had won Leopoldo Calvo Soutelo de Ucd, in 1982 he won Felipe González of the PSOE with the absolute majority years later in 1993 the Spaniards returned him to elect president of the government.
    His position lasted until 1996.
  • José María Aznar

    José María Aznar
    Between 1987 and 1989 he presided over the Junta de Castilla y León. Precisely, in 1989, he was sworn in as national president of the Popular Party (PP) succeeding Manuel Fraga.
    Finally, he achieved victory by leading the PP in the general elections of March 3, 1996.
  • José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

    José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
    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. Finaly he won the elections in 2004.
  • Mariano Rajoy

    Mariano Rajoy
    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
    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 won the elections in June 2018