Pedro Sánchez
Pedro Sánchez | |
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Sánchez in 2024 | |
| Prime Minister of Spain | |
| Assumed office 2 June 2018 | |
| Monarch | Felipe VI |
| Deputy | First Deputy Carmen Calvo Nadia Calviño María Jesús Montero Second Deputy Pablo Iglesias Yolanda Díaz Third Deputy Teresa Ribera Sara Aagesen |
| Preceded by | Mariano Rajoy |
| 9th President of the Socialist International | |
| Assumed office 25 November 2022 | |
| Secretary General | Benedicta Lasi |
| Preceded by | George Papandreou |
| Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | |
| Assumed office 17 June 2017 | |
| President | Cristina Narbona |
| Deputy | Adriana Lastra María Jesús Montero |
| Preceded by | Caretaker committee |
| In office 26 July 2014 – 1 October 2016 | |
| President | Micaela Navarro |
| Preceded by | Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba |
| Succeeded by | Caretaker committee |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 18 June 2017 – 2 June 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Mariano Rajoy |
| Preceded by | Vacant |
| Succeeded by | Mariano Rajoy |
| In office 26 July 2014 – 1 October 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Mariano Rajoy |
| Preceded by | Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2019 | |
| Constituency | Madrid |
| In office 10 January 2013 – 29 October 2016 | |
| Constituency | Madrid |
| In office 15 September 2009 – 27 September 2011 | |
| Constituency | Madrid |
| Member of the City Council of Madrid | |
| In office 18 May 2004 – 15 September 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón 29 February 1972 Madrid, Spain |
| Political party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Real Centro Universitario Escorial-Maria Christina Complutense University of Madrid Université Libre de Bruxelles IESE Business School Camilo José Cela University |
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Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo ˈsantʃeθ ˈpeɾeθ kasteˈxon] ⓘ; born 29 February 1972) is a Spanish politician who has served as Prime Minister of Spain since 2018. He has also been Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) since July 2017, having previously held that office from 2014 to 2016, and has also been serving as the ninth president of the Socialist International in 2022.
Sánchez began his political career in August 2004 as a city councillor in Madrid, before being elected to the Congress of Deputies in 2009. In 2014, he was elected Secretary-General of the PSOE, becoming Leader of the Opposition. He led the party through the inconclusive 2015 and 2016 general elections, but resigned as Secretary-General shortly after the latter, following public disagreements with the party's executive. He was re-elected in a leadership election eight months later, defeating internal rivals Susana Díaz and Patxi López.
On 1 June 2018, the PSOE called a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, successfully passing the motion after winning the support of Unidas Podemos, as well as various regionalist and nationalist parties. Sánchez was appointed prime minister by King Felipe VI the following day. He went on to lead the PSOE to gain 38 seats in the April 2019 general election, the PSOE's first national victory since 2008, although they fell short of a majority. After talks to form a government failed, Sánchez again won the most votes at the November 2019 general election, forming a minority coalition government with Unidas Podemos, the first national coalition government since the country's return to democracy. After the PSOE suffered significant losses in regional elections in May 2023, Sánchez called a snap general election, which saw the PSOE hold all of its seats; despite finishing second behind the People's Party, Sánchez was able to again form a coalition government, and was appointed to a third term as Prime Minister on 17 November 2023.