José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Spanish: born 4 August 1960 is a Spanish politician and member of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE). He was the Prime Minister of Spain being elected for two terms, in the 2004 and 2008 general elections. On 2 April 2011 he announced he would not stand for re-election in the 2011 general
Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga Spanish: ; born 14 July 1942 is a Spanish physicist and Socialist politician. After serving in the Spanish government as Foreign Affairs Minister under Felipe González (1992–1995) and as the Secretary General of NATO (1995–1999), he was appointed the European Union’s High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary General
Adolfo Suárez González, 1st Duke of Suárez Spanish pronunciation: ; 25 September 1932 – 23 March 2014 was a Spanish lawyer and politician. Suárez was Spain’s first democratically elected Prime Minister since the Second Spanish Republic and a key figure in the country’s transition to democracy after the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. When Spain was still
Rodrigo de Rato y Figaredo born 18 March 1949 is a conservative Spanish politician and banker who served in the government of Spain as Minister of Economy and as a vice president from 1996 to 2004. He was managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 2004 to 2007 and president of Bankia between
Mariano Rajoy Brey Spanish: ; born 27 March 1955 is a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 2011 to 2018, when a vote of no confidence ousted his government. On 5 June 2018, he announced his resignation as People’s Party leader. He became Leader of the People’s Party in 2004 and Prime Minister in 2011
José Antonio Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia, 1st Duke of Primo de Rivera, 3rd Marquess of Estella 24 April 1903 – 20 November 1936, often referred to simply as José Antonio, was a Spanish politician who founded the fascist Falange Española (“Spanish Phalanx”), later Falange Española de las JONS. The eldest son of General Miguel Primo de Rivera,
Juan Carlos I Spanish: ; Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón, born 5 January 1938 is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from November 1975 until his abdication in June 2014. In Spain, since his abdication, Juan Carlos has usually been referred to as the Rey Emérito (“King Emeritus”). Juan
Eugenio Montero Ríos 13 November 1832 Santiago de Compostela – 12 May 1914 Madrid was a leading member of the Spanish Liberal Party before being part of a 1903 schism that divided it. He also served briefly as Prime Minister of Spain. He played a role in the 1898 Treaty of Paris that ended the Spanish–American War[1] as he was then President of the Senate of Spain.
Isidora Dolores Ibárruri Gómez Spanish: ; 9 December 1895 – 12 November 1989, known as la Pasionaria (English: “the Passionflower”), was a Spanish Republican fighter of the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939 and a communist politician known for her famous slogan ¡No Pasarán! (“They shall not pass!”) issued during the Battle for Madrid in November 1936. She joined the Spanish Communist Party (Spanish: Partido Comunista Español) when it was founded in
Felipe González Márquez Spanish pronunciation: , born 5 March 1942 is a Spanish lawyer, professor, and politician, who was the Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) from 1974 to 1997, and the 3rd Prime Minister of Spain since the restoration of democracy, from 1982 to 1996. He remains the longest-serving Prime Minister of Spain