Mariano Rajoy | |
|---|---|
 Rajoy in 2018 | |
| Prime Minister of Spain | |
| In office 21 December 2011 – 1 June 2018 | |
| Monarchs | Juan Carlos I Felipe VI |
| Deputy | Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría |
| Preceded by | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Sánchez |
| President of the People's Party | |
| In office 2 October 2004 – 21 July 2018 | |
| Deputy | |
| Preceded by | José María Aznar |
| Succeeded by | Pablo Casado |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 17 April 2004 – 21 December 2011 | |
| Monarch | Juan Carlos I |
| Prime Minister | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| Preceded by | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| Succeeded by | Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba |
| Secretary General of the People's Party | |
| In office 4 September 2003 – 2 October 2004 | |
| President | José María Aznar |
| Preceded by | Javier Arenas |
| Succeeded by | Ángel Acebes |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain | |
| In office 28 April 2000 – 4 September 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | José María Aznar |
| Preceded by | Francisco Álvarez Cascos |
| Succeeded by | Rodrigo Rato |
| Spokesperson of the Government | |
| In office 10 July 2002 – 4 September 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | José María Aznar |
| Preceded by | Pío Cabanillas Gallas |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo Zaplana |
| Minister of the Presidency | |
| In office 10 July 2002 – 4 September 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | José María Aznar |
| Preceded by | Juan José Lucas |
| Succeeded by | Javier Arenas |
| In office 28 April 2000 – 28 February 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | José María Aznar |
| Preceded by | Francisco Álvarez Cascos |
| Succeeded by | Juan José Lucas |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 28 February 2001 – 10 July 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | José María Aznar |
| Preceded by | Jaime Mayor Oreja |
| Succeeded by | Ángel Acebes |
| Minister of Education and Culture | |
| In office 19 January 1999 – 28 April 2000 | |
| Prime Minister | José María Aznar |
| Preceded by | Esperanza Aguirre |
| Succeeded by | Pilar del Castillo (Education, Culture and Sport) |
| Minister of Public Administrations | |
| In office 6 May 1996 – 19 January 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | José María Aznar |
| Preceded by | Joan Lerma |
| Succeeded by | Ángel Acebes |
| Vice President of Galicia | |
| In office 4 November 1986 – 26 September 1987 | |
| President | Gerardo Fernández Albor |
| Preceded by | José Luis Barreiro |
| Succeeded by | José Luis Barreiro |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 20 November 1989 – 15 June 2018 | |
| Constituency | Madrid |
| In office 7 July 1986 – 4 December 1986 | |
| Constituency | Pontevedra |
| President of the Deputation of Pontevedra | |
| In office 11 June 1983 – 10 December 1986 | |
| Preceded by | Federico Cifuentes Pérez |
| Succeeded by | Fernando García del Valle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mariano Rajoy Brey 27 March 1955 Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain |
| Political party | Spanish National Union (1970s) People's Alliance (Before 1989) People's Party (1989–present) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Mariano Rajoy Sobredo Olga Brey López |
| Alma mater | University of Santiago de Compostela |
| Signature |  |
| Website | Official website |
Mariano Rajoy Brey (Galician: [maɾiˈanʊ raˈʃoj],[1] Spanish: [maˈɾjano raˈxoj]; 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.[2][3] On 5 June 2018, he announced his resignation as People's Party leader.[4][5]
He became Leader of the People's Party in 2004 and prime minister in 2011 following the People's Party landslide victory in that year's general election, becoming the sixth president of the Spanish Government.[6] The party lost its majority in the 2015 general election, but after that election ended in deadlock, a second election in 2016 enabled Rajoy to be reelected prime minister as head of a minority government. Rajoy was a minister under the José María Aznar administration, occupying different leading roles in different ministries between 1996 and 2003, and he also was the deputy prime minister between 2000 and 2003. He was the Leader of the Opposition between 2004 and 2011 under José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's government.
Rajoy's first term was heavily marked by the Spanish financial crisis and oversaw a major restructuring of the Spanish financial system as well as a major labour reform. The financial crisis peaked with a bailout of the Spanish banking system in June 2012. Unemployment in Spain peaked at 27% in 2012, which led to an initial drop of the People's Party in the polls, which was aggravated by the revelations of a series of corruption cases that seriously damaged the party's reputation. This, among other factors, led to a profound shift in the Spanish party system, with the rise of new political parties from the left and the right: Podemos and Citizens.
The 2015 general election led to a parliamentary configuration that made the formation of a government very difficult; as a result, Spain was without a government for over six months and new elections were held in June 2016. Rajoy was finally appointed prime minister with the support of the Citizens party and the abstention of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. Rajoy's second term was marked by economic recovery and a drop in unemployment and the challenge of stagnating salaries. Rajoy also oversaw the 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis marked by the Catalan independence referendum of 2017 and the Catalan unilateral declaration of independence on 27 October 2017 that led to the imposition of direct rule in Catalonia.
At 14 years and 146 days, Rajoy was the longest-serving Spanish politician in the Government of Spain since the Spanish transition to democracy, having held ministerial offices continuously from 1996 to 2004 and from 2011 to 2018.[7][8]
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- ^ "Rajoy dimite como presidente del PP: "Es lo mejor para mí, para el partido y para España"". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ "Mariano Rajoy: Spain's Prime Minister Elect". The Daily Beast. thedailybeast.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Rajoy se convierte en el político que más tiempo lleva en el poder desde la muerte de Franco". El Español (in Spanish). 21 January 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "De cuando Rajoy ya dejó la política por una moción de censura". El Plural (in Spanish). 30 May 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.