Josep Borrell Fontelles is a Spanish politician. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, he assumed office as Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation in June 2018.
Pinto is a municipality belonging to the autonomous community of Madrid, Spain. It has a current population of roughly 51,000 inhabitants and lies on the C-3 Cercanías line connecting it to Aranjuez, Sol and El Escorial. Pinto also has a large park dedicated to the former King of Spain, Juan Carlos I.
José Luis Ábalos Meco is a Spanish politician member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. In June 2018 he was appointed Minister of Development of Spain.
The 2011 Madrilenian regional election was held on Sunday, 22 May 2011, to elect the 9th Assembly of the Community of Madrid. All 129 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
The 2012 Asturian regional election was held on Sunday, 25 March 2012, to elect the 9th General Junta of the Principality of Asturias. All 45 seats in the General Junta were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with a regional election in Andalusia.
The 2015 Madrilenian regional election was held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 10th Assembly of the Community of Madrid. All 129 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
The 2014 European Parliament election in Spain was held on Sunday, 25 May 2014, as part of the EU-wide election to elect the 8th European Parliament. All 54 seats allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Lisbon were up for election.
The 2014 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party leadership election—officially the 2014 PSOE Extraordinary Federal Congress—was held on 26 and 27 July 2014 to elect a new party leadership in the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), with a preliminary primary election open to party members initially scheduled to be held on 13 July to elect a new Secretary General.
Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón is a Spanish economist and politician serving as Prime Minister of Spain since 2 June 2018. He is also Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), holding office for the second time after winning a leadership election in June 2017.
Antonio Cantó García del Moral, known as Toni Cantó is a Spanish actor, Citizens party politician and former UPyD politician, who represented Valencia Province in the Congress of Deputies from 2011 to April 2015 and again from December 2015 to the present.
The 2011 Madrid City Council election, also the 2011 Madrid municipal election, was held on Sunday, 22 May 2011, to elect the 9th City Council of the municipality of Madrid. All 57 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
The 2019 European Parliament election in Spain will be held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, as part of the EU-wide election to elect the 9th European Parliament. All 54 seats allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Lisbon will be up for election. Once the United Kingdom is effectively out of the European Union in a legal basis, 5 additional seats would be allocated to Spain. The election will be held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
The 2017 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party leadership election—officially the 39th Federal Congress—was held between 16 and 18 June 2017 to elect a new party leadership in the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and set out the party's main lines of action and strategy, after the sacking of Pedro Sánchez as party leader in October 2016 had resulted in a caretaker leadership being appointed in the interim. The primary election was held on 21 May 2017, after confirmed in a federal committee on 1 April.
Jaime Lissavetzky Díez is a Spanish chemist and politician. Secretary of State for Sport (2004–2011) and regional minister of Education of the Government of the Community of Madrid. He was member of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4rd and 5th terms of the Assembly of Madrid, as well as member of the 8th Congress of Deputies and city councillor in the Ayuntamiento of Madrid.
The 12th Congress of Deputies was a meeting of the Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the Spanish Cortes Generales, with the membership determined by the results of the 2016 general election held on 26 June 2016. The congress met for the first time on 19 July 2016 and was dissolved prematurely on 5 March 2019.
Irene Lozano Domingo is a Spanish writer, journalist, and politician, currently serving as Secretary of State for Global Spain.
Zaida Cantera de Castro is a Spanish retired military officer and politician currently affiliated with the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). She has been a deputy for Madrid in the 11th and 12th Legislatures.
Women in PSOE in Francoist Spain had been involved in important socialist activism since the 1930s, including behind the scenes during the Asturian miners' strike of 1934, even as the party offered few leadership roles to women and address the issues of women. During the Civil War, the party was one of the few left wing actors to reject the idea of women on the front, believing women instead should take care of the home.
Women in Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) in Francoist Spain played important roles in the union dating back to the Second Republic period, even as their specific needs like maternity leave, childcare provisions and equal pay were subverted for the improvement of better overall working conditions. Women UGT leaders in the Civil War period included María Lacrampe and Claudina García Perez.
