Gregorio Jesús Gil y Gil was a Spanish businessman and politician. He served as Mayor of Marbella between 1991 and 2002,and presided for a 16-year tenure as president of the football club Atlético de Madrid. The Marbella city council had to be dissolved soon after his death,a legal but unprecedented movement in Spanish politics,to put an end to extreme corruption and dealings with international mafias,among other crimes.
Leopoldo Ramón Pedro Calvo-Sotelo y Bustelo,1st Marquess of Ría de Ribadeo,usually known as Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo,was Prime Minister of Spain between 1981 and 1982.
Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba was a Spanish statesman,politician and chemist who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Spain from 2010 to 2011,and previously as Minister of Education from 1992 to 1993,as Minister of the Presidency from 1993 to 1996,as Minister of the Interior from 2006 to 2011 and as acting Minister of Defence between May and June 2008.
The 2011 Spanish general election was held on Sunday,20 November 2011,to elect the 10th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election,as well as 208 of 266 seats in the Senate. An election had not been due until April 2012 at latest,but a call by Prime Minister JoséLuis Rodríguez Zapatero for a snap election five months ahead of schedule was announced on 29 July 2011. Zapatero would not be seeking a third term in office,and with political pressure mounting,a deteriorating economic situation and his political project exhausted,an early election was perceived as the only way out.
The May 2003 Madrilenian regional election was held on Sunday,25 May 2003,to elect the 6th Assembly of the Community of Madrid. All 111 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 Ministry of the Presidency (MPR) was the department of the Government of Spain that,from 1974 to 2023,assured the link between the different Ministries and the Prime Minister and it was responsible for the relations between the Government and the Parliament. This department also supported The Crown in the exercise of its functions.
The 38th Federal Congress of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party was held in Seville from 3 to 5 February 2012,to renovate the governing bodies of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and establish the party's main lines of action and strategy for the next leadership term. The congress was called after the PSOE suffered its worst defeat since the Spanish transition to democracy in the general election held on 20 November 2011. Previous secretary-general JoséLuis Rodríguez Zapatero had announced in April the same year he would not stand for election to a third term as Prime Minister of Spain,announcing his intention to step down as party leader after a successor had been elected.
The 35th Federal Congress of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party was held in Madrid from 21 to 23 July 2000 to renovate the governing bodies of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and establish the party's main lines of action and strategy for the next leadership term. It was held after the party's defeat in the 2000 general election and the subsequent resignation of then secretary-general Joaquín Almunia.
The 2014 Extraordinary Federal Congress of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party was held in Madrid from 26 to 27 July 2014,to renovate the governing bodies of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and establish the party's main lines of action and strategy for the next leadership term. A primary election to elect the new party secretary-general was held on 13 July. The congress was called by outgoing PSOE leader Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba after his party's poor results at the 2014 European Parliament election,garnering just 23% of the vote. Rubalcaba announced his intention not to run for either his party's leadership or for the 2015 Spanish general election.
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of the Community of Madrid,from 2004 to 2015 the Socialist Party of Madrid and previously the Madrilenian Socialist Federation,is the branch of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in the Madrid region.
Ángel Gabilondo Pujol is a Spanish university professor,currently serving as the 6th Ombudsman of Spain.
The 2007 Madrilenian regional election was held on Sunday,27 May 2007,to elect the 8th Assembly of the Community of Madrid. All 120 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. Because regional elections in the Community of Madrid were mandated for the fourth Sunday of May every four years,the October 2003 snap election did not alter the term of the four-year legislature starting in May 2003.
The April 2019 Spanish general election was held on Sunday,28 April 2019,to elect the 13th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election,as well as 208 of 266 seats in the Senate.
The 39th Federal Congress of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party was held in Madrid 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. The primary election was held on 21 May 2017,after being confirmed in a federal committee on 1 April.
The 18th National Congress of the People's Party was held in Madrid from 10 to 12 February 2017,to renovate the governing bodies of the People's Party (PP) and establish the party's main lines of action and strategy for the next leadership term. The congress was initially due for 2015,but the various elections held in Spain that year and the deadlock in the government formation negotiations leading up to the 2016 general election,as well as a major crisis over the issue within the opposition Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE),saw the event being delayed until early 2017.
Meritxell Batet Lamaña is a Spanish jurist,former politician,and member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC),who served as President of the Congress of Deputies from 2019 to 2023. Prior to this,she served as Minister for Territorial Policy and Civil Service of the Government of Spain between June 2018 and May 2019.
The 13th 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 general election held on 28 April 2019. The congress met for the first time on 21 May 2019 and was dissolved prematurely on 24 September 2019.
The 14th 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 general election held on 10 November 2019. The congress met for the first time on 3 December 2019,and was dissolved on 30 May 2023.
The 14th Senate of Spain is the current meeting of the Senate of Spain,the upper house of the Spanish Cortes Generales,with the membership determined primarily by the results of the general election held on 10 November 2019. The Senate met for the first time on 3 December 2019. According to the Constitution of Spain the maximum legislative term of the senate is 4 years from the preceding election.
Félix Bolaños García is a Spanish lawyer and politician who serves as minister for the Presidency,Justice and Parliamentary Relations since 2023. Previously,he served as Secretary-General of the Office of the Prime Minister of Spain from 2018 to 2021,and as minister of the Presidency,Parliamentary Relations and Democratic Memory from 2021 to 2023.
