The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. The PSOE has been in government longer than any other political party in modern democratic Spain,namely from 1982 to 1996 under Felipe González;from 2004 to 2011 under JoséLuis Rodríguez Zapatero;and currently since 2018 under Pedro Sánchez.
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 Leader of the Opposition is an unofficial,mostly conventional and honorary title frequently held by the leader of the largest party in the Congress of Deputies—the lower house of the Spanish parliament,the Cortes Generales—not within the government. He/she is usually the person who is expected to lead that party into the next general election.
The 2016 Spanish general election was held on Sunday,26 June 2016,to elect the 12th 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 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 Extraordinary Federal Congress of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 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 politician who has been Prime Minister of Spain since June 2018. He has also been Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) since June 2017,having previously held that office from 2014 to 2016.
Susana Díaz Pacheco is a Spanish politician from Andalusia and a leading figure in the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) as a leader of the Andalusian PSOE-A.
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.
The 2016 PSOE crisis was a political conflict within the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE),starting on 26 September 2016. Long-standing discontent with party Secretary General Pedro Sánchez and the combination of a series of circumstances resulted in a party revolt to force Sánchez's dismissal on 28 September,in an episode lasting until 1 October colloquially dubbed by some media and journalists as the "war of the roses". The ensuing power vacuum and Sánchez's replacement by an interim managing committee,coupled with the party's turn to allow a PP minority government after a 10-month deadlock on government formation and the resulting worsening of relations with its sister party in Catalonia,the PSC,triggered a crisis of a scale unprecedented in the party's 137 years of existence.
Attempts to form a government in Spain followed the inconclusive Spanish general election of 20 December 2015,which failed to deliver an overall majority for any political party. As a result,the previous cabinet headed by Mariano Rajoy was formed to remain in a caretaker capacity until the election of a new government.
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 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.
Tomás Valeriano Gómez Sánchez is a Spanish socialist politician and economist. From 21 October 2010 to 22 December 2011 was the Minister of Labor and Immigration in the ninth legislature under the presidency of JoséLuis Rodríguez Zapatero.
María Luisa Carcedo Roces is a Spanish doctor,politician and former senator who belongs to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). From 2018 to 2020,she served as minister of Health,Consumer Affairs and Social Welfare after the resignation of Carmen Montón. Previously,she also served as the first High Commissioner for the Fight against Child Poverty from June to September 2018,a position within the Office of the Prime Minister.
JoséManuel Franco Pardo is a Spanish politician. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE),he has been the Secretary-General of the PSOE of the Community of Madrid since September 2017. Since 2021,he is the president of the Consejo Superior de Deportes.
Adriana Lastra is a Spanish politician member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party that currently serves as the Spokesperson of the Socialist Group in the Congress of Deputies. She is also the Deputy Secretary-General of the PSOE.
The 13th Senate of Spain was a 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 28 April 2019. The Senate met for the first time on 21 May 2019 and was dissolved prematurely on 24 September 2019.
César Luena López is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament since 2019. He was a member of the 9th,10th,11th and 12th terms of the Congress of Deputies in representation of La Rioja.
The 14th Congress of Deputies is the current 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. According to the Constitution of Spain the maximum legislative term of the congress is 4 years from the preceding election.
