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José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. He was elected for two terms as Prime Minister of Spain, in the 2004 and 2008 general elections.
  
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| María Teresa Fernández de la Vega
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Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_P%C3%A9rez_Rubalcaba Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba]
Elena Salgado
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Salgado Elena Salgado]
 
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| José María Aznar
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Aznar José María Aznar]
 
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! style="text-align:left;" | Succeeded by
 
! style="text-align:left;" | Succeeded by
|Mariano Rajoy
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|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Rajoy Mariano Rajoy]
 
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! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
 
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| Manuel Chaves
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! style="text-align:left;" | Preceded by
 
! style="text-align:left;" | Preceded by
| Joaquín Almunia
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Almunia Joaquín Almunia]
 
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! style="text-align:left;" | Succeeded  
 
! style="text-align:left;" | Succeeded  
| Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba
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| José María Aznar
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! style="text-align:left;" | Preceded by
 
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José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was born in Valladolid, Castilla y León, on August 4th, 1960. He is the former Prime Minister of Spain, serving two times, the first in 2004 and the second term in 2008.   
 
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was born in Valladolid, Castilla y León, on August 4th, 1960. He is the former Prime Minister of Spain, serving two times, the first in 2004 and the second term in 2008.   
  
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Jose Zapatero graduated with a degree in Law from the University of León in 1982. He then worked as a member of the faculty of the University after graduating from 1982 to 1986.  
 
Jose Zapatero graduated with a degree in Law from the University of León in 1982. He then worked as a member of the faculty of the University after graduating from 1982 to 1986.  
 
  
 
== Further Information ==
 
== Further Information ==
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[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/962009/Jose-Luis-Rodriguez-Zapatero Britannica page]  
 
[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/962009/Jose-Luis-Rodriguez-Zapatero Britannica page]  
  
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== Party political offices ==
  
 
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2000–2012
 
2000–2012
 
| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Succeeded by
 
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Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_P%C3%A9rez_Rubalcaba Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba]
 
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| width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | Leader of the Opposition
 
| width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | Leader of the Opposition
 
   
 
   
 
2000–2004
 
2000–2004
 
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Mariano Rajoy
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Rajoy Mariano Rajoy]
 
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== Photo Gallery ==
 
 
[[File:Zapatero montenegro icd1.jpg|left|590px|thumbnail|Hon. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero during the Madrid Symposium on Peace Building & Conflict Resolution "The Promotion of World Peace through Inter-Faith Dialogue & Global Political Discourse" organized by the ICD in Madrid, Spain (July 15th - 17th, 2014)]]
 
[[File:Zapatero donfried montenegro icd.jpg|right|590px|thumbnail|Hon. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero together with Mark Donfried, Director and Founder of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Berlin (ICD), during the Madrid Symposium on Peace Building & Conflict Resolution "The Promotion of World Peace through Inter-Faith Dialogue & Global Political Discourse" organized by the ICD in Madrid, Spain (July 15th - 17th, 2014)]]
 

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José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. He was elected for two terms as Prime Minister of Spain, in the 2004 and 2008 general elections.

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Prime Minister of Spain
In office

16 April 2004 – 21 December 2011

Monarch Juan Carlos I
Deputy María Teresa Fernández de la Vega

Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba Elena Salgado

Preceded by José María Aznar
Succeeded by Mariano Rajoy
Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
In office

22 July 2000 – 4 February 2012

President Manuel Chaves
Preceded by Joaquín Almunia
Succeeded Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba
Leader of the Opposition
In office

22 July 2000 – 16 April 2004

Prime Minister José María Aznar
Preceded by Luis Martínez Noval
Succeeded by Mariano Rajoy
Personal details
Born 4 August 1960 (age 54)

Spain

Political party Socialist Workers' Party
Spouse(s) Sonsoles Espinosa(1990–present)
Children Laura

Alba

Alma mater University of León
Religion Agnosticism

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was born in Valladolid, Castilla y León, on August 4th, 1960. He is the former Prime Minister of Spain, serving two times, the first in 2004 and the second term in 2008.

Political Career[edit]

During the year 1979, he joined the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE). In 1982, he became the leader of the socialist youth organization in the province of León. Zapatero was elected to the national parliament and became the youngest member during 1986. Two years after, he was appointed as Secretary-General of the León provincial federation of the (PSOE). Zapatero was able to maintain his seat in the Congress of Deputies after General Election in 1996. From 2000 to 2012, he ran for leadership of the Socialist Party (PSOE) and was elected Secretary General. He was elected as Prime Minister of Spain in 2004. Zapatero’s Socialist Party won the general elections, having more seats (164) in the Cortes than the People’s Party with only (148). During his time as Prime Minister: he withdrew Spanish troops from Iraq, legalized same-sex marriage (2005), criminalization of domestic violence, reformed the education system, increase of Spanish troops in Afghanistan. Zapatero was re-elected as Prime Minister of Spain, serving from 2008 to 2011.

Education[edit]

Jose Zapatero graduated with a degree in Law from the University of León in 1982. He then worked as a member of the faculty of the University after graduating from 1982 to 1986.

Further Information[edit]

International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Religion, "The Promotion of World Peace through Inter-Faith Dialogue & the Unity of Faiths", Center for Cultural Diplomacy - Publications, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Rome, Italy, March 31st - April 3rd 2014

External Links[edit]

Barcelona Center for International Affairs

Britannica page

Party political offices[edit]

Party political offices
Preceded by Joaquín Almunia Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

2000–2012

Succeeded by

Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba

Political offices
Preceded by Joaquín Almunia Leader of the Opposition

2000–2004

Succeeded by

Mariano Rajoy

Preceded by José María Aznar Prime Minister of Spain

2004–2011