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José Luís Rodríguez Zapatero

Excelentísimo Señor
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
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Prime Minister of Spain
In office
16 April 2004 – 21 December 2011
Monarch Juan Carlos I
Deputy
Preceded by José María Aznar
Succeeded by Mariano Rajoy
Secretary General of the PSOE
In office
22 July 2000 – 4 February 2012
President Manuel Chaves
Deputy José Blanco (2008–12)
Preceded by Joaquín Almunia
Succeeded by Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba
Leader of the Opposition
In office
22 July 2000 – 16 April 2004
Monarch Juan Carlos I
Prime Minister José María Aznar
Preceded by Luis Martínez Noval
Succeeded by Mariano Rajoy
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
2 April 2004 – 27 September 2011
Constituency Madrid (2004–11)
Leon (1986–2004)
Personal details
Born (1960-08-04) 4 August 1960 (age 56)
Valladolid, Spain
Political party PSOE
Spouse(s) Sonsoles Espinosa (m. 1990)
Children Laura (b. 1993)
Alba (b. 1995)
Alma mater University of León
Signature
Styles of
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
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Reference style Excelentísimo Señor (Don)
Spoken style Señor Presidente
Alternative style Señor Zapatero, Don José Luis

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (Spanish: [xoseˈlwiz roˈðɾiɣeθ θapaˈteɾo]; born 4 August 1960) is a Spanish politician and member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He was elected for two terms as Prime Minister of Spain, in the 2004 and 2008 general elections. On 2 April 2011 he announced he would not stand for re-election in the 2011 general election. He left office on 21 December 2011.

Among the main actions taken by the Zapatero administration were the withdrawal of Spanish troops from the Iraq war, which allegedly resulted in long-term diplomatic tensions with the George W. Bush administration; the increase of Spanish troops in Afghanistan; the idea of an Alliance of Civilizations, co-sponsored by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; the legalisation of same-sex marriage; reform of abortion law; a controversial attempt at peace negotiation with ETA; the increase of tobacco restrictions; and the reform of various autonomous statutes, particularly the Statute of Catalonia.


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