José Luis Zapatero
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Excelentísimo Señor José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero OIC |
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| Prime Minister of Spain | |
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In office 16 April 2004 – 21 December 2011 |
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| Monarch | Juan Carlos I |
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First
Second
Third
Economic Affairs
Regional Policy
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| Preceded by | José María Aznar |
| Succeeded by | Mariano Rajoy |
| Secretary General of the PSOE | |
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In office 22 July 2000 – 4 February 2012 |
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| President | Manuel Chaves |
| Deputy | José Blanco (2008–12) |
| Preceded by | Joaquín Almunia |
| Succeeded by | Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 22 July 2000 – 16 April 2004 |
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| Monarch | Juan Carlos I |
| Prime Minister | José María Aznar |
| Preceded by | Luis Martínez Noval |
| Succeeded by | Mariano Rajoy |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
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In office 2 April 2004 – 27 September 2011 |
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| Constituency |
Madrid (2004–11) Leon (1986–2004) |
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4 August 1960 Valladolid, Spain |
| Political party | PSOE |
| Spouse(s) | Sonsoles Espinosa (m. 1990) |
| Children | Laura (b. 1993) Alba (b. 1995) |
| Alma mater | University of León |
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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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