Mariano Rajoy Brey
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Excelentísimo Señor Mariano Rajoy MP OCIII |
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| Prime Minister of Spain | |
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Assumed office 21 December 2011 |
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| Monarch |
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| Deputy | Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría |
| Preceded by | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| President of the People's Party | |
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Assumed office 2 October 2004 |
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| Preceded by | José María Aznar |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 16 April 2004 – 21 December 2011 |
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| Monarch | Juan Carlos I |
| Prime Minister | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| Preceded by | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| Succeeded by | Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba |
| Secretary General of the People's Party | |
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In office 4 September 2003 – 2 October 2004 |
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| President | José María Aznar |
| Preceded by | Javier Arenas |
| Succeeded by | Ángel Acebes |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain | |
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In office 27 April 2000 – 4 September 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | José María Aznar |
| Preceded by | Francisco Álvarez Cascos |
| Succeeded by | Rodrigo Rato |
| Spokesperson of the Government | |
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In office 10 July 2002 – 4 September 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | José María Aznar |
| Preceded by | Pío Cabanillas Gallas |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo Zaplana |
| Minister of the Presidency | |
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In office 10 July 2002 – 4 September 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | José María Aznar |
| Preceded by | Juan José Lucas |
| Succeeded by | Javier Arenas |
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In office 27 April 2000 – 27 February 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | José María Aznar |
| Preceded by | Francisco Álvarez Cascos |
| Succeeded by | Juan José Lucas |
| Minister of the Interior | |
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In office 27 February 2001 – 10 July 2002 |
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| Prime Minister | José María Aznar |
| Preceded by | Jaime Mayor Oreja |
| Succeeded by | Ángel Acebes |
| Minister of Education and Culture | |
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In office 19 January 1999 – 27 April 2000 |
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| Prime Minister | José María Aznar |
| Preceded by | Esperanza Aguirre |
| Succeeded by | Pilar del Castillo (Education, Culture and Sport) |
| Minister of Public Administration | |
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In office 6 May 1996 – 19 January 1999 |
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| Prime Minister | José María Aznar |
| Preceded by | Joan Lerma |
| Succeeded by | Ángel Acebes |
| Vice President of Galicia | |
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In office 4 November 1986 – 26 September 1987 |
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| President | Xerardo Fernández Albor |
| Preceded by | Xosé Luis Barreiro |
| Succeeded by | Xosé Luis Barreiro |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
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Assumed office 20 November 1989 |
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| Constituency | Madrid |
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In office 7 July 1986 – 4 December 1986 |
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| Constituency | Pontevedra |
| Personal details | |
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Mariano Rajoy Brey 27 March 1955 Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
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People's Alliance (Before 1989) People's Party (1989–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Elvira Fernández Balboa (1996–present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Palace of Moncloa |
| Alma mater | University of Santiago de Compostela |
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| Website | Official website |
Mariano Rajoy Brey (Spanish: [maˈɾjano raˈxoi ˈβɾei]) (born 27 March 1955) is a Spanish politician who is the Prime Minister of Spain. He became leader of the People's Party in 2004 and Prime Minister in 2011 following the People's Party landslide victory in that year's general election. His party lost their majority in the 2015 general election, but after that election ended in deadlock, a second election in 2016 enabled Rajoy to be re-elected prime minister as head of a minority government.
Rajoy was a Minister under the José María Aznar administration, occupying different leading roles in different Ministries between 1996 and 2003, and he also was the Deputy Prime Minister between 2000 and 2003. He was the Leader of the Opposition between 2004 and 2011 under José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's government.
Born 27 March 1955 in Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Galicia, Rajoy is the grandson of Enrique Rajoy Leloup, one of the architects of the Statute of Autonomy of Galicia in 1932, who was removed from university teaching by the dictatorship in the early 1950s. He is the son of Mariano Rajoy Sobredo, a jurist, and president of the Provincial Court of Pontevedra, the city where he grew up.
Later on, his father was transferred to León and the whole family moved there. He was duly enrolled, together with his brothers Luis and Enrique, and spent ten years there before moving to the Jesuit school in Vigo. After finishing secondary school he started university, enrolling in the Law Faculty in Santiago de Compostela.
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