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Mariano Rajoy Brey

Excelentísimo Señor
Mariano Rajoy
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Prime Minister of Spain
Assumed office
21 December 2011
Monarch
Deputy Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría
Preceded by José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
President of the People's Party
Assumed office
2 October 2004
Deputy
Preceded by José María Aznar
Leader of the Opposition
In office
16 April 2004 – 21 December 2011
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
In office
4 September 2003 – 2 October 2004
President José María Aznar
Preceded by Javier Arenas
Succeeded by Ángel Acebes
First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
In office
27 April 2000 – 4 September 2003
Prime Minister José María Aznar
Preceded by Francisco Álvarez Cascos
Succeeded by Rodrigo Rato
Spokesperson of the Government
In office
10 July 2002 – 4 September 2003
Prime Minister José María Aznar
Preceded by Pío Cabanillas Gallas
Succeeded by Eduardo Zaplana
Minister of the Presidency
In office
10 July 2002 – 4 September 2003
Prime Minister José María Aznar
Preceded by Juan José Lucas
Succeeded by Javier Arenas
In office
27 April 2000 – 27 February 2001
Prime Minister José María Aznar
Preceded by Francisco Álvarez Cascos
Succeeded by Juan José Lucas
Minister of the Interior
In office
27 February 2001 – 10 July 2002
Prime Minister José María Aznar
Preceded by Jaime Mayor Oreja
Succeeded by Ángel Acebes
Minister of Education and Culture
In office
19 January 1999 – 27 April 2000
Prime Minister José María Aznar
Preceded by Esperanza Aguirre
Succeeded by Pilar del Castillo (Education, Culture and Sport)
Minister of Public Administration
In office
6 May 1996 – 19 January 1999
Prime Minister José María Aznar
Preceded by Joan Lerma
Succeeded by Ángel Acebes
Vice President of Galicia
In office
4 November 1986 – 26 September 1987
President Xerardo Fernández Albor
Preceded by Xosé Luis Barreiro
Succeeded by Xosé Luis Barreiro
Member of the Congress of Deputies
Assumed office
20 November 1989
Constituency Madrid
In office
7 July 1986 – 4 December 1986
Constituency Pontevedra
Personal details
Born Mariano Rajoy Brey
(1955-03-27) 27 March 1955 (age 61)
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Political party 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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