Pedro Sánchez (politician)
| Pedro Sánchez | |
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| Secretary General of the PSOE | |
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Assumed office 17 June 2017 |
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| President | Cristina Narbona |
| Preceded by | Javier Fernández (President of Caretaker Committee) |
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In office 26 July 2014 – 1 October 2016 |
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| President | Micaela Navarro |
| Preceded by | Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba |
| Succeeded by | Javier Fernández (President of Caretaker Committee) |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
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In office 10 January 2013 – 29 October 2016 |
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| Constituency | Madrid |
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In office 15 September 2009 – 27 September 2011 |
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| Constituency | Madrid |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 26 July 2014 – 1 October 2016 |
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| Monarch | Felipe VI |
| Prime Minister | Mariano Rajoy |
| Preceded by | Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba |
| Succeeded by | None (Disputed) |
| Alderman of Madrid | |
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In office 18 May 2004 – 15 September 2009 |
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| Personal details | |
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Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón 29 February 1972 Madrid, Spain |
| Political party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
| Spouse(s) | Begoña Fernández (2006–present) |
| Children | 2 |
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Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo ˈsaɲʧeθ ˈpeɾeθ kasteˈxon], born 29 February 1972) is a Spanish politician, the Secretary-General elect of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He held the same post from 2014 to 2016 when, as a result of tensions within the party, he was replaced by a caretaker committee.
Under his leadership the party is expected to depart from policies associated with Susana Díaz, who gave tacit support to the formation of a minority Partido Popular government in October 2016. Sánchez has consistently refused to support Spain's minority government, and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy therefore faces new challenges in the Congress.
He graduated from Instituto Ramiro de Maeztu, a college-preparatory school. He played as a basketballer in Estudiantes U-21 basketball team.
In 1990, he went to the Complutense University to study economics and business sciences. He graduated in 1995. He earned a degree in Politics and Economics in 1998 after graduating from the Free University of Brussels, and a degree of business leadership from IESE Business School in the University of Navarra.
He was awarded a Doctorate in Economics in 2012. He was a Professor of Economics before his Congressional career and published a version of his doctoral thesis as “La nueva diplomacia económica europea”.
He served as a Deputy in the congress for three terms (for Madrid), and also as Spain's official leader of the opposition from 26 July 2014 to 2016. He was elected as the Secretary-General of the PSOE via a primary election process, and is the first Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party to have been elected directly by its members. After the 2015 elections, the King of Spain, having consulted the parliamentary groups, asked Sánchez to try to form a government on 2 February 2016 but he was unsuccessful and another election was called for June 2016.
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