Susana Díaz
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| President of Andalusia | |
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Assumed office 7 September 2013 |
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| Preceded by | José Antonio Griñán |
| Member of the Senate | |
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In office 21 December 2011 – 6 May 2012 |
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| Constituency | Andalusia |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
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In office 14 March 2004 – 9 March 2008 |
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| Constituency | Seville |
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Susana Díaz Pacheco 18 October 1974 Seville, Spain |
| Political party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
| Spouse(s) | José María Moriche Ibáñez |
| Children | José María |
| Parents | José Díaz Rosa Pacheco |
| Alma mater | University of Seville |
| Religion | Catholicism |
Susana Díaz Pacheco (Spanish pronunciation: [suˈsana ˈði.aθ]; born 18 October 1974) is a Spanish politician and member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, currently President of Andalusia and Secretary General of the PSOE Andalusian branch. She acceded to the post in 2013 after José Antonio Griñán renounced it, and was re-elected in the 2015 regional election.
Susana Díaz was born the eldest child to José Díaz, a plumber in the Seville City Council, and his wife, Rosa Pacheco, a housewife with whom he had three other daughters, Diana, Rocío and Laura.
Susana Díaz was elected secretary of Organisation of Socialist Youth of Andalusia in 1997. In the elections of June 1999 she was included in the list of the PSOE to the City of Seville and was elected as councillor and, Alfredo Sánchez Monteseirín as mayor.
Susana Díaz studied law at the University of Seville.
Díaz was elected as President of Andalusia in 2013, ruling in coalition with the left-wing United Left party. Following a disagreement with this party, she called for early elections held in 2015.
For the 2015 Andalusian parliamentary election, Díaz led a forceful campaign against Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and the austerity cuts imposed by the central government. During the campaign, she also insisted that the Socialists would not form alliances with the Popular Party or Podemos if the vote failed to produce a clear-cut winner.
In the election, Díaz' party retained the same number of seats as prior to the election (47), although the election was considered a victory for the PSOE which once again became the most voted Party in Andalusia, since the Popular party losing 17 seats and its former coalition partner United Left lost 2. The new parties Podemos (far-left) and Citizens (centrist) gained 15 and 9 seats respectively and, after a long period of three way negotiations with both parties, Diaz came to an agreement with Citizens to reach the 55 seats needed for a majority. In early May 2015, her government received 56 votes for her investiture through an agreement with C's, thus being re-elected as regional President.
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