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39th PSOE Federal Congress
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) held its 39th federal congress in Madrid between 16 and 18 June 2017, to renovate its governing bodies—including the post of secretary-general, which amounted to that of party leader—and establish the party platform and policy until the next congress, after the sacking of Pedro Sánchez as party leader in October 2016 had resulted in a caretaker leadership being appointed. The primary election was held on 21 May 2017, after being confirmed in a federal committee on 1 April. The leadership race was the first to be held after the party's electoral setbacks in both the 2015 and 2016 general elections in which the party scored its two worst electoral records since the Spanish transition to democracy. An extraordinary party congress had been held in July 2014 after Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba's resignation, in which Pedro Sánchez had been elected as new party leader. However, no ordinary congress had been held since 2012. Former President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Spanish General Election
A General elections in Spain, general election was held in Spain on Sunday, 20 December 2015, to elect the members of the 11th . All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 266 seats in the Senate of Spain, Senate. At exactly four years and one month since the previous election, this remains the longest timespan between two general elections since the Spanish transition to democracy, and the only time in Spain that a general election has been held on the latest possible date allowed under law. After a legislature plagued by the effects of an ongoing 2008–16 Spanish financial crisis, economic crisis, corruption scandals affecting the ruling party and social distrust with traditional parties, the election resulted in the most fragmented Spanish parliament up to that time. While the People's Party (Spain), People's Party (PP) of incumbent Prime Minister of Spain, prime minister Mariano Rajoy emerged as the largest party overall, it obtained it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Of Andalusia
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia (, PSOE–A) is the Andalusian branch of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, as well as the largest and most important federation within the PSOE. Formerly known as the Andalusian Socialist Federation (FSA), it was founded in 1977. The party was the ruling party of Andalusia uninterruptedly from 1978 to 2019, having won all regional elections in that time except for the 2012 Andalusian parliamentary election, 2012 election, after which it nonetheless was able to maintain the regional government through a coalition government, coalition with United Left (Spain), United Left. It lost power for the first time after the 2018 Andalusian regional election, 2018 election, when a People's Party of Andalusia, PP-Citizens (Spanish political party), Cs Moreno Government, coalition was formed. In the 2022 Andalusian regional election, 2022 election, it worsened its already worst result ever. Leaders Presidents of Andalusia *Plácido Fernán ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Party (Spain)
The People's Party ( ; known mostly by its acronym, PP ) is a Conservatism, conservative and Christian democracy, Christian democratic list of political parties in Spain, political party in Spain. The People's Party was a 1989 re-foundation of People's Alliance (Spain), People's Alliance (AP), a party led by former minister Manuel Fraga Iribarne, Manuel Fraga. It was founded in 1976 as alliance of post-Francoist proto-parties. The new party combined the conservative People's Alliance (Spain), AP with several small Christian democratic and Liberalism, liberal parties (the party calling this fusion of views "the Reformist Centre"). In 2002, Manuel Fraga received the honorary title of "Founding Chairman". The party's youth organisation is New Generations of the People's Party (Spain), New Generations of the People's Party of Spain (NNGG). The PP is a member of the centre-right European People's Party (EPP), and in the European Parliament its 16 Member of the European Parliament, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariano Rajoy
Mariano Rajoy Brey (, ; born 27 March 1955) is a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 2011 to 2018, when a 2018 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, vote of no confidence ousted his government. A member of the People's Party (Spain), People's Party, he served as the president of the People's Party from 2004 to 2018. Rajoy became prime minister in 2011 following the his party's landslide victory in that year's 2011 Spanish general election, general election, becoming the sixth president of the Spanish Government since Spanish transition to democracy, the restoration of democracy. The party lost its majority in the 2015 Spanish general election, 2015 general election, but after that election ended in deadlock, a 2016 Spanish general election, second election in 2016 enabled Rajoy to be reelected prime minister as head of a minority government. Rajoy was a minister under the José María Aznar administration, occupying different leadin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Spain
The prime minister of Spain, officially president of the Government (), is the head of government of Spain. The prime minister nominates the Spanish government departments, ministers and chairs the Council of Ministers (Spain), Council of Ministers. In this sense, the prime minister establishes the Government of Spain, Government policies and coordinates the actions of the Cabinet members. As chief executive, the prime minister also advises the Monarchy of Spain, monarch on the exercise of their royal prerogatives. Although it is not possible to determine when the position actually originated, the office of prime minister evolved throughout history to what it is today. The role of prime minister (then called Secretary of State) as president of the Council of Ministers, first appears in a royal decree of 1824 by King Ferdinand VII of Spain, Ferdinand VII. The current office was established during the reign of Juan Carlos I, in the Constitution of Spain, 1978 Constitution, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Vote Of No Confidence In The Government Of Mariano Rajoy
A motion of no confidence in the Second government of Mariano Rajoy, Spanish government of Mariano Rajoy was debated and voted in the Congress of Deputies between 31 May and 1 June 2018. It was brought by Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) leader Pedro Sánchez after the governing People's Party (Spain), People's Party (PP) was found to have profited from the illegal Kickback (bribery), kickbacks-for-contracts scheme of the Gürtel case in a court ruling made public the previous day. This was the fourth motion of no confidence since the Spanish transition to democracy and the first one to be successful, as well the second to be submitted against Mariano Rajoy after 2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Unidos Podemos's motion the previous year. Coincidentally, it was held 38 years after the first such vote of no confidence in Spain 1980 vote of no confidence in the government of Adolfo Suárez, on 30 May 1980. The motion passed with the support of 180 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of The Regional Government Of Andalusia
The president of the Regional Government of Andalusia () or, simply the president of Andalusia (), is the premier of the devolution, devolved government of the Spain, Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. The presidency is one of the three branches of the Regional Government of Andalusia ''(Junta de Andalucía)'', the institution whereby the government of the community is organized. The other two branches of are the Parliament of Andalusia and the Council of Government. The current president of Andalusia is Juanma Moreno of the People's Party of Andalusia, PP, who has held the office since 18 January 2019. Election Under Article 118 of the Statute of Autonomy of Andalusia, regional Statute of Autonomy, investiture processes to elect the president of the Regional Government of Andalusia require of an absolute majority—more than half the votes cast—to be obtained in the first ballot in the Parliament of Andalusia. If unsuccessful, a new ball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lehendakari
The President of the Basque Government (, ), usually known in the Basque language as the Lehendakari (, ), is the head of government of the Basque Autonomous Community. The lehendakari leads the executive branch of the regional government. The current lehendakari is Imanol Pradales, of the Basque Nationalist Party. The Basque noun ''lehendakari'' means "president" and can refer to the president of any country, club, association etc. History of the term The term ''lehendakari'' is a 20th-century coinage, from the Basque ''lehendabizi'' ("first") and the suffix -''ari'' which indicates a profession. Before the establishment of Standard Basque in the 1970s, it was spelled ''Euzko Jaurlaritzaren Lendakari''. Both ''lendakari'' (president) and ''jaurlaritza'' (government) are Basque neologisms created by members of the Basque Nationalist Party. The generic Basque words for " president" and "government" are both ''lehendakari(a)'' and ''presidente(a)'' for the former, and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of The Congress Of Deputies
The president of the Congress of Deputies () is the speaker of the Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the Cortes Generales (the Spanish parliament). The president is elected among the members of the Congress and is, after the king and the prime minister, the highest authority in the Kingdom of Spain. Although the president (or speaker) shares the representation of the Cortes Generales with the president of the Senate, the constitutional functions that are granted to the office in terms of royal countersigning and the election process of the Prime Minister, makes the president of the Congress the '' de facto'' leader of the legislative branch. This position is also reinforced by the asymmetric bicameralism that gives greater prominence to the lower house. The current office was established by the Spanish Constitution of 1978, however, the position has a tradition of more than 200 years, since its creation in 1810 as President of the Cortes of Cádiz. The current Speaker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 PSOE Leadership Election
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) held its 38th federal congress in Seville from 3 to 5 February 2012, to renovate its governing bodies—including the post of secretary-general, which amounted to that of party leader—and establish the party platform and policy until the next congress. The congress was called after the PSOE suffered its worst defeat since the Spanish transition to democracy in the general election held on 20 November 2011. Previous secretary-general José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero had announced in April the same year he would not stand for election to a third term as Prime Minister of Spain, announcing his intention to step down as party leader after a successor had been elected. The result was a close race between the two candidates to the party leadership: Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, the party's candidate for the 2011 general election and former first deputy prime minister and interior minister, and former defence minister Carme Chacón. The ballot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba
Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba (; 28 July 1951 – 10 May 2019) was a Spanish statesman, politician and chemist who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Spain from 2010 to 2011, and previously as Minister of Education from 1992 to 1993, as Minister of the Presidency from 1993 to 1996, as Minister of the Interior from 2006 to 2011 and as acting Minister of Defence between May and June 2008. He also served as Leader of the Opposition from 2011 to 2014 and as Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) from 2012 to 2014. He obtained a PhD in Organic Chemistry at the Complutense University of Madrid. Biography Early life and academic career He was born in the village of Solares, in the Medio Cudeyo municipality, Santander province. He moved aged 3 to Salamanca, Madrid, with his family and studied at the Colegio del Pilar. His father was an Iberia pilot, and his grandfather was a Republican captain. He joined the PSOE in 1974, and, being a keen athlete at scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
