Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

The **Spanish Socialist Workers' Party** ( ; **PSOE** ) is a social-democratic political party in Spain. The PSOE has been in government for a longer time than any other political party in modern democratic Spain.

The party was in charge of the Spanish government from 1982 to 1996 under Felipe González; from 2004 to 2011 under José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero; and currently since 2014 under Pedro Sánchez.

The PSOE was founded in 1879, making it the oldest party currently active in Spain. When it was founded, it was a marxist party, however they stopped supporting Marxism in 1979.

## 1880s to 1931

PSOE was founded in Madrid, and its  main objective was the defense of worker's rights and the achievement of the ideals of marxist socialism, by gaining political power for the working class.

From 1879 to 1910 PSOE was a little organisation, having only representation in 3 regions. At this time, anarchism was the dominant ideology in the spanish labour movement. In the _1910 Spanish general election_, a seat was won by PSOE, and this gave the party more importance at national level.

In 1917, PSOE and UGT (the trade union of the party) participated in the _1917 Spanish general strike_ and the party won more national attention. In 1920 a split from PSOE formed the _Communist Party of Spain_.

In the 1923–1930 dictatorship, some members of PSOE collaborated with the military regime, while others did not.

In the _1931 Spanish local elections_ PSOE endorsed republican positions.

## 1931-1936

In 1931 the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed following the _1931 Spanish local elections_ and the resignment of the spanish king Alfonso XIII. PSOE was the winner of the _1931 general election_, the first free elections in Spain.

The party had presence in the 1931-1933 goverment, and in the 1936-1939 goverment. In the _1936 Spanish general elections_ PSOE was in the "Popular Front" coalition (a coalition of the main left wing spanish parties).

## 1939 to 1975

Following the Spanish Civil War, PSOE was prohibited and many memebers went to exile. PSOE was the second largest party in illegality during the Franco dictatorship.

In 1974, Felipe González won the leadership of the party, and announced the party will stop supporting marxism, which was made offcial in 1979.
The new ideology of the party was a Centre-left Social democracy.

## 1975 to 1982

PSOE endorsed the 1978 Spanish constitution. In the 1978 elections, PSOE was the second largest party, while UCD was the 1st.

## 1982 to 1996

In the 1982 general elections, Felipe González won by absolute majority (more than 50%). PSOE will win all the elections from 1982 to 1996. In this era, Spain started to modernise in both social aspects and in economic ones.

In 1996 the PP won the presidency.

## 2000 to 2010

In the year 2000 José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero won the leadership of the party, and the 2004 and 2008 Spanish general elections.

Under Zapatero´s rule, the PSOE started embracing progressivism and some social liberal economic policies. This changes were called "Nueva vía" and were very simmilar to the german Neue mitte and to the english New Labour.

## 2018 - nowdays

Mantaining a simmilar philosophy to Zapatero, Pedro Sánchez was chosen general secretary in 2014.

In 2018, Pedro Sánchez (the opposition leader) was proclaimed president of spain, after Mariano Rajoy lost an impeachment. He won the two 2018 spanish elections, but lost the 2018 elections. However PSOE would join with all the opposition and regional parties to mantain the spanish presidency.

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- **name**: Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
- **native name**: Partido Socialista Obrero Español
- **native name lang**: Spanish
- **logo**: Logotipo del PSOE.svg
- **logo size**: 150px
- **caption**: PSOE logo
- **colorcode**: red
- **abbreviation**: PSOE
- **general secretary**: Pedro Sánchez
- **founder**: Pablo Iglesias Posse
- **headquarters**: Madrid
- **youth wing**: Juventudes Socialistas de España
- **wing1 title**: Trades union, Trade Union
- **wing1**: Unión General de Trabajadores, UGT
- **membership year**: 2016
- **membership**: 181,000
- **ideology**: Social democracy
Progressivism
- **position**: Centre-left
- **european**: Party of European Socialists
- **international**: Socialist International
- **blank1 title**: Country
- **seats1 title**: Congress of Deputies
- **seats2 title**: Senate of Spain, Senate
- **website**: [https://www.psoe.es/ psoe.es]
- **country**: Spain