Pedro Sánchez

**Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejóno** (, born 29 February 1972) is a Spanish politician who is the 104th and current Prime Minister of Spain since 2 June 2018. He is the leader (Secretary-General) of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).

He first became Secretary-General of the PSOE from 2014 to October 2016. Because of tensions in the party, he resigned from the post and was replaced by a caretaker committee, before being restored in 2017.

In the 2016 general election, he was defeated by the Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy. The party of Mariano Rajoy, Partido Popular, was under investigation for many corruption scandals, including the Gürtel case. Because of this, a vote of no confidence was held in the Spanish Congress, which voted to remove Rajoy from the presidency on 1 June 2018, ousting him the next day. Immediately after Rajoy's ousting, Sánchez was  declared the next prime minister. In the April 2019 elections the PSOE received the most votes, but could not find enough allies to form government, so the elections were repeated on November 2019. Following these elections the PSOE formed a coalition government with Unidas Podemos.

In November 2022, he became President of the Socialist International.

In May 2023, Sánchez called for a snap election, which saw the PSOE hold all of its seats. Despite finishing second behind the People's Party, Sánchez was able to again form a coalition government, and was appointed to a third term as prime minister on 17 November 2023.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific prefix**: Excelentísimo Señor
- **honorific suffix**: Congress of Deputies, MP
- **name**: Pedro Sánchez
- **image**: Pedro Sánchez in 2023.jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2023
- **office**: 104th Prime Minister of Spain
- **monarch**: Felipe VI of Spain, Felipe VI
- **term start**: 2 June 2018
- **predecessor**: Mariano Rajoy
- **office1**: Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
- **president1**: Cristina Narbona
- **term start1**: 17 June 2017
- **predecessor1**: _Caretaker committee_
- **president2**: Micaela Navarro
- **term start2**: 26 July 2014
- **term end2**: 1 October 2016
- **predecessor2**: Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba
- **successor2**: _Caretaker committee_
- **office3**: President of the Socialist International
- **term start3**: 25 November 2022
- **predecessor3**: George Papandreou
- **office4**: Leader of the Opposition (Spain), Leader of the Opposition
- **term start4**: 18 June 2017
- **term end4**: 2 June 2018
- **primeminister4**: Mariano Rajoy
- **predecessor4**: _Vacant_
- **successor4**: Pablo Casado
- **term start5**: 26 July 2014
- **term end5**: 1 October 2016
- **primeminister5**: Mariano Rajoy
- **predecessor5**: Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba
- **successor5**: _Vacant_
- **office6**: Member of the Congress of Deputies
- **term start6**: 21 May 2019
- **constituency6**: Madrid (Congress of Deputies constituency), Madrid
- **term start7**: 10 January 2013
- **term end7**: 29 October 2016
- **constituency7**: Madrid (Congress of Deputies constituency), Madrid
- **term start8**: 15 September 2009
- **term end8**: 27 September 2011
- **constituency8**: Madrid (Congress of Deputies constituency), Madrid
- **office9**: Madrid City Council, Member of the Madrid City Council
- **term start9**: 18 May 2004
- **term end9**: 15 September 2009
- **birth place**: Madrid, Spain
- **party**: Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
- **children**: 2
- **residence**: Palace of Moncloa
- **occupation**: Politician
- **signature**: Firma Pedro Sánchez.png