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.Moción de censura del PSOE a Rajoy, últimas noticias en directo in elpais.com  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.Spain's Pedro Sánchez wins new term as PM after amnesty deal in bbc.com

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