Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, Pedro

Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, Pedro,

1972–, Spanish political leader, b. Madrid, Ph.D. Camilo José Cela Univ., 2012. A professor of economics and a member of the Socialist Workers party (PSOE), he served in parliament (2009–11, 2013–16) and became leader of the PSOE (2014–16, 2017–). After the 2016 elections, he was unable to form a government (as was Mariano Rajoy BreyRajoy Brey, Mariano
, 1955–, Spanish political leader, b. Santiago de Compostela. The son of a prominent Galician lawyer, he received (1978) a law degree from the Univ. of Santiago de Compostela.
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 of the conservative Popular party) and new elections produced a similar result. Sánchez's continued opposition to a Rajoy government and the PSOE's electoral losses led to his resignation as PSOE leader and from parliament, but he won election to the leadership post in 2017. In 2018, after Sánchez called a no-confidence vote in Rajoy and won, he became prime minister of a minority government that included the left-wing, anti-austerity party Podemos.