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| Vice President | María Teresa Fernández de la Vega and Pedro Solbes |
| Preceded by | José María Aznar |
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| Nationality | not-american |
| Political party | PSOE |
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (born August 4, 1960) is the Prime Minister of Spain. His party, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, won the general election on March 14, 2004. Actions of his government have included withdrawing Spanish troops from Iraq and legalizing same-sex marriages.
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Notes
- Template:AnbA common taunt used against him is 'Zapatero. ¡A tus zapatos!', which is a Spanish expression meaning 'get on with it' and literally translates to: 'Cobbler. Back to your shoes!'
- Template:Anb Upon being elected, Zapatero promised that primary elections would be used to elect candidates in the future.
- Template:Anb After the general election, Alfredo Urdaci, the head of the public news channel until the Socialist victory, declared the decision of broadcasting Asesinato en Febrero was made by Juan Menor, then director of TVE. Menor denied the accusation and kept his job until December 2004 when he was fired due to poor ratings. He was one of the few top executives who was not immediately removed by the new Socialist government. .
- Template:Anb According to a poll published a year after the Madrid bombing in El Mundo, 70% of the Spaniards believed that the attacks contributed decisively to the Socialist victory.
References
- Óscar Campillo Madrigal. Zapatero. Presidente a la Primera. 1st ed. updated. (La Esfera de los Libros, Spain, April 2004). ISBN 84-9734-193-7.
See also
External links
Official
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
- Web site of La Moncloa, official residence of the Spanish Prime Minister
Press
- The second transition, a survey of Spain by The Economist, Jun 24th 2004
- Interview published by Time Magazine, 19 Sep 2004
- Copy of the editorial of the Wall Street Journal "The Accidental Prime Minister", 25 November 2004
- Alternet, 11 April 2005, "Zapatero Steps Up" (first year in office)
Spanish
- Extended biography by CIDOB Foundation
- Biography in Spanish of Zapatero
- Website highly critical of Rodríguez Zapatero
| Preceded byJosé María Aznar | Prime Minister of Spain 2004—present |
Succeeded byincumbent |