President of the Government of Spain

Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón is a Spanish politician, currently President of the Government of Spain. He has been general secretary of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) since 2017, a position previously held between 2014 and 2016.

He holds a Degree in Economics and Business Studies from the Real Centro Universitario María Cristina de El Escorial and PhD in Economics and Business from Camilo José Cela University. His political career began as a Councilman in the Madrid City Council between 2004 and 2009. He was a deputy in Congress in the 9th and 10th legislatures, in 2014, he succeeded Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba at the head of the general secretariat of the PSOE, and from 2015 to 2016, he was the candidate proposed by his party to the Presidency of the Government.