Politician who is best known for serving as the Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He was appointed to the position in 2014. On February 2, 2016, he was named Spain's Prime Minister to form a government coalition following the 2015 elections.
He graduated from Complutense University in 1995 with a dual degree in economics and Business sciences. He first joined the PSOE political party in 1993 following Felipe Gonzalez's election win.
He served his first term in the Spanish parliament from 2009 through 2011. On July 26, 2014, he was officially appointed the leader of the opposition as the head of the PSOE political party.
He was born and raised in Tetuan, which is a suburb of Madrid, Spain.
He served as the leader of the opposition in Spain while Mariano Rajoy served as the country's Prime Minister.
