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Óscar Puente

Óscar Puente

Óscar Puente (born 1968) is a Spanish lawyer and politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), a centre-left party.

Born
1968 (57 years), Valladolid
Party
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Office
Minister of Transports and Urban Mobility 2023–
Education
University of Valladolid
Political position

Centre-left · Where sources place the party (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party)
Wikipedia describes the PSOE as centre-left (party's placing)
Ideology: social democracy

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He was mayor of Valladolid from 2015 to 2023 and has been a member of the Congress of Deputies since 2023. He has been Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility since November 2023. He is named in the race for the next Prime Minister of Spain.

Career

Puente studied law at the University of Valladolid, graduating in 1993 after a master's degree in political management in 1992, and worked as a lawyer. He became a Valladolid city councillor in 2007 and led the Socialist group on the council from 2008 to 2015. He was mayor of Valladolid from 2015 to 2023. From 2017 to 2021 he was a spokesman of the PSOE federal executive. In 2023 he was elected to the Congress of Deputies, and on 21 November 2023 he became Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility.

Offices held
  1. Minister of Transports and Urban Mobility 2023–
  2. Mayor of Valladolid 2015–2023

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Photo: La Moncloa - Gobierno de España, Attribution, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

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Prime Minister of Spain?

OutcomeLeft – RightAgeProbability
Alberto Núñez Feijóo80%
Pedro SánchezCentre-left5419%
Santiago AbascalFar right501%
Carlos Cuerpo46<1%
Isabel Díaz AyusoCentre-right47<1%
Yolanda DíazLeft55<1%
María Jesús MonteroCentre-left60<1%
Ernest Urtasun<1%
Aitor EstebanCentre-right64<1%
Miguel TelladoCentre-right52<1%
Ester MuñozCentre-right41<1%
Óscar PuenteCentre-left57<1%

All 16 outcomes

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