
Pedro Sánchez
Pedro Sánchez (born 1972 in Madrid) is a Spanish economist and politician, Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), a centre-left party.
- Born
- 1972 (54 years), Madrid
- Party
- Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
- Office
- Prime Minister of Spain 2023–
Member of the Congress of Deputies 2019– - Education
- Real Centro Universitario Escorial-Maria Christina, Université libre de Bruxelles
- Website
- sanchezcastejon.es
Centre-left · Where sources place the party (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party)
Wikipedia: social democrat (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party)
Ideology: social democracy, federalism, pro-Europeanism, green politics
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He has been Prime Minister of Spain since 2018 and President of the Socialist International since 2022. He is the PSOE's candidate for Prime Minister of Spain in the next general election.
Career
Sánchez studied at the Escorial-Maria Christina university centre, the Université libre de Bruxelles and IESE, and took a doctorate in economics in 2012. He was a Madrid city councillor from 2004 to 2009 and a deputy in the Congress from 2009 to 2011 and 2013 to 2016. He led the PSOE from 2014 to 2016 and again from 2017. He has been Prime Minister since 2018: the PSOE won the most votes in November 2019 and formed a coalition with Unidas Podemos, and in 2023 it came second yet formed a coalition government again.
- Prime Minister of Spain 2018–2019, 2020–2023, 2023–
- Member of the Congress of Deputies 2009–2011, 2013–2016, 2019–2019, 2019–
- Secretary General of the PSOE 2014–2016, 2017–
- Madrid municipal councillor 2004–2009
Positions
Wikipedia describes him as a social democrat and pro-European federalist who moved left by 2017. He supports the green transition and advocates replacing devolution with federalism in Spain.
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Photo: Foto: Nebojša Tejić/STA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)
- Pedro Sánchez 19%
Jun 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026
Prime Minister of Spain?
| Outcome | Left – Right | Age | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alberto Núñez Feijóo | 80% | ||
| Pedro Sánchez | Centre-left | 54 | 19% |
| Santiago Abascal | Far right | 50 | 1% |
| Carlos Cuerpo | 46 | <1% | |
| Isabel Díaz Ayuso | Centre-right | 47 | <1% |
| Óscar Puente | Centre-left | 57 | <1% |
| Yolanda Díaz | Left | 55 | <1% |
| María Jesús Montero | Centre-left | 60 | <1% |
| Ernest Urtasun | <1% | ||
| Aitor Esteban | Centre-right | 64 | <1% |
| Miguel Tellado | Centre-right | 52 | <1% |
| Ester Muñoz | Centre-right | 41 | <1% |