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Yolanda Díaz

Yolanda Díaz

Yolanda Díaz (born 1971) is a Spanish labour lawyer and politician of the left, linked to the Sumar movement.

Born
1971 (55 years), Fene
Party
Sumar
Office
Second Deputy Prime Minister 2021–
Minister of Labor, Migration and Social Security 2020–
Education
University of Santiago de Compostela
Political position

Left · Where sources place this person
Wikipedia: left-wing; advocates worker protections and reduced working hours
Ideology: democratic socialism, labour rights

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She has been Minister of Labour and Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain since 2021. She announced in February 2026 that she will not be a candidate in the next general election. She is named in the race for the next Prime Minister of Spain without standing in it.

Career

Díaz studied law at the University of Santiago de Compostela and worked as a labour lawyer. She was a councillor in Ferrol from 2003 to 2012, a member of the Galician Parliament from 2012 to 2016 and has sat in the Congress of Deputies since 2016. She became Minister of Labour and Social Economy in 2020 and Second Deputy Prime Minister in 2021. She led the Sumar movement from 2023 and stepped down as its leader in June 2024 after poor European election results.

Offices held
  1. Second Deputy Prime Minister 2021–
  2. Minister of Labor, Migration and Social Security 2020–
  3. Member of the Congress of Deputies 2016–
  4. Third Deputy Prime Minister of Spain 2021–2021
  5. Member of the Parliament of Galicia 2012–2016

Source: Wikidata

Positions

Díaz campaigns against precarious employment and for a 37.5-hour working week without pay cuts, and has supported recognising Palestine. She favours dialogue over a Catalan independence referendum. In February 2026 press reports said she would not run again as candidate or go on any list for the general election, while remaining in government.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia · elDiario.es

Photo: Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024 from Belgium, CC BY 2.0, 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%
Óscar PuenteCentre-left57<1%
María Jesús MonteroCentre-left60<1%
Ernest Urtasun<1%
Aitor EstebanCentre-right64<1%
Miguel TelladoCentre-right52<1%
Ester MuñozCentre-right41<1%
Yolanda DíazLeft55<1%

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