Mariano Rajoy - Current Prime Minister of Spain, Facts and Facts
Mariano Rajoy's Personal Details
Mariano Rajoy is a Spanish politician and the leader of the People’s Party
| Information | Detail |
|---|---|
| Birthday | March 27, 1955 |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Famous | Lawyers & Judges, Political Leaders, Current Prime Minister of Spain |
| Spouses | Elvira Fernández Balboa |
| Known as | Mariano Rajoy Brey, Mariano Rajoy y Brey |
| Childrens | Juan Rajoy Fernández, Mariano Rajoy Fernández |
| Universities |
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| Birth Place | Santiago de Compostela |
| Religion | Catholicism |
| Height | 190 |
| Gender | Male |
| Father | Mariano Rajoy Sobredo |
| Mother | Olga Brey López |
| Net Worth | $1 Million as of jan 2017 |
| Sun Sign | Aries |
| Born in | Santiago de Compostela |
| Famous as | Current Prime Minister of Spain |
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Who is Mariano Rajoy?
Mariano Rajoy is a Spanish politician and the leader of the People’s Party. He is the current Prime Minister of Spain. His political career kicked off when he accepted the position of deputy of Alianza Popular during the very first regional election of community of Galicia in October 1981. After serving as Vice President of Junta de Galicia for sometime in the 80s, Rajoy entered the national level politics and became People’s Party’s Deputy Secretary General. During the 90s, under the Jose Aznar government, Rajoy became the Minister for Public Administration first, then the Minister of Education and Culture. When the then Prime Minister Aznar decided to leave politics for good in early 2000s, he felt that Rajoy was one person who could maintain People’s Party’s status in the community and made him the leader. The opposition party PSOE led by Jose Luis Zapatero defeated Mariano led PP twice in the general elections, first in 2004, and later in 2008. But the general elections of 2011 brought good news for People’s Party and Mariano was named the Prime Minister of Spain on 20th December 2011.
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Childhood & Early Life
Born on 27th March 1955 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, to an elite Spanish family, Rajoy is one among three boys of Mariano Rajoy Sobredo. His grandfather, Enrique Rajoy Leloup, was a much esteemed Architect, who is credited as one of the architects of the Statue of Autonomy of Galicia. Rajoy’s father worked as the president and a jurist of the provincial court of Pontevedra.
When Rajoy was in secondary school, his father got transferred to Leon and Rajoy had to complete the school there, after that he went on to study law at the law faculty in Santiago de Compostela. Post his graduation, he entered the civil services and became a property registrar at the age of 23. He was good in studies, and in those times, he was the youngest property registrar in the entire Spain.
He was then assigned to work in Leon and Alicante and during that time in the late 70’s, he got in a very bad accident, which caused his face to have a permanent scar. He later laughed off about it in interviews and said that he has grown the beard to cover the scars from the accident.
Political Career
Mariano Rajoy joined the People’s Alliance, the right-wing party and became a deputy in the Galician Parliament in 1981 and by the next year, he got promoted as Minister of Institutional Relations of Xunta de Galicia. Four years later, his hard work promoted him as the President of Provincial Council, Pontevedra and he remained on the position until 1991. In between, he kept himself busy with assuming different positions within the party and took the post of President of Xunta de Galicia.
In the year 1989, People’s Alliance went into merging with two other parties, becoming People’s Party and Manuel Fraga became party’s president. Rajoy was in his good-books and was named as member of the National Executive Committee. When PP scored big in the 1996’s general elections, Rajoy became a member of Commission of Parliamentary Control. In March 1996, PP won the parliamentary elections and formed the government with a few other political parties, while Rajoy was appointed as Minister of Public Administration.
In January 1999, he replaced Esperanza Aguirre to become the Minister of Education and Culture and right after this big feat, he was appointed as the vice-president of People’s Party. Rajoy was on a roll by then and his personal relations with the Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar made him grow rapidly through important positions in the government. One such big promotion happened in February 2001, when he became Interior Minister and in the very next year, he became the spokesperson for the government.
By then, he had become almost the right hand man of the President of People’s Party, Aznar, as he announced his retirement from politics. Rajoy was named by him as his successor and Rajoy, as a result became the new chairman of the party in October 2004. PP had just lost the elections, which forced Aznar to take the retirement. PSOE formed the government and as the leader of opposition, Rajoy had to work hard to bring his party on the top.
During the 2008 general elections, Rajoy faced a lot of flak from within the party due to his decision of keeping Alberto Gallardon out of the elections. The general belief was that Alberto was a popular politician and having him on-board could have ensured a victory. And moreover, he was known to follow a centrist approach to politics, while Rajoy was a conservative. This led to a risk of party dividing in two, but external support from Germany and France ensured Rajoy’s position as the leader of the People’s Party. The election was lost.
But the 2011 election was a whole another story; it was dominated with blame games on the economical issues and PSOE was accused of slowing down the pace of Spanish economy, which in turn caused the lack of employment opportunities for the Spanish youth. Rajoy showed the declining data to the media and said that this is a sad phase for Spain and that the socialist government of PSOE doesn’t know how to handle this situation efficiently and promised that when he forms the government, this all will change.
In November 2011, PP secured a record victory in the general elections and Rajoy was named the Prime Minister of Spain on 21st December 2011. However, his first act as the Prime Minister was bold, but received quite a lot of criticism. He appointed 13 ministers, which was lowest any government prior to him had. Right after he assumed the position, he took several hard steps of cutting out several ministries, halting the rent assistance, increased tax among many other things, to bring Spain out of the financial crisis that it was facing.
In the 2015 elections, the People’s Party remained in the government as the most voted party but it somehow lost its majority in the parliament. It led to a complex situation and the decision was taken to carry out re-elections, which took place in 2016 and despite again falling short of seats, Rajoy was re-elected as the Prime Minister after a few PSOE members abstained from voting. By that year, the Spanish economy had shown great signs of improvement and emerged as one of the fastest growing European economies, resulting in a general support for Rajoy.
Controversies
Documents emerged in 2013, claiming that the People’s Party had undeclared income during the second half of the 90’s and that Mariano Rajoy had taken black money from the treasurer of PP in heaps. Following this, a petition was started to force Rajoy’s resignation from the position of Prime Minister which was signed by almost a million people. The former party treasurer accepted the blames and said that the party was getting funded illegally for more than 20 years. The opposition asked for explanations from Rajoy, to which Rajoy responded strongly and appeared before the congress, writing off all the allegations.
Rajoy is one of the very few leaders of Spain, who have supported the Bull fighting game, saying that it’s an integral part of their culture and must be there. He also allowed telecasting the sport on the Television.
Personal Life
Mariano Rajoy is married to Elvira Fernandez Balboa since 1996 and the couple have two children.
Rajoy had his biography ‘En Confianza’ published during the campaign trail in 2011, giving the general population a glimpse of his life.
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Mariano Rajoy's awards
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Mariano Rajoy biography timelines
- // 27th Mar 1955Born on 27th March 1955 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, to an elite Spanish family, Rajoy is one among three boys of Mariano Rajoy Sobredo. His grandfather, Enrique Rajoy Leloup, was a much esteemed Architect, who is credited as one of the architects of the Statue of Autonomy of Galicia. Rajoy’s father worked as the president and a jurist of the provincial court of Pontevedra.
- // 1989In the year 1989, People’s Alliance went into merging with two other parties, becoming People’s Party and Manuel Fraga became party’s president. Rajoy was in his good-books and was named as member of the National Executive Committee. When PP scored big in the 1996’s general elections, Rajoy became a member of Commission of Parliamentary Control. In March 1996, PP won the parliamentary elections and formed the government with a few other political parties, while Rajoy was appointed as Minister of Public Administration.
- // 1991Mariano Rajoy joined the People’s Alliance, the right-wing party and became a deputy in the Galician Parliament in 1981 and by the next year, he got promoted as Minister of Institutional Relations of Xunta de Galicia. Four years later, his hard work promoted him as the President of Provincial Council, Pontevedra and he remained on the position until 1991. In between, he kept himself busy with assuming different positions within the party and took the post of President of Xunta de Galicia.
- // 1996Mariano Rajoy is married to Elvira Fernandez Balboa since 1996 and the couple have two children.
- // 1999In January 1999, he replaced Esperanza Aguirre to become the Minister of Education and Culture and right after this big feat, he was appointed as the vice-president of People’s Party. Rajoy was on a roll by then and his personal relations with the Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar made him grow rapidly through important positions in the government. One such big promotion happened in February 2001, when he became Interior Minister and in the very next year, he became the spokesperson for the government.
- // 2004By then, he had become almost the right hand man of the President of People’s Party, Aznar, as he announced his retirement from politics. Rajoy was named by him as his successor and Rajoy, as a result became the new chairman of the party in October 2004. PP had just lost the elections, which forced Aznar to take the retirement. PSOE formed the government and as the leader of opposition, Rajoy had to work hard to bring his party on the top.
- // 2008During the 2008 general elections, Rajoy faced a lot of flak from within the party due to his decision of keeping Alberto Gallardon out of the elections. The general belief was that Alberto was a popular politician and having him on-board could have ensured a victory. And moreover, he was known to follow a centrist approach to politics, while Rajoy was a conservative. This led to a risk of party dividing in two, but external support from Germany and France ensured Rajoy’s position as the leader of the People’s Party. The election was lost.
- // 2011But the 2011 election was a whole another story; it was dominated with blame games on the economical issues and PSOE was accused of slowing down the pace of Spanish economy, which in turn caused the lack of employment opportunities for the Spanish youth. Rajoy showed the declining data to the media and said that this is a sad phase for Spain and that the socialist government of PSOE doesn’t know how to handle this situation efficiently and promised that when he forms the government, this all will change.
- // 2011Rajoy had his biography ‘En Confianza’ published during the campaign trail in 2011, giving the general population a glimpse of his life.
- // Nov 2011In November 2011, PP secured a record victory in the general elections and Rajoy was named the Prime Minister of Spain on 21st December 2011. However, his first act as the Prime Minister was bold, but received quite a lot of criticism. He appointed 13 ministers, which was lowest any government prior to him had. Right after he assumed the position, he took several hard steps of cutting out several ministries, halting the rent assistance, increased tax among many other things, to bring Spain out of the financial crisis that it was facing.
- // 2013Documents emerged in 2013, claiming that the People’s Party had undeclared income during the second half of the 90’s and that Mariano Rajoy had taken black money from the treasurer of PP in heaps. Following this, a petition was started to force Rajoy’s resignation from the position of Prime Minister which was signed by almost a million people. The former party treasurer accepted the blames and said that the party was getting funded illegally for more than 20 years. The opposition asked for explanations from Rajoy, to which Rajoy responded strongly and appeared before the congress, writing off all the allegations.
- // 2015In the 2015 elections, the People’s Party remained in the government as the most voted party but it somehow lost its majority in the parliament. It led to a complex situation and the decision was taken to carry out re-elections, which took place in 2016 and despite again falling short of seats, Rajoy was re-elected as the Prime Minister after a few PSOE members abstained from voting. By that year, the Spanish economy had shown great signs of improvement and emerged as one of the fastest growing European economies, resulting in a general support for Rajoy.
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Mariano Rajoy's FAQ
What is Mariano Rajoy birthday?
Mariano Rajoy was born at 1955-03-27
Where is Mariano Rajoy's birth place?
Mariano Rajoy was born in Santiago de Compostela
What is Mariano Rajoy nationalities?
Mariano Rajoy's nationalities is Spanish
Who is Mariano Rajoy spouses?
Mariano Rajoy's spouses is Elvira Fernández Balboa
Who is Mariano Rajoy childrens?
Mariano Rajoy's childrens is Juan Rajoy Fernández, Mariano Rajoy Fernández
What was Mariano Rajoy universities?
Mariano Rajoy studied at University of Santiago de Compostela
What is Mariano Rajoy's religion?
Mariano Rajoy's religion is Catholicism
How tall is Mariano Rajoy?
Mariano Rajoy's height is 190
Who is Mariano Rajoy's father?
Mariano Rajoy's father is Mariano Rajoy Sobredo
Who is Mariano Rajoy's mother?
Mariano Rajoy's mother is Olga Brey López
What is Mariano Rajoy's sun sign?
Mariano Rajoy is Aries
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Mariano Rajoy is famouse as Current Prime Minister of Spain
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