José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (born August 4, 1960) is the Prime Minister of Spain. His party, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, won the general election on March 14, 2004. Notable actions of his government have included withdrawing Spanish troops from Iraq and legalizing same-sex marriages. Another notable government act was the removal of one of the last remaining statues of General Franco, the former fascist dictator.

External links

Official

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• Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
• Web site of La Moncloa, official residence of the Spanish Prime Minister

Press

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• The second transition, a survey of Spain by The Economist, Jun 24th 2004
• Interview published by Time Magazine, 19 Sep 2004
• Copy of the editorial of the Wall Street Journal "The Accidental Prime Minister", 25 November 2004
• Alternet, 11 April 2005, "Zapatero Steps Up" (first year in office)

Spanish

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• Extended biography by CIDOB Foundation
• Biography in Spanish of Zapatero
• Website highly critical of Rodríguez Zapatero