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.

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• {{anb|ZapateroAtusZapatos}}A common taunt used against him is 'Zapatero. ¡A tus zapatos!', which is a Spanish expression meaning 'get on with it' and literally translates to: 'Cobbler. Back to your shoes!'
• {{anb|PrimaryElection}} Upon being elected, Zapatero promised that primary elections would be used to elect candidates in the future.
• {{anb|AsesinatoEnFebrero}} After the general election, Alfredo Urdaci, the head of the public news channel until the Socialist victory, declared the decision of broadcasting Asesinato en Febrero was made by Juan Menor, then director of TVE. Menor denied the accusation and kept his job until December 2004 when he was fired due to poor ratings. He was one of the few top executives who was not immediately removed by the new Socialist government. http://canales.elcorreodigital.com/auladecultura/urdaci5.htmlhttp://www.elmundo.es/documentos/2005/01/20/urdaci/urdaci18.html.
• {{anb|ElMundoPoll}} According to a poll published a year after the Madrid bombing in El Mundo, 70% of the Spaniards believed that the attacks contributed decisively to the Socialist victory.