José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is a Spanish politician and member of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party.
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Biography
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero was born on August 4, 1960 and his birthplace is Spain. He was the Prime Minister of Spain being elected for two terms, in the 2004 and 2008 general elections.
On 2 April 2011 he announced he would not stand for re-election in the 2011 general election and left office on 20 December 2011.
Among the main actions taken by the Zapatero administration were the withdrawal of Spanish troops from the Iraq war, the increase of Spanish troops in Afghanistan; the idea of an Alliance of Civilizations; the legalisation of same-sex marriage; reform of abortion law; a peace negotiation attempt with ETA; increase of tobacco restrictions; and the reform of various autonomous statutes, particularly the Statute of Catalonia.
He was born in Valladolid, Castile and León, to Juan Rodríguez y García-Lozano (born 1928), a lawyer, and María de la Purificación Zapatero Valero (Tordehumos, Valladolid, 1927 – Madrid, 30 October 2000). He grew up in León, where his family originated.
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero age
He is 62 years old.
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Wife
Rodríguez Zapatero met Sonsoles Espinosa in León in 1981. They married on 27 January 1990 and have two daughters named Laura (b. 1993) and Alba (b. 1995).
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