| Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba | |
|---|---|
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 21 December 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Mariano Rajoy |
| Preceded by | Mariano Rajoy |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain | |
| In office 21 October 2010 – 11 July 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| Preceded by | María Teresa Fernández de la Vega |
| Succeeded by | Elena Salgado |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 11 April 2006 – 11 July 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| Preceded by | José Antonio Alonso |
| Succeeded by | Antonio Camacho Vizcaino |
| Minister of the Presidency | |
| In office 12 July 1993 – 4 May 1996 |
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| Prime Minister | Felipe González |
| Preceded by | Virgilio Zapatero Gómez |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Álvarez Cascos |
| Minister of Education and Science | |
| In office 24 June 1992 – 12 July 1993 |
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| Prime Minister | Felipe González |
| Preceded by | Javier Solana |
| Succeeded by | Gustavo Suárez Pertierra |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 July 1951 Solares, Medio Cudeyo, Spain |
| Political party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
| Spouse(s) | Pilar Goya (1979–present) |
| Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid |
| Profession | Chemist |
Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈfɾeðo ˈpeɾeθ ruβalˈkaβa]; born 28 July 1951) is a Spanish politician and a leading figure in the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He served in the government of Spain as Minister of Education from 1992 to 1993 and as Minister of the Interior from 2006 to 2011; in addition, he was First Deputy Prime Minister from 2010 to 2011.
He was born in Solares village, municipality of Medio Cudeyo, in Cantabria region. He obtained a doctorate in chemistry at Complutense University in Madrid, where he went on to become a professor of chemistry, specialising in reaction mechanisms in organic chemistry. He represented Toledo in Congress from 1993 to 1996, Madrid from 1996 until 2004, Cantabria from 2004 to 2008 and, despite not being Andalusian, was put forward for the safe parliamentary seat of Cádiz in the 2008 election, which he won.
Rubalcaba was appointed Minister of Education and Science in 1992 by Prime Minister Felipe González. The following year he was made Minister of the President's office and Relationships with Congress, an office he had to abandon in 1996 when his party lost the elections. In the successful campaign of 2004 he worked as chief strategist. When José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero formed the new government, Rubalcaba was appointed Majority leader until 2006 when he succeeded José Antonio Alonso as Interior Minister. On October 2010 he added to his functions the position of First Vicepresident and Spokesperson of the government. As it became assumed that Prime Minister Zapatero was not going to seek reelection he became favorite to succeed him with Carme Chacón as his only rival in the primaries. Nevertheless, in May 2011, Chacón announced that she was withdrawing from the race and in June the Party announced that no other candidate had filed and Rubalcaba became the PSOE's Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2011 general elections.[1] On 8 July 2011, he resigned from his duties in the government in order to focus on the general election campaign.
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