Susana Díaz

Susana Díaz
President of Andalusia
Assumed office
7 September 2013
Deputy
  • Diego Valderas (2012–15)
  • Manuel Jiménez (2015–present)
Preceded by José Antonio Griñán
Member of the Senate
In office
21 December 2011 – 6 May 2012
Constituency Andalusia
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
14 March 2004 – 9 March 2008
Constituency Seville
Personal details
Born Susana Díaz Pacheco
(1974-10-18) 18 October 1974
Seville, Spain
Political party Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Spouse(s) José María Moriche Ibáñez
Children José María[1]
Parents José Díaz
Rosa Pacheco
Alma mater University of Seville

Susana Díaz Pacheco (Spanish pronunciation: [suˈsana ˈði.aθ]; born 18 October 1974) is a Spanish politician, a leading figure in the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.

She is President of Andalusia and Secretary General of the PSOE Andalusian branch. She acceded to the post in 2013 after José Antonio Griñán renounced it, and was re-elected in the 2015 regional election.

From 2016 she combined her regional roles with aspirations to the national leadership of the party. Following her defeat by Pedro Sánchez in the PSOE leadership elections held in 2017, she continued with her regional responsibilities. She remains the de-facto leader of the faction of the PSOE contrary to Sanchez's attempts to court far-left Podemos and separatist parties, notably in Catalonia.

Biography

Susana Díaz was born the eldest child to José Díaz,[2] a plumber in the Seville City Council, and his wife, Rosa Pacheco, a housewife with whom he had three other daughters, Diana, Rocío and Laura.[3][4]

Early political career

Susana Díaz was elected secretary of Organisation of Socialist Youth of Andalusia in 1997. In the elections of June 1999 she was included in the list of the PSOE to the City of Seville and was elected as councillor and, Alfredo Sánchez Monteseirín as mayor.

Susana Díaz studied law at the University of Seville.

President of Andalusia (2013–present)

Díaz was elected as President of Andalusia in 2013, ruling in coalition with the left-wing United Left party. Following a disagreement with this party, she called for early elections held in 2015.

For the 2015 Andalusian parliamentary election, Díaz led a forceful campaign against Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and the austerity cuts imposed by the central government. During the campaign, she also insisted that the Socialists would not form alliances with the Popular Party or Podemos if the vote failed to produce a clear-cut winner.[5]

In the election, Díaz' party retained the same number of seats as prior to the election (47), although the election was considered a victory for the PSOE which once again became the most voted Party in Andalusia, since the Popular party losing 17 seats and its former coalition partner United Left lost 2. The new parties Podemos (far-left) and Citizens (centrist) gained 15 and 9 seats respectively and, after a long period of three way negotiations with both parties, Diaz came to an agreement with Citizens to reach the 55 seats needed for a majority. In early May 2015, her government received 56 votes for her investiture through an agreement with C's, thus being re-elected as regional President.

References

Political offices
Preceded by
Mar Moreno
as Andalusian Minister of the Presidency		 Andalusian Minister of the Presidency and Equality
2012–2013 		Succeeded by
Manuel Jiménez Barrios
as Andalusian Minister of the Presidency
Preceded by
Micaela Navarro
as Andalusian Minister of Equality		 Succeeded by
María José Sánchez Rubio
as Andalusian Minister of Equality
Preceded by
José Antonio Griñán		 President of Andalusia
2013–present 		Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by
José Antonio Griñán		 Secretary-General of the Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia
2013–present 		Incumbent
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