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Mariano Rajoy

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Mariano Rajoy Brey (Galician: [maɾiˈanʊ raˈʃoj], Spanish: [maˈɾjano raˈxoj]; born 27 March 1955) is a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 2011 to 2018, when a vote of no confidence ousted his government. A member of the People's Party, he served as the president of the People's Party from 2004 to 2018. Rajoy became prime minister in 2011 following the his party's landslide victory in that year's general election, becoming the sixth president of the Spanish Government since the restoration of democracy. The party lost its majority in the 2015 general election, but after that election ended in deadlock, a second election in 2016 enabled Rajoy to be reelected prime minister as head of a minority government. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mariano Rajoy is the 2,702nd most popular politician (up from 2,711th in 2019), the 214th most popular biography from Spain (up from 234th in 2019) and the 71st most popular Spanish Politician.

Mariano Rajoy is most famous for being the Prime Minister of Spain from 2011 to 2018.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mariano Rajoy ranks 2,702 out of 19,576Before him are Cleomenes I, Quirinius, Karolos Papoulias, Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia, Otto Strasser, and Frederick Augustus II of Saxony. After him are Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, John, Prince of Asturias, Barsine, Constantine Laskaris, Paul Reynaud, and Şehzade Abdullah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Mariano Rajoy ranks 34Before him are Katalin Karikó, Liu Xiaobo, Angus Young, John Hinckley Jr., Olga Korbut, and Guillermo Lasso. After him are Nina Hagen, Svante Pääbo, Chow Yun-fat, Denis Mukwege, Matteo Zuppi, and Lazarus Chakwera.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Mariano Rajoy ranks 214 out of 3,355Before him are Alfonso IX of León (1171), Ferdinand I of León (1016), Almanzor (930), Tirso de Molina (1579), Penélope Cruz (1974), and Columella (4). After him are John, Prince of Asturias (1478), Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465), Miguel Muñoz (1922), Lucan (39), Alfonso III of Asturias (848), and Judah Halevi (1079).

Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Mariano Rajoy ranks 71Before him are Alfonso VII of León and Castile (1105), Martin of Aragon (1356), John I of Castile (1358), Alfonso IX of León (1171), Ferdinand I of León (1016), and Almanzor (930). After him are John, Prince of Asturias (1478), Alfonso III of Asturias (848), Henry III of Castile (1379), Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias (1629), Elizabeth of Portugal (1271), and Adolfo Suárez (1932).