Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba

The Most Excellent
Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba
The Most Excellent Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba
	Rubalcaba in 2012
Leader of the Opposition
	In office; 21 December 2011 – 26 July 2014
Monarchs	Juan Carlos I; Felipe VI
Prime Minister	Mariano Rajoy
Preceded by	Mariano Rajoy
Succeeded by	Pedro Sánchez
Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
	In office; 4 February 2012 – 26 July 2014
President	José Antonio Griñán
Deputy	Elena Valenciano
Preceded by	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Succeeded by	Pedro Sánchez
Prime Minister	In office; 21 October 2010 – 12 July 2011
Other offices held
First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
	In office; 21 October 2010 – 12 July 2011
Prime Minister	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded by	María Teresa Fernández de la Vega
Succeeded by	Elena Salgado
Spokesperson of the Government
	In office; 21 October 2010 – 12 July 2011
Prime Minister	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded by	María Teresa Fernández de la Vega
Succeeded by	José Blanco López
	In office; 13 July 1993 – 5 May 1996
Prime Minister	Felipe González
Preceded by	Virgilio Zapatero Gómez
Succeeded by	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Bajón
Minister of the Interior
	In office; 11 April 2006 – 12 July 2011
Prime Minister	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded by	José Antonio Alonso
Succeeded by	Antonio Camacho Vizcaíno
Minister of Defence
	Acting; 20 May 2008 – 30 June 2008
Prime Minister	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded by	Carme Chacón
Succeeded by	Carme Chacón
Leader of the Socialist Parliamentary Group in the Congress of Deputies
	In office; 14 March 2004 – 11 April 2006
Preceded by	Jesús Caldera
Succeeded by	Diego López Garrido
Minister of the Presidency
	In office; 13 July 1993 – 6 May 1996
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
Prime Minister	Felipe González
Preceded by	Javier Solana
Succeeded by	Gustavo Suárez Pertierra
Member of the Congress of Deputies
	In office; 5 December 2011 – 2 September 2014
Constituency	Madrid
	In office; 24 March 2008 – 5 December 2011
Constituency	Cádiz
	In office; 31 March 2004 – 24 March 2008
Constituency	Cantabria
	In office; 26 March 1996 – 31 March 2004
Constituency	Madrid
	In office; 24 June 1993 – 26 March 1996
Constituency	Toledo
Personal details
Born	28 July 1951; Solares, Cantabria, Spain
Died	10 May 2019 (aged 67); Majadahonda, Community of Madrid, Spain
Cause of death	Stroke
Party	PSOE
Spouse	Pilar Goya (m. 1979)
Alma mater	Complutense University of Madrid Lic., PhD

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Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈfɾeðo ˈpeɾeθ ruβalˈkaβa]; 28 July 1951 – 10 May 2019) was a Spanish statesman, politician and chemist who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Spain from 2010 to 2011, and previously as Minister of Education from 1992 to 1993, as Minister of the Presidency from 1993 to 1996, as Minister of the Interior from 2006 to 2011 and as acting Minister of Defence between May and June 2008.

He also served as Leader of the Opposition from 2011 to 2014 and as Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) from 2012 to 2014. He obtained a PhD in Organic Chemistry at the Complutense University of Madrid.