Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba

Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba
Rubalcaba in 2012
Leader of the Opposition
In office
21 December 2011 – 26 July 2014
MonarchsJuan Carlos I
Felipe VI
Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy
Preceded byMariano Rajoy
Succeeded byPedro Sánchez
Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
In office
4 February 2012 – 26 July 2014
PresidentJosé Antonio Griñán
DeputyElena Valenciano
Preceded byJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Succeeded byPedro Sánchez
Other offices held
First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
In office
21 October 2010 – 12 July 2011
Prime MinisterJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded byMaría Teresa Fernández de la Vega
Succeeded byElena Salgado
Spokesperson of the Government
In office
21 October 2010 – 12 July 2011
Prime MinisterJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded byMaría Teresa Fernández de la Vega
Succeeded byJosé Blanco López
In office
13 July 1993 – 5 May 1996
Prime MinisterFelipe González
Preceded byVirgilio Zapatero Gómez
Succeeded byMiguel Ángel Rodríguez Bajón
Minister of the Interior
In office
11 April 2006 – 12 July 2011
Prime MinisterJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded byJosé Antonio Alonso
Succeeded byAntonio Camacho Vizcaíno
Minister of Defence
Acting
20 May 2008 – 30 June 2008
Prime MinisterJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded byCarme Chacón
Succeeded byCarme Chacón
Leader of the Socialist Parliamentary Group in the Congress of Deputies
In office
14 March 2004 – 11 April 2006
Preceded byJesús Caldera
Succeeded byDiego López Garrido
Minister of the Presidency
In office
13 July 1993 – 6 May 1996
Prime MinisterFelipe González
Preceded byVirgilio Zapatero Gómez
Succeeded byFrancisco Álvarez Cascos
Minister of Education and Science
In office
24 June 1992 – 12 July 1993
Prime MinisterFelipe González
Preceded byJavier Solana
Succeeded byGustavo Suárez Pertierra
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
5 December 2011 – 2 September 2014
ConstituencyMadrid
In office
24 March 2008 – 5 December 2011
ConstituencyCádiz
In office
31 March 2004 – 24 March 2008
ConstituencyCantabria
In office
26 March 1996 – 31 March 2004
ConstituencyMadrid
In office
24 June 1993 – 26 March 1996
ConstituencyToledo
Personal details
Born(1951-07-28)28 July 1951
Died10 May 2019(2019-05-10) (aged 67)
Cause of deathStroke
PartyPSOE
Spouse
Pilar Goya
(m. 1979)
Alma materComplutense 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.