Manuel Chaves (politician)

Manuel Chaves
Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
In office
11 July 2011 – 21 December 2011
Prime MinisterJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded byElena Salgado
Succeeded byPablo Iglesias Turrión (2020)
Third Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
In office
7 April 2009 – 11 July 2011
Prime MinisterJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded byFernando Abril Martorell (1978)
Succeeded byNadia Calviño (2020)
Minister of Territorial Policy of Spain
In office
7 April 2009 – 22 December 2011
Prime MinisterJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded byElena Salgado
Succeeded byCristóbal Montoro
President of the Regional Government of Andalusia
In office
25 July 1990 – 7 April 2009
MonarchJuan Carlos I
Preceded byJosé Rodríguez de la Borbolla
Succeeded byGaspar Zarrías (acting)
Minister of Labour and Social Security of Spain
In office
26 July 1986 – 2 May 1990
Prime MinisterFelipe González
Preceded byJoaquín Almunia
Succeeded byLuis Martínez Noval
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
13 December 2011 – 25 June 2015
ConstituencyCádiz
In office
15 June 1977 – 12 June 1990
ConstituencyCádiz
Member of the Parliament of Andalusia
In office
23 June 1990 – 7 April 2009
ConstituencyCádiz
Personal details
Born (1945-07-07) 7 July 1945
PartyPSOE
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Manuel Chaves González (born 7 July 1945) is a Spanish politician who served as Third Deputy Prime Minister of Spain from 2009 to 2011 and Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain in 2011. He is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and was the Chairman of PSOE from 2000 to 2012. From 1990 to 2009 he was the President of the Regional Government of Andalusia. He is a trustee of the Fundacion IDEAS, a socialist think tank. On 17 February 2015, together with former President of Andalusia, José Antonio Griñán, was implicated in the ERE case, a huge corruption scandal in the region.