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Mariano Rajoy

prime minister of Spain
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Also known as: Mariano Rajoy Brey
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Mariano Rajoy Brey
Born:
March 27, 1955, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (age 69)
Title / Office:
prime minister (2011-2018), Spain
Political Affiliation:
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Mariano Rajoy (born March 27, 1955, Santiago de Compostela, Spain) Spanish politician who served as prime minister of Spain from 2011 to 2018. Rajoy was raised in the Galicia region of northern Spain. He studied law at the University of Santiago de Compostela, receiving a degree in 1978. After briefly working as a land registrar, he embarked on a career in politics, being elected when 26 years old as a regional deputy for what would become the Popular Party (Partido Popular; PP). He served in local and regional government through most of the 1980s. From 1996 Rajoy served in the ...(100 of 1042 words)

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