Rafael Simancas
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Rafael Simancas MP | |
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Secretary of State for Relations with the Cortes and Constitutional Affairs | |
Assumed office 21 July 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
Preceded by | José Antonio Montilla Martos |
Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Madrid | |
In office 26 November 2000 – 4 June 2007 | |
Preceded by | Jaime Lissavetzky |
Succeeded by | Tomás Gómez |
Personal details | |
Born | Rafael Simancas Simancas 1 July 1966 Kehl, Germany |
Political party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid |
Rafael Simancas Simancas (born 1966) is a Spanish politician and member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), current Secretary of State for Relations with the Cortes and Constitutional Affairs since 2021. Formerly, he was the Secretary-General of the PSOE Madrid branch.
Biography[]
Born on 1 September 1966 in Kehl, West Germany, his parents were immigrants from Córdoba.[1] He graduated in Political Science at the Complutense University of Madrid.[1] He became a member of the Madrid City Council after the 1995 municipal election and renovated his seat in the 1999 election.[2] He served as Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of Madrid from 2000 to 2007, when he was replaced by Tomás Gómez[3] He ran as head of list of the PSOE list in the May 2003, October 2003 and 2007 regional elections. Following his exit from the regional legislature in February 2008,[4] he has been member of the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th terms of the Congress of Deputies.[5]
In July 2021, Presidency Minister Félix Bolaños appointed him as Secretary of State for Relations with the Cortes and Constitutional Affairs.[6]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b EFE (4 June 2007). "Simancas, el candidato marcado por el 'tamayazo'". El Mundo (in Spanish). Mundinteractivos, S.A. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Aguirre se niega a hacer público su patrimonio, a diferencia de Simancas". El País. Madrid: Prisa. 13 September 2003. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Simancas se despedirá hoy de la Asamblea para saltar a la política nacional en el Congreso de los Diputados". Europa Press. Madrid. 21 February 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "«Yo lo habría hecho mejor»". El Mundo (in Spanish). Mundinteractivos, S.A. 21 February 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Simancas Simancas, Rafael". Congress of Deputies. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Bolaños elige a Rafael Simancas nuevo secretario de Estado de Relaciones con las Cortes". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
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