Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba

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In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal surname
is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is Rubalcaba.
Congress of Deputies
In office
5 December 2011 – 2 September 2014
ConstituencyMadrid
In office
24 March 2008 – 13 December 2011
ConstituencyCádiz
In office
31 March 2004 – 15 January 2008
ConstituencyCantabria
In office
26 March 1996 – 2 April 2004
ConstituencyMadrid
In office
24 June 1993 – 9 January 1996
ConstituencyToledo
Personal details
Born(1951-07-28)28 July 1951
Solares, Cantabria, Spain
Died10 May 2019(2019-05-10) (aged 67)
Majadahonda, Community of Madrid, Spain
Cause of deathStroke
Political partyPSOE
SpousePilar Goya (1979–2019)
Alma materComplutense University of Madrid Lic., PhD

Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba (Spanish pronunciation:

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.[1]

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.

Life and career

He was born in

province of Santander. Moved at age 3 to Madrid with his family, he studied at the Colegio del Pilar.[2]

Rubalcaba's early involvement in politics began in the wake of the murder of fellow Colegio del Pilar alumn Enrique Ruano [es] by the Francoist secret police.[3]

He obtained a

Cádiz in the 2008 election, which he won.[4][5][6] He was also a passionate and practitioner of athletics, reaching the 100 meter run in 11 seconds.[7]

González cabinet

Rubalcaba was appointed

Minister of the Presidency and Relations with the Cortes and Spokesperson of the Government[9] until 1996 when his party lost the general election. He was re-elected MP for Madrid. As a Minister he had to face the accusations that involved the government of Felipe González with the GAL paramilitary group.[10][11]

Interior minister and deputy prime minister

For the

PSOE. Some political analysts attribute him a decisive role in the socialist victory.[citation needed
]

After the constitution of the

ETA. However, several media and political parties accused Rubalcaba of being involved in the Faisán case, about an extortion network of ETA, a fact that has not been verified.[12]

After the socialist victory in the general elections of 2008, Pérez Rubalcaba was renewed in the ministerial portfolio, occupying again the position of Minister of the Interior to exercise during the IX Legislature.[13] Between 20 May and 30 June 2008 he assumed the duties of Minister of Defense temporarily during the maternity leave of the head of the department, Carme Chacón, combining these functions with his work in front of Interior.[14][15]

Rubalcaba succeeding Fernández de la Vega

He replaced on 21 October 2010 María Teresa Fernández de la Vega as First Deputy Prime Minister and Spokesperson of the Government, accumulating these charges to the head of the Interior portfolio.[16][17]

On 10 January 2011, ETA declared that their September 2010 ceasefire would be permanent and verifiable by international observers.[18] On 20 October 2011, the Basque terrorist group, after 43 years of activity and more than 800 deaths in Spain, announced its definitive cessation of violence.[19]

As minister he also had to face the high accident rate on Spanish roads. His mandate was the most successful in history in reducing the number of fatalities and became a benchmark at European level.[20]

Premiership candidate

As it became assumed that President Zapatero was not going to seek reelection he became favorite to succeed him with Carme Chacón as his only rival in the primaries. Nevertheless, in May 2011, Chacón announced that she was withdrawing from the race and in June the Party announced that no other candidate had filed and Rubalcaba became the PSOE's candidate to the premiership for the 2011 general elections.[21] On 8 July 2011, he resigned from his duties in the government in order to focus on the general election campaign, which he lost getting the worst results in PSOE's history.[22]

He filed to succeed José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero as PSOE's General Secretary and won the vote, held on 6 February 2012.[23] He received 487 votes against 465 for Carme Chacón.[24][25]

Stepping down and later life

Rubalcaba in January 2019 with Josep Piqué (right)

Due to the bad results of the party in the

Pedro Sánchez
on 13 July 2014.

In September 2016 it was announced that Pérez Rubalcaba rejoined his position as Chemistry professor at the Complutense University of Madrid[27] and, in addition, he joined the editorial board of the Spanish newspaper El País, of which he was part until July 2018.[28]

Amid the

Pedro Sánchez to be the PSOE candidate for mayor of Madrid.[29]

Death

Rubalcaba was admitted to the Puerta de Hierro Hospital, in Majadahonda, on 8 May 2019 when he had suffered a severe stroke after teaching in the university.[30][31] He died two days later aged 67 and PSOE cancelled all the acts of the first day of the campaign for local elections.[32][33][34]

He had a funeral with state honors at the Congress of Deputies.[35][36]

References

  1. ^ Spain: Rubalcaba, official who helped end militant ETA, dies
  2. ^ Arce, Pedro (10 May 2019). "Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba el ministro de Solares, por Pedro Arce". Cantabria Liberal.
  3. ^ Avendaño, Antonio (5 November 2021). "Estudiar química, meterse en política y correr los 100". Público.
  4. ^ Rubalcaba, el político que lo fue casi todo (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Adiós a un político de Estado (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Rubalcaba, el ministro del Interior que vivió el fin de la violencia de ETA (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, un velocista que sufrió con el caso Marta Domínguez (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Javier Solana y Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, nuevos ministros de Asuntos Exteriores y de Educación (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba fallece a los 67 años (in Spanish)
  10. ^ "Ni toleré el GAL ni lo consentí ni lo organicé" (in Spanish)
  11. ^ Damborenea acusa a González de autorizar los GAL (in Spanish)
  12. ^ «El «Caso Faisán», «Caso Rubalcaba» (in Spanish)
  13. ^ Los 17 ministerios del nuevo Gobierno de Zapatero (in Spanish)
  14. ^ Rubalcaba suplirá a Chacón en Defensa durante la baja maternal (in Spanish)
  15. ^ REAL DECRETO 860/2008, de 19 de mayo, por el que se dispone la suplencia de la Ministra de Defensa. (in Spanish)
  16. ^ Zapatero remodela su Gobierno, con Rubalcaba como vicepresidente primero (in Spanish)
  17. ^ Zapatero cede y sitúa a Rubalcaba como nuevo hombre fuerte de su Gobierno (in Spanish)
  18. ^ ETA declares permanent ceasefire, The Guardian, 10 January 2011
  19. ^ ETA pone fin a 43 años de terror (in Spanish)
  20. ^ Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, el ministro que puso freno a los accidentes de tráfico (in Spanish)
  21. ^ Exit plan:The Socialists contemplate who would be their best new leader The Economist 7 April 2011
  22. ^ Rubalcaba bate la peor marca del PSOE en 30 años (in Spanish)
  23. ^ En directo: Rubalcaba cierra el congreso (in Spanish)
  24. ^ elperiodicodeaqui.com http://www.elperiodicodeaqui.com/noticia/alfredo-perez-rubalcaba-gana-carme-chacon-por-22-votos-diferencia/15251 Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  25. ^ Perfil de Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, nuevo secretario general del PSOE (in Spanish)
  26. Unidad Editorial Información General
    S.L.U. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  27. ^ Servimedia (29 September 2014). "Rubalcaba comenzará su actividad docente en la Complutense con seminarios de Química Orgánica". El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  28. El Diario
    (in Spanish). 8 September 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  29. Prisa
    . 26 December 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  30. ^ "Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, a key figure in Spanish politics, dies aged 67". El País. 10 May 2019. Archived from the original on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  31. ^ Marcos, José (9 May 2019). "Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, ingresado en estado grave tras haber sufrido un ictus". El País (in Spanish). Madrid: Prisa. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  32. ^ Hernández, Marisol (10 May 2019). "Muere Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba a los 67 años tras sufrir un ictus". El Mundo (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial Información General S.L.U. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  33. ^ Loren, Eduardo (10 May 2019). "La vida política de Rubalcaba en imágenes" [The political life of Rubalcaba in pictures]. Huffington Post (in Spanish).
  34. ^ Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, 67, Dies; Helped End Basque Terrorism
  35. ^ Los reyes despiden a Rubalcaba en el Congreso de los Diputados (in Spanish)
  36. ^ La capilla ardiente de Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, en imágenes (in Spanish)

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