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Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
political party in Spain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Spanish: Partido Socialista Obrero Español [paɾˈtiðo soθjaˈlista oβɾeɾo espaˈɲol] (listen); PSOE [peˈsoe] (
listen)) is a social-democratic political party in Spain. The PSOE has been in government for a longer time than any other political party in modern democratic Spain.
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Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Partido Socialista Obrero Español | |
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Abbreviation | PSOE |
General Secretary | Pedro Sánchez |
Founder | Pablo Iglesias Posse |
Founded | May 2, 1879 (1879-05-02) |
Headquarters | Madrid |
Youth wing | Juventudes Socialistas de España |
Trade Union | UGT |
Membership (2016) | 181,000 |
Ideology | Social democracy Progressivism |
Political position | Centre-left |
European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
International affiliation | Socialist International |
Country | ![]() |
Congress of Deputies | 121 / 350 |
Senate | 89 / 266 |
Website | |
psoe.es |
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The party was in charge of the Spanish government from 1982 to 1996 under Felipe González; from 2004 to 2011 under José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero; and currently since 2014 under Pedro Sánchez.
The PSOE was founded in 1879, making it the oldest party currently active in Spain. When it was founded, it was a marxist party, however they stopped supporting Marxism in 1979.[1]