Pedro Sánchez has been President of the Government of Spain since June 2018 and Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), which he joined in 1993. He holds a PhD in Economics from Camilo José Cela University and a degree in Economics and Business Studies from the María Cristina Royal University College, affiliated with the Complutense University of Madrid. He also holds a master’s degree in Economics of the European Union from the Free University of Brussels and postgraduate qualifications in European Economic and Monetary Integration. Before pursuing a full-time political career, he worked as an adviser at the European Parliament and was a member of the office of the United Nations High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He also worked as a lecturer in Economics. 

Throughout his political career, he has served as a Member of Parliament representing Madrid and as a city councillor in Madrid City Council. From 2014 to 2016, he served as Secretary-General of the PSOE, led the opposition and stood as the party’s candidate for Prime Minister. In 2017, he regained the party leadership and, following a motion of no confidence in June 2018, was sworn in as President of the Government, a position he has held ever since.