Preceded by José Antonio Griñán Constituency Seville Education University of Seville Siblings Rocío Díaz Pacheco | Constituency Andalusia Children 1 Parents José Díaz, Rosa Pacheco | |
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Deputy Diego Valderas (2012–15)
Manuel Jiménez (2015–present) Full Name Susana Díaz Pacheco Born 18 October 1974 (age 42)
Seville, Spain ( 1974-10-18 ) Political party Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Spouse José María Moriche (m. 2002) Party Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Similar Pedro Sánchez, Mariano Rajoy, José Antonio Griñán, Felipe González, Pablo Iglesias Turrión Profiles | ||
Pol nia susana d az madre de barones
Susana Díaz Pacheco ([suˈsana ˈði.aθ]; born 18 October 1974) is a Spanish politician and member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, currently President of Andalusia and Secretary General of the PSOE Andalusian branch. She acceded to the post in 2013 after José Antonio Griñán renounced it, and was re-elected in the 2015 regional election.
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- Pol nia susana d az madre de barones
- Biography
- Early political career
- President of Andalusia 2013present
- References
Biography
Susana Díaz was born the eldest child to José Díaz, a plumber in the Seville City Council, and his wife, a housewife with whom he had three other children.
Early political career
Susana Díaz was elected secretary of Organisation of Socialist Youth of Andalusia in 1997. In the elections of June 1999 she was included in the list of the PSOE to the City of Seville and was elected as councillor and, Alfredo Sánchez Monteseirín as mayor.
Susana Díaz studied law at the University of Seville.
President of Andalusia (2013–present)
Díaz was elected as President of Andalusia in 2013.
For the 2015 Andalusian parliamentary election, Díaz led a forceful campaign in which she transferred the blame for Andalusia’s economic problems onto Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and the austerity cuts imposed by the central government. During the campaign, she also insisted that the Socialists would not form alliances with the Popular Party or Podemos if the vote failed to produce a clear-cut winner.
In the election, Díaz' party retained the same number of seats as prior to the election. The new centrist party, Citizens won 9 seats in the election. As her party did not win an absolute majority, they needed another party to reach the 55 seats needed for a majority. In early May 2015, her government received 56 votes for her investiture through an agreement with C's, thus being re-elected as regional President.