Manuel Chaves (politician) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Manuel Chaves
|
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain | |
| In office 11 July 2011 – 21 December 2011 |
|
| Prime Minister | José Luis Zapatero |
| Preceded by | Elena Salgado |
| Succeeded by | Pablo Iglesias Turrión (2020) |
| Third Deputy Prime Minister of Spain | |
| In office 7 April 2009 – 11 July 2011 |
|
| Prime Minister | José Luis Zapatero |
| Preceded by | Fernando Abril Martorell (1978) |
| Succeeded by | Nadia Calviño (2020) |
| Minister of Territorial Policy | |
| In office 7 April 2009 – 20 October 2010 |
|
| Prime Minister | José Luis Zapatero |
| Preceded by | Elena Salgado |
| Succeeded by | Himself (As Minister of Territorial Policy and Public Administration) |
| Minister of Territorial Policy and Public Administration | |
| In office 20 October 2010 – 21 December 2011 |
|
| Prime Minister | José Luis Zapatero |
| Preceded by | Himself (As Minister of Territorial Policy) |
| Succeeded by | Cristóbal Montoro (As Minister of Finance and Public Administration) |
| 3rd President of the Regional Government of Andalusia | |
| In office 25 July 1990 – 7 April 2009 |
|
| Monarch | Juan Carlos I |
| Preceded by | José Rodríguez de la Borbolla |
| Succeeded by | Gaspar Zarrías (acting) |
| Minister of Labor and National Health Service | |
| In office 26 July 1986 – 2 May 1990 |
|
| Prime Minister | Felipe González Márquez |
| Preceded by | Joaquín Almunia |
| Succeeded by | Luis Martínez Noval |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 13 December 2011 – 25 June 2015 |
|
| Constituency | Cádiz |
| In office 15 June 1977 – 12 June 1990 |
|
| Constituency | Cádiz |
| Member of the Parliament of Andalusia | |
| In office 23 June 1990 – 7 April 2009 |
|
| Constituency | Cádiz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 July 1945 Ceuta, Spanish State |
| Political party | Socialist Workers' Party |
Manuel Chaves González (born 7 July 1945) is a Spanish politician. He served as the Third Deputy Prime Minister of Spain from 2009 to 2011. Later, he became the Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain in 2011.
Manuel Chaves is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He was also the Chairman of the PSOE party from 2000 to 2012. From 1990 to 2009, he was the President of the Regional Government of Andalusia. He is also a trustee of the Fundacion IDEAS, which is a socialist group that shares ideas and research.
Contents
Early Political Career
Manuel Chaves started his national political career in 1977. He was elected to the Spanish Congress of Deputies. This is like the main parliament in Spain. He represented the area of Cádiz. He served in this role until 1990.
Minister in the Spanish Government
From 1986 to 1990, Manuel Chaves held an important job. He was the Minister of Work and National Health Service (Seguridad Social) for Spain. He worked under Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez.
In 1988, a big event happened during his time as minister. There was a general strike, which means many workers stopped working to protest. This was the first general strike in modern Spanish democracy. It was called by groups like UGT and CCOO because of a new law that was being proposed.
Leading Andalusia: Regional President
In 1990, Manuel Chaves became the president of the Regional Government of Andalusia. Andalusia is one of Spain's autonomous communities, which are like states with their own governments. At that time, he was seen as one of the three most important leaders of the PSOE party. The other two were Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra and José Bono, who were also regional presidents.
After his party lost the general election in 2000, the party's leader resigned. Manuel Chaves then took charge of the party's Political Commission. He helped organize an important meeting for the PSOE. At this meeting, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was chosen as the new General Secretary of the party.
Serving as Deputy Prime Minister
In April 2009, Prime Minister Zapatero gave Manuel Chaves a new role. He was named the Third Vice President of the Government. He also became the Minister of Territorial Policy. This ministry dealt with how different parts of Spain were governed.
In July 2011, he was promoted to Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain. This happened after Elena Salgado became the First Deputy Prime Minister. Manuel Chaves left this position in December 2011.
Images for kids
-
A friendly robot, representing a kid-friendly resource.
