Spanish Socialist Workers' Party facts for kids
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Spanish: Partido Socialista Obrero Español PSOE) 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.
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 2018 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.
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Pablo Iglesias Posse addressing the workers during a 1905 demonstration in Madrid
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Julián Besteiro, Daniel Anguiano, Andrés Saborit and Francisco Largo Caballero in the prison of Cartagena in 1918
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The PSOE entered the provisional government of the Second Republic in 1931 with Indalecio Prieto, Fernando de los Ríos and Largo Caballero as ministers
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Workers arrested by civil guards and assault guards during the 1934 Asturian revolutionary strike
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Rodolfo Llopis led the PSOE in exile for nearly three decades
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Felipe González during a speech in 1977
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José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero during the 2010 Progressive Governance Conference
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PSOE leading figures during the 38th federal congress in which Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba (center) was elected Secretary-General
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Pedro Sánchez (who led the party through its crisis in 2016) singing The Internationale after winning the 2017 primary election for Secretary-General
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In Spanish: Partido Socialista Obrero Español para niños