José María Alfredo Aznar López is a Spanish politician who was the prime minister of Spain from 1996 to 2004. He led the People's Party (PP), the dominant centre-right political party in Spain.
Aznar in 2020
Felipe González, acting President of the Government, receives José María Aznar after the 1996 Spanish general election, prior to his appointment as President of the Government of Spain
Aznar meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin
Barroso, Blair, Bush, and Aznar in the Azores, March 2003
The prime minister of Spain, officially president of the Government, is the head of government of Spain. The prime minister chairs the Council of Ministers and nominates its ministers; in these sense, the prime minister establishes the Government policies and coordinates the actions of the Cabinet members. As chief executive, the prime minister also advises the monarch on the exercise of their royal prerogatives.
Prime Minister of Spain
Adolfo Suárez delivers his inaugural address to the Congress of Deputies at the Palacio de las Cortes, Madrid on March 30, 1979.
The Palace of Moncloa or Moncloa Palace is the official residence and workplace of the prime minister.
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero taking the affirmation of office in his second inauguration in 2008. While placing, as mandated, the right hand in the Constitution, being a non-religious, he waived the Bible and the Crucifix.