Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero; born 4 August 1960) is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. He was elected for two terms as Prime Minister of Spain, in the 2004 and 2008 general elections. On 2 April 2011 he announced he would not stand for re-election in the 2011 general election. He left office on 21 December 2011...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth4 August 1960
CountrySpain
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero quotes about
strong hard-times next
Although the recession is strong and although hard times await us in the next 2 or 3 months, Spain will continue to grow in the second quarter of 2009.
ideas people demand
You can be completely opposed to an ideological position, and I'm certainly not close to Aznar's ideas, however he was elected by the Spanish people and I demand that respect.
football champions-league drawing
Drawing a comparison to football, it could be said that the Spanish economy has, during this legislature, into the Champions League of the world economy, however bad that may seem to some.
drinking smoking discouraging
Discouraging smoking and drinking is a left ideal.
reading smoking
Less smoking and more reading.
congratulations government names
Please receive in the name of the Spanish government and the people of Spain our warmest congratulations for your election as Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church and my best wishes for the Papacy which you begin today. [to Pope Benedict XVI]
support important done
...it is true that renewable energy is expensive and can't be done without public sector support, it is an important investment in the future.
maturity common-sense voting
Spaniards have always shown great maturity and great common sense when it comes to voting.
research-and-development community doe
I want to increase our spending on research and development by 25%. That's something the U.S. does very well. That dynamism alongside a welfare state in the European community - that's the synthesis I want to achieve.
military terrorism civilized
The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength.
fighting essence risk
The risk of a terrorist victory is greater when in fighting terror, democracy betrays its own essence.
socialist-government inequality surplus
With a Socialist government, there will not be a national surplus whilst there continues to be inequality.
successful gender force
Gender equality is more successful than armed force
diversity spain citizenship
Castilian Spanish speaking Spain is big, but is bigger in addition with Catalonian speaking Spain, Galician speaking Spain and Basque speaking Spain. Democratic Spain, Constitutional Spain, can not be separated from diversity and the respect to the citizenship