Rajoy Brey, Mariano

 Place of birth: Santiago de Compostela (La Coruña)

Date of birth: 27 March 1955

Education: Bachelor of Law from the University of Santiago de Compostela

Married with two childrenProperty Registrar.

• Vice-Chairman of the Governing Council of the Alianza Popular [People's Alliance] in Galicia.
• Chairman of the Local and Provincial Council of the Alianza Popular [People's Alliance] in Pontevedra.
• Member of the Permanent Committee of the Alianza Popular [People's Alliance].
• Member of the Regional Parliament of Galicia in 1981.
• Director-General for Institutional Relations of the Regional Government of Galicia.
• President of the Provincial Council of Pontevedra. (1983-1986).
• Vice-President of the Regional Government of Galicia (1986-1987).
• Deputy General Secretary of the Partido Popular [People's Party]. (1990-2003).
• Minister for the Public Administration Services. (1996-1999).
• Minister for Education and Culture (1999-2000).
• First Vice-President of the Government and Minister for Home Affairs (2001-2002).
• First Vice-President of the Government, Government Spokesperson and Minister for the Presidency (2002-2003).
• Member of the National Executive Committee of the Partido Popular [People's Party] since 1989.
• Candidate for the Presidency of the Government in the 2004 and 2008 general elections.
• Trustee of the Foundation for Social Studies and Analysis (FAES).
• Member of Parliament during the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Legislatures.
• General Secretary of the Partido Popular [People's Party] between September 2003 and October 2004.
• President of the Partido Popular [People's Party], elected at the 15th National Party Conference of the Partido Popular in October 2004.
• Vice-President of the International Democratic Union (IDU). July 2005.
• Vice-President of the Centrist Democrat International (CDI). January 2006.
• President of the Partido Popular [People's Party], elected at the 16th National Party Conference of the Partido Popular in Valencia in June 2008.
• President of the Government of Spain since 21 December 2011.

Biography available on La Mocloa web page