José María Aznar

Prime Minister of Spain from 1996 to 2004

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José María Aznar was the Prime Minister of Spain from 1996 to 2004, leading the country during a significant period of its modern history. He matters because his tenure shaped Spain's domestic and international policies during the late 1990s and early 2000s, including Spain's role in European affairs and its foreign relations.

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Born: 1953-02-25
Works: 4

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España
Recursos mundiales 2002
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11M: El principio del fin — José María Aznar2022
The Sagrada Familia — Self2022
Lo de Évole2020
Hai que botalos2005
With Good Reason — Self(archive footage)2004
The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone — Self - Politician (archive footage)2003
HARDtalk1997

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José María Aznar López ( Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse maˈɾi.a aθˈnaɾ ˈlopeθ] ; born 25 February 1953) 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.

A member of the Frente de Estudiantes Sindicalistas, a dissident Falangist student organisation, in his youth, he studied law at the Complutense University of Madrid and first worked in the public sector as an Inspector of the Finances of the State (Spanish: Inspector de las Finanzas del Estado). He joined the People's Alliance, which was re-founded as the People's Party in 1989. He led the Junta of Castile and León from 1987 to 1989 and was Leader of the Opposition at the national level from 1989 to 1996. In 1995, he survived an assassination attempt from the Basque separatist group ETA.