What is Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba?
[[File:Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba (diciembre de 2010).jpg|thumb|200px|Pérez Rubalcaba in 2010]] '''Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba''' (28 July 1951 – 10 May 2019) was a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] politician, professor and chemist. He served as the [[Deputy Prime Minister of Spain]], under [[Prime Minister of Spain|Prime Minister]] [[Mariano Rajoy]], from 2010 to 2011. Before this, he served as [[Ministry of Education (Spain)|Minister of Education]] (1992–1993), as [[Ministry of the Presidency (Spain)|Minister of the Presidency]] (1993–1996), as [[Ministry of the Interior (Spain)|Minister of the Interior]] (2006–2011) and as acting [[Ministry of Defence (Spain)|Minister of Defence]] between May and June 2008. He also served as [[Leader of the Opposition (Spain)|Leader of the Opposition]] from 2011 to 2014. Pérez Rubalcaba was a member of the [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]] (PSOE). He was the party's [[Secretary-General]] from 2012 to 2014. Pérez Rubalcaba was born in [[Solares]], [[Cantabria]]. He gained a [[Ph.D.]] in [[organic chemistry]] at the [[Complutense University of Madrid]].He married Pilar Goya in 1979. Pérez Rubalcaba died of a [[stroke]] in [[Majadahonda]], [[Community of Madrid]] on 10 May 2019. He was 67.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/05/09/inenglish/1557416217_275386.html|title=Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, a key figure in Spanish politics, dies aged 67|work=El País|date=10 May 2019|access-date=10 May 2019|author=Marcos, José|location=[[Madrid]]|archive-date=24 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224170343/https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/05/09/inenglish/1557416217_275386.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thelocal.es/20190510/alfredo-perez-rubalcaba-former-socialist-leader-of-spain-dies-after-massive-stroke|title=Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba: Former Socialist leader of Spain dies|work=The Local|date=10 May 2019|access-date=10 May 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * [https://www.buscabiografias.com