José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2007) La Rioja (Spanish).
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Today, the grandeur of a country is measured by the extent to which it defends and extends its citizens' rights through its impulse towards total equality, by its capacity to create energy that contributes towards cultural, social and economic growth. That is how a country becomes strong, by making its citizens more powerful.

— José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero on Economic growth

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José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

About José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (born 4 August, 1960) was the President of the Government (Prime Minister) of Spain from 2004 to 2011. He the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), to victory in the the general election on March 14, 2004 and a subsequent victory in 2008. He was replaced as leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) by Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba on 4 February 2012.