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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04MADRID1052 |
SPAIN: UPDATE ON ZAPETERO'S CABINET SELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: Future Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is revealing his cabinet selections on a piecemeal basis as the government formation process procedes. Thus far he has officially named Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega as First Vice President of Government and Minister of th [...] |
2004-03-29 14:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID1072 |
NEW SOCIALIST MAJORITY APPEARS STABLE [...] (SBU) Summary. The margin of the Socialist (PSOE) victory on March 14 should allow them to take power without any formal coalition agreements with smaller parties. While the PSOE's 164 seats fall 12 short of an absolute majority, it should allow them to govern stably, especially given the fac [...] |
2004-03-30 14:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID1619 |
SPAIN BIOS ON OFFICIALS IN PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) Summary: Over the past week, Spain's Council of Ministers has named new, top-level government officials. We are presenting biographical information on these new officials in three parts to keep you informed of our new political interlocutors in the Spanish government. This cable provid [...] |
2004-05-07 11:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID1620 |
SPAIN BIOS ON NEW FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND [...] (U) Summary: This is the second of a three part series on new top-level officials in the Spanish government. Biographical information on officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Defense is provided. See septels for bios on the Office of the President, and Minis [...] |
2004-05-07 11:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID1621 |
SPAIN BIOS ON NEW JUSTICE AND INTERIOR [...] (U) Summary: This is the final of three cables on new top level official in the Spanish government. Biographical information on top officials in Spain's Ministries of Justice and Interior is provided. See septels for bios on the Office of the President, and Ministries of the Presidency, Fo [...] |
2004-05-07 11:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID2136 |
SPAIN'S ZAPATERO: STILL IN CAMPAIGN MODE [...] (C) Summary: Almost three months after his electoral victory and a month and a half after formally taking office, Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and his Spanish Socialist Worker's Party (PSOE) remain in campaign mode, intensely focused on winning a decisive victory for Spanis [...] |
2004-06-07 15:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID2144 |
SPANISH EU ELECTIONS - LOOKING FOR AFFIRMATION OR [...] (C) The Spanish political scene is now focused on the June 13 European Parliamentary elections. Because of EU enlargement, Spain will elect 54 members, down from the 64 seats it received in 1999. With the EU elections coming only three months after the surprising March general elections, the [...] |
2004-06-08 12:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP EUN PSOE |
| 04MADRID2210 |
SPANISH EU ELECTIONS: SOUR VICTORY, SWEET DEFEAT [...] (U) The Socialist Party (PSOE) won Spain's EU Parliamentary elections on June 13, but by a smaller margin than expected, 43% to 41%. The two-point difference offers something positive to both major parties, though the Popular Party probably comes away with the moral victory. The Socialists w [...] |
2004-06-14 11:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID2483 |
SPAIN - BIOGRAPHIES ON MFA DIRECTORS GENERAL [...] (U) This cable provides biographies on new directors general in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI, Spain's equivalent of USAID). GOS directors general are roughly equivalent to State Department assistant secretaries; AECI directors gen [...] |
2004-07-01 08:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL EAID SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID613 |
THE SPANISH NATIONAL ELECTIONS: FREQUENTLY ASKED [...] (U) This cable aims at providing "at a glance" answers to questions we have received from Washington audiences about the upcoming Spanish national elections, including the complexities of Spain's parliamentary system and its regional aspects. 2. (U) WHEN ARE THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS? --- [...] |
2004-02-23 12:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID812 |
PSOE ECONOMIC ADVISOR: IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM, [...] (SBU) Summary. Spain's main opposition party, the Socialist Workers' Party of Spain or PSOE, faces the unenviable task of running against what is inarguably an impressive record of economic growth and job creation under the ruling Popular Party (PP). According to Miguel Sebastian, the archit [...] |
2004-03-10 11:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID817 |
SPANISH NATIONAL ELECTIONS: VIEWS BEYOND MADRID [...] (C) Summary: Spanish regional leaders in Valencia, Asturias, Andalucia and Extremadura from both the Socialist and Popular Parties believe the Popular Party will gain the most seats in the March 14 national elections. But most of them - except for two Socialist party members in regional Soci [...] |
2004-03-10 12:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID864 |
SPANISH ELECTIONS: SCENARIOS FOR COALITION [...] (C) Before the March 11 terrorist attacks, the conservative Popular Party and its candidate Mariano Rajoy were slated to win the Spanish elections, but few confidently assessed the PP would win an absolute majority in Parliament. As part of Embassy Madrid,s election reporting plan, we have b [...] |
2004-03-12 19:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID880 |
SPANISH ELECTIONS: MARCH 11 ATTACKS/ALLEGED [...] (C) The Socialist Party, turning the tables on all pre-March 11 polls, soundly defeated the Popular Party in March 14 national elections. Reaction to the March 11 terror attacks proved to be the decisive factor. Massive but solemn anti-terror marches March 12 saw 11 million Spaniards take [...] |
2004-03-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID892 |
SPAIN: BIODATA ON JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO, [...] (SBU) On March 14, the Spanish Workers Socialist Party (PSOE) led by Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero defeated the incumbent Popular Party (PP), in Spain's general elections (see reftel for discussion of election results). Zapatero should be in place as President of the government by late April. [...] |
2004-03-15 16:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID900 |
FORMATION OF THE NEW SPANISH GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Summary. Spain's parliamentary system is flexible on exact dates for installing governments after a general election, but given historical timeframes, Socialist leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero should be invested as President of the Government by the end of April or the beginning of Ma [...] |
2004-03-16 13:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID960 |
DEALING WITH ZAPATERO: AN INEXPERIENCED BUT [...] (C) Summary: This message provides initial embassy thinking on how to deal with President-Elect Zapatero in the lead up to his government's formation and the early stages of his administration. Zapatero has no experience in administration or foreign affairs. He is likely to be a difficult but [...] |
2004-03-18 18:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID961 |
WHO ARE THE SPANISH SOCIALISTS? [...] (C) Summary: The Socialist Workers Party of Spain (PSOE), surprise victor in March 14 elections, is a center-left party in the European social democrat tradition. Since the end of the Franco regime and the beginning of Spain's modern democracy in 1977, PSOE has generally advocated comprehensive soc [...] |
2004-03-18 18:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID962 |
SPANISH ELECTION: POPULAR PARTY STILL IN SHOCK [...] (C) The Popular Party remains in shock over the March 14 election results. The government vehemently rejects charges it withheld information on al Qaeda for election benefit. The PP accepts defeat but members complain the Socialists manipulated the March 11 terror attacks to turn the electora [...] |
2004-03-18 19:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SP PSOE |
| 05MADRID1628 |
POPULAR PARTY: TROUBLE IN THE HEARTLAND [...] (U) The opposition Popular Party (PP) is working hard to avoid losing its controlling majority in Galicia, historically a bedrock region for the center-right PP and home to both PP founder Manuel Fraga (now leader of the Galcian Regional government) and current PP leader Mariano Rajoy. The PP [...] |
2005-04-27 06:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SP PSOE |
| 05MADRID2363 |
CLIFFHANGER IN THE GALICIAN ELECTIONS: IS IT THE [...] (SBU) In a high turnout election, the opposition Popular Party (PP) appears to have lost the absolute majority it has held in the Galician Regional parliament since 1989. Though the PP won the popular vote in Galicia comfortably, taking approximately 45%, with all votes counted it has won only [...] |
2005-06-20 13:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SP PSOE |
| 05MADRID2479 |
SPAIN: FINAL GALICIA VOTE--END OF AN ERA FOR PP, [...] (SBU) Summary: After a week of some suspense in Spain as emigrant votes came in and were counted, final results of the Galician regional elections confirm that PP,s grand old man, Manuel Fraga, has lost his position as regional governor after 16 years in power. This loss of a longtime PP st [...] |
2005-06-28 15:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SP PSOE |
| 09RIYADH1178 |
CHARGE'S SEPT 5 TOUR D'HORIZON WITH SAUDI INTERIOR [...] (S) Charge, accompanied by John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, and GRPO Chief, met for two hours September 5 with Saudi Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Prince Nayif bin Abdulaziz. For a senior official with a reputation for [...] |
2009-09-09 16:37:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | AF IR PGOV PK PREL PSOE PTER SA |