Sánchez officially new Spanish Prime Minister

Sánchez officially new Spanish Prime Minister

World June 2, 2018 10:48

madrid - Pedro Sánchez Saturday took the oath on the constitution with the Spanish king Felipe, making him officially the new Prime Minister of Spain. The 46-year-old economist and leader of the Social Democratic PSOE is the first prime minister in the history of Spain who took the oath without the presence of the Bible or a crucifix.

Sánchez succeeds Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. He was sent home by parliament on Friday after executives of his people's Party Partido Popular (PP) were sentenced to long prison sentences for corruption.

Sanchez will probably start on Monday and will present his cabinet next week. That will be a minority government. The Social Democrats, who lost the elections in 2016, have only 84 seats in the 350-seat parliament.

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