Rafael Simancas

Rafael Simancas Simancas (born 1966) is a Spanish politician and member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), former Secretary-General of the PSOE Madrid branch.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Simancas and the second or maternal family name is Simancas.
Rafael Simancas

MP
Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Madrid
In office
26 November 2000 – 4 June 2007
Preceded byJaime Lissavetzky
Succeeded byTomás Gómez
Personal details
Born
Rafael Simancas Simancas

(1966-07-01) 1 July 1966
Kehl, Germany
Political partySpanish Socialist Workers' Party
Alma materComplutense University of Madrid

Biography

Born on 1 September 1966 in Kehl, West Germany, his parents were immigrants from Córdoba.[1] He graduated in Political Science at the Complutense University of Madrid.[1] He became a member of the Madrid City Council after the 1995 municipal election and renovated his seat in the 1999 election.[2] He served as Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of Madrid from 2000 to 2007, when he was replaced by Tomás Gómez[3] He ran as head of list of the PSOE list in the May 2003, October 2003 and 2007 regional elections. Following his exit from the regional legislature in February 2008,[4] he has been member of the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th terms of the Congress of Deputies.[5]

References
  1. EFE (4 June 2007). "Simancas, el candidato marcado por el 'tamayazo'". El Mundo (in Spanish). Mundinteractivos, S.A. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  2. "Aguirre se niega a hacer público su patrimonio, a diferencia de Simancas". El País. Madrid: Prisa. 13 September 2003. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  3. "Simancas se despedirá hoy de la Asamblea para saltar a la política nacional en el Congreso de los Diputados". Europa Press. Madrid. 21 February 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  4. "«Yo lo habría hecho mejor»". El Mundo (in Spanish). Mundinteractivos, S.A. 21 February 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  5. "Simancas Simancas, Rafael". Congress of Deputies. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
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