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'''José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero''' (Born, August 4, 1960)is the current Prime Minister of [[Spain]]. He took office on April 17th, 2004 following the surprise victory of the [[socialist]], [[liberal]] Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) in the 2004 general elections, based on his promise to withdraw Spanish troops from Iraq, where they had been support the US in The War Against Terror. Three days before the election, the [[muslim]], [[islamist]] [[terror]] group [[Al Qaeda]] bombed the Madrid Cercanias network, murdering 191 people, an event which played into the hands of the [[liberal]] anti-war groups at the polls. | '''José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero''' (Born, August 4, 1960)is the current Prime Minister of [[Spain]]. He took office on April 17th, 2004 following the surprise victory of the [[socialist]], [[liberal]] Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) in the 2004 general elections, based on his promise to withdraw Spanish troops from Iraq, where they had been support the US in The War Against Terror. Three days before the election, the [[muslim]], [[islamist]] [[terror]] group [[Al Qaeda]] bombed the Madrid Cercanias network, murdering 191 people, an event which played into the hands of the [[liberal]] anti-war groups at the polls. | ||
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José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (Born, August 4, 1960)is the current Prime Minister of Spain. He took office on April 17th, 2004 following the surprise victory of the socialist, liberal Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) in the 2004 general elections, based on his promise to withdraw Spanish troops from Iraq, where they had been support the US in The War Against Terror. Three days before the election, the muslim, islamist terror group Al Qaeda bombed the Madrid Cercanias network, murdering 191 people, an event which played into the hands of the liberal anti-war groups at the polls.
In 2005 Zapatero has legalised gay marriage, and attempted to censor history by destroying statues of Francisco Franco, a former dictator, and changing street and station names in Madrid. In 2007 he passed a law allowing transgender people to alter their identity documents to conceal their birth sex.