Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Partido Socialista Obrero Español
PSOE logo
Abbreviation	PSOE
General Secretary	Pedro Sánchez
Founder	Pablo Iglesias Posse
Founded	May 2, 1879 (1879-05-02)
Headquarters	Madrid
Youth wing	Juventudes Socialistas de España
Trade Union	UGT
Membership (2016)	181,000
Ideology	Social democracy Progressivism
Political position	Centre-left
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists
International affiliation	Socialist International
Country	Spain
Congress of Deputies	121 / 350
Senate	89 / 266
Website
psoe.es

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Spanish: Partido Socialista Obrero Español [paɾˈtiðo soθjaˈlista oβɾeɾo espaˈɲol] (listen); PSOE [peˈsoe] (listen)) is a social-democratic political party in Spain. The PSOE has been in government for a longer time than any other political party in modern democratic Spain.

The party was in charge of the Spanish government from 1982 to 1996 under Felipe González; from 2004 to 2011 under José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero; and currently since 2014 under Pedro Sánchez.

The PSOE was founded in 1879, making it the oldest party currently active in Spain. When it was founded, it was a marxist party, however they stopped supporting Marxism in 1979.^[1]

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