José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

former Prime Minister of Spain

Date of Birth: 04-Aug-1960

Place of Birth: Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain

Profession: lawyer, politician, statesperson

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Leo

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (Spanish: [xose'lwis ro'ð?i?e? ?apa'te?o] (listen); born 4 August 1960) is a Spanish politician and member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
He was the Prime Minister of Spain being elected for two terms, in the 2004 and 2008 general elections.
On 2 April 2011 he announced he would not stand for re-election in the 2011 general election and left office on 21 December 2011. Among the main actions taken by the Zapatero administration were the withdrawal of Spanish troops from the Iraq war, the increase of Spanish troops in Afghanistan; the idea of an Alliance of Civilizations; the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Spain; reform of abortion law; a peace negotiation attempt with ETA; increase of tobacco restrictions; and the reform of various autonomous statutes, particularly the Statute of Catalonia.