Pedro Sanchez Sworn In as Spanish PM One Day After Ousting Rival Rajoy
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Pedro Sanchez, leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), was sworn in as prime minister on June 2 after 180 MPs backed his party’s vote of no confidence in the outgoing leader, Mariano Rajoy, a day earlier.Sanchez was sworn in during an audience with King Felipe VI, as seen here. After the ceremony, PSOE wrote that Sanchez’s aim was to “recover the prestige” of Spain’s institutions and “fight against inequality.”Rajoy became the first Spanish prime minister to be ousted from office by a vote of no confidence following a May 24 court ruling that found his People’s Party benefited from a bribery scheme. One of the party’s former treasurers, Luis Barcenas, was jailed for 33 years for fraud and money laundering. Credit: Casa de SM el Ray via Storyful
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