Mariano Rajoy

Rajoy in 2014, photo by Prphotos

Birth Name: Mariano Rajoy Brey

Place of Birth: Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain

Date of Birth: 27 March, 1955

Ethnicity: Spanish, as well as possibly around 1/16th French

Mariano Rajoy is a Spanish politician. He served as Prime Minister of Spain, from 20 December, 2011 to 1 June, 2018. He has also been Vice President of Galicia, from 4 November, 1986 to 26 September, 1987, Minister of the Interior, from 27 February, 2001 to 10 July, 2002, Leader of the Opposition, from 17 April, 2004 to 21 December, 2011, and again from 2 June, 2018 to 5 June 2018, and President of the People’s Party, from 2 October, 2004 to 5 June 2018, among many other duties.

Prime Minister Rajoy’s is the son of Mariano Rajoy Sobredo, a jurist, and president of the Provincial Court of Pontevedra. Prime Minister Rajoy is married to Elvira Fernández Balboa, with whom he has two children.

Prime Minister Rajoy’s paternal grandfather was Enrique Rajoy Leloup (the son of Mariano Rajoy do Barro and Rosa Leloup González). Enrique was born in Santiago, and was one of the architects of the Statute of Autonomy of Galicia in 1932. Rosa was the daughter of Francisco Leloup and Rosa Gonzalez. Leloup is often a French surname.

Prime Minister Rajoy’s paternal grandmother was Mercedes Sobredo Brandáriz (the daughter of Salvador Sobredo Bustelo and Pilar Brandáriz Hernández).

Prime Minister Rajoy’s maternal grandfather was named Manuel Brey Guerra.

Prime Minister Rajoy’s maternal grandmother was named Carmen López Mosquera.

Source: Genealogy of Prime Minister Rajoy’s paternal grandfather, Enrique Rajoy Leloup (focusing on his own mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com