Rafael Simancas

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Rafael Simancas

|honorific-suffix = MP

|image = Rafael Simancas 2021 (cropped).jpg

|office = Secretary of State for Relations with the Cortes and Constitutional Affairs

|primeminister = Pedro Sánchez

|term_start = 21 July 2021

|term_end =

|predecessor = José Antonio Montilla Martos

|successor =

|office2 = Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Madrid

|term_start2 = 26 November 2000

|term_end2 = 4 June 2007

|predecessor2 = Jaime Lissavetzky

|successor2 = Tomás Gómez

|birth_name = Rafael Simancas Simancas

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|7|1|df=y}}

|birth_place = Kehl, Germany

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

|spouse =

|children =

|alma_mater = Complutense University of Madrid

|religion =

}}

Rafael Simancas Simancas (born 1966) is a Spanish politician and member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). Since 2021, he is the Secretary of State for Relations with the Cortes and Constitutional Affairs. Formerly, he was the Secretary-General of the PSOE Madrid branch.

Biography

Born on 1 September 1966 in Kehl, West Germany, his parents were immigrants from Córdoba.{{Cite news |url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2007/06/04/madrid/1180961739.html |newspaper=El Mundo |date=4 June 2007 |title=Simancas, el candidato marcado por el 'tamayazo' |access-date=10 November 2019 |author=EFE |author-link=EFE |language=es |publisher=Mundinteractivos, S.A.}} He graduated in Political Science at the Complutense University of Madrid. He became a member of the Madrid City Council after the 1995 municipal election and renovated his seat in the 1999 election.{{Cite news |newspaper=El País |url=https://elpais.com/diario/2003/09/13/madrid/1063452268_850215.html |date=13 September 2003 |title=Aguirre se niega a hacer público su patrimonio, a diferencia de Simancas |access-date=10 November 2019 |location=Madrid |publisher=Prisa}} He served as Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of Madrid from 2000 to 2007, when he was replaced by Tomás Gómez{{Cite news |url=https://www.europapress.es/madrid/noticia-simancas-despedira-hoy-asamblea-saltar-politica-nacional-congreso-diputados-20080221055515.html |newspaper=Europa Press |title=Simancas se despedirá hoy de la Asamblea para saltar a la política nacional en el Congreso de los Diputados |date=21 February 2008 |access-date=10 November 2019 |location=Madrid}} He ran as head of list of the PSOE list in the May 2003, October 2003 and 2007 regional elections. Following his exit from the regional legislature in February 2008,{{Cite news |newspaper=El Mundo |url=https://www.elmundo.es/2008/02/21/madrid/ |title="Yo lo habría hecho mejor" |date=21 February 2008 |access-date=10 November 2019 |publisher=Mundinteractivos, S.A. |language=es}} he has been member of the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th terms of the Congress of Deputies.{{Cite web |url=http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Diputados/BusqForm?_piref73_1333155_73_1333154_1333154.next_page=/wc/fichaDiputado?idDiputado=155&idLegislatura=10 |work=Congress of Deputies |title=Simancas Simancas, Rafael |access-date=10 November 2019 |date=30 November 2011}}

In July 2021, Presidency Minister Félix Bolaños appointed him as Secretary of State for Relations with the Cortes and Constitutional Affairs.{{Cite web|date=2021-07-19|title=Bolaños elige a Rafael Simancas nuevo secretario de Estado de Relaciones con las Cortes|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2021-07-19/bolanos-elige-a-rafael-simancas-como-nuevo-secretario-de-estado-de-relaciones-con-las-cortes_3192243/|access-date=2021-07-21|website=elconfidencial.com|language=es}}