40th Federal Congress of the PSOE

The 40th Federal Congress of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party was held in Valencia from 15 October to 17 October 2021, to renovate the governing bodies of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and establish the party's main lines of action and strategy for the next leadership term. A primary election to elect the new party secretary-general was initially scheduled for 26 September, but as a result of no opposing candidates running for election, Pedro Sánchez was proclaimed unopposed as party leader on 13 September.

Timetable
The key dates are listed below (all times are CET):


 * 3 July: Official announcement of the congress.
 * 1 September: Submission of pre-candidacies and start of endorsement collection period.
 * 10 September: End of endorsement collection period.
 * 12 September: Proclamation of candidates to the party general secretariat.
 * 13 September: Official start of internal information campaign.
 * 25 September: Last day of internal information campaign.
 * 26 September: Primary election (first round of voting), election of congress delegates and deadline for amendment submission. (cancelled)
 * 28 September: Definitive proclamation of the party secretary-general (if elected in primary election).
 * 3 October: Primary election (second round of voting). (cancelled)
 * 7 October: Definitive proclamation of the party secretary-general (if not previously proclaimed).
 * 15–17 October: Federal congress.

Candidates
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! colspan="2" width="125"| Candidate ! Age ! Notable positions ! Announced ! Eliminated ! Ref. ! colspan="7"|

Elected
! Pedro Sánchez
 * colspan="7"| Candidate elected as secretary-general.
 * colspan="7"| Candidate elected as secretary-general.
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 * 49
 * Prime Minister of Spain (since 2018) Secretary-General of the PSOE (2014–2016 and since 2017) Deputy in the Cortes Generales for Madrid (2009–2011, 2013–2016 and since 2019) Leader of the Opposition of Spain (2014–2016 and 2017–2018) City Councillor of Madrid (2004–2009)
 * 1 September 2021
 * ✅ Elected
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