by the newly elected Secretary General Pedro Sánchez on 13 July 2014. In September 2016 it was announced that Pérez Rubalcaba rejoined his position as Chemistry professor at the Complutense University of Madrid and, in addition, he joined the editorial board of the Spanish newspaper El País, of which he was part until July 2018. Amid the 2019 Madrid City Council election, on 26 December 2018 he rejected the proposal of Pedro Sánchez to be the PSOE candidate for mayor of Madrid. Death Rubalcaba was admitted to the Puerta de Hierro Hospital, in Majadahonda, on 8 May 2019 when he had suffered a severe stroke after teaching in the university. He died two days later aged 67 and PSOE cancelled all the acts of the first day of the campaign for local elections. He had a funeral with state honors at the Congress of Deputies. References External links Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba Biography Listo para el gran sprint. El Pais article |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1951 births 2019 deaths Complutense University of Madrid Politicians from Cantabria Complutense University of Madrid alumni Deputy Prime Ministers of Spain Government ministers of Spain Leaders of political parties in Spain Members of the 5th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 6th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 7th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 8th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 9th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 10th Congress of Deputies (Spain) People from Trasmiera Spanish chemists Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians Interior ministers of Spain Secretaries of State of Spain