Ander Gil

Ander Gil García (born 9 February 1974) is a Spanish teacher and politician who served as the 62nd and current president of the Senate of Spain from 2021 to 2023.

He acquired greater fame after the 2016 PSOE crisis when, after supporting Pedro Sánchez, the latter rewarded him by appointed him as Spokesperson of the Socialist Group in the Senate.

[3] On 27 October 2017, Gil defended the application of Article 155 of the Constitution in Catalonia from the tribune of the Senate on behalf of the PSOE,[4] after this region held an illegal referendum and approved a disconnection law and a unilateral declaration of independence during the premiership of Mariano Rajoy (PP).

After the vote of no confidence against the government of Rajoy and the election of Pedro Sanchez as Prime Minister on 1 June 2018, the PSOE faced an absolute majority in the Senate of the PP (62 socialist senators vs 146 PP senators), which had the objective of hindering the work of the socialist government, as was demonstrated by the PP veto to increase the limit of expenditure of the General State Budget on 27 December 2018.

[6] Ander Gil also managed to defend the Prime Minister from the constant attacks of the People's Party, especially his demands to appear in the Senate without agreeing with the rest of the political forces and the Government itself.