Mariano Rajoy, far from politics: faithful to sport, his family, his children and his wife, with whom he fell in love in Sanxenxo

Mariano Rajoy was President of the Government for two legislatures, between 2011 and 2018 . He began his political career in Pontevedra, but was born in Santiago de Compostela in 1955. He is the oldest of all his brothers. His parents, Olga and Mariano, had four children.

The former president, who has enjoyed a simple life since he left Moncloa, is passionate about walking and walking. The Galician press has captured him on many occasions walking through the mountains. One of his favorite trails is A Ruta da Pedra e Da Agua, in the municipality of Meis, very close to the Pontevedra municipality of Sanxenxo. The former president has spent the summer there for decades, but he is not the only one. King Emeritus Juan Carlos I and Amancio Ortega are other personalities who have surrendered to the charm of this town in the Rías Baixas.

At 66 years old , Rajoy works as property registrar in Madrid, where he lives in a duplex in the town of Aravaca. However, this is not the only property of him. In the newspaper El Mundo they assure that he is the owner of at least 16 properties that he rents to enjoy the income.

The absences of his family: his mother, his father and two brothers

As far as his family life is concerned, Mariano Rajoy has suffered great losses in recent years.

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On March 27, 2014, the former president of the Government lost his brother Luis de él, a 55-year-old victim of cancer and a notary by profession. He ran a notary's office in El Escorial. In 2019 it was Mercedes, the only woman of the four brothers, who died of a heart attack at the age of 62. He also lost his father, Mariano Rajoy Sobredo, on November 1, 2018, who died at the age of 97.

Three terrible absences that in a short time have marked the lives of the other two brothers in the family, Mariano and Enrique , both trained as property registrars. In fact, Rajoy was the youngest property registrar in the country at 23 years old.

Her mother Olga passed away in 1993 and she did not get to see her son in office as president. "He would have suffered a lot," said Mariano Rajoy some time later.

Sanxenxo, the place where he fell in love with Elvira

In 1992 he met Elvira, the economist with whom he said 'yes, I want' four years later, in 1996. He introduced them in a bar in Sanxenxo to his late brother Luis , well remembered in the town of Pontevedra for having been president of the Real Sanxenxo Yacht Club, between 1999 and 2006.

After their wedding, the couple honeymooned in the Dominican Republic.

His two sons: Mariano Jr and Juan

Mariano Jr, the eldest of his two, was born in 1999. At 22, he studies Business Administration and International Relations and can boast of having already done internships in the European Parliament. The little one, Juan, is 16 years old.