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Spain: The rise and fall of Mariano Rajoy

Spain: The rise and fall of Mariano Rajoy

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has been deposed in a vote of no-confidence.

Opposition Socialist Party leader Pedro Sanchez has taken over as the new prime minister.

Rajoy's party has been struggling to restore trust after a court ruled it profited from an illegal scheme.

Rajoy was prime minister for seven years.

Al Jazeera's Peter Sharp looks at his political rise and fall.

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