In the General Elections of 22 June 1986, he obtained a seat in the Congress of Deputies as the head of the AP's list for Pontevedra, although he resigned in November to take up the post of vice-president of the Xunta of Galicia following the resignation of Xosé Luis Barreiro and the rest of the ministers.
== منابع ==== پیوند به بیرون ==* News and Videos "ABC.es"* Personal page* Extensive biography by CIDOB* A video of Mariano Rajoy′s visit to the Canary Islands, where he was serenaded in Silbo, a whistling language that exists only on the island of La Gomera