Pedro Sánchez: Is Spain's PM a 33rd Degree Freemason?

Sánchez and Freemasonry: 33rd Degree or Recycled Rumor?

That the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Spain is a PSOE senator is no secret: Txema Oleaga has held that position since 2022. What some now point out is that the Prime Minister himself, Pedro Sánchez, allegedly holds the 33rd degree of the Scottish Rite, according to a publication by the Spanish outlet Castillón Confidencial. The report, which has circulated widely in digital circles, links that supposed affiliation to past favors to the lodge and to the inclusion of Freemasons as victims in the Historical Memory Law, as well as the transfer of properties.

The Shadow of Lodges in the Two Major Parties

The theory is not new: for decades it has been speculated that the PSOE is guided by the Grand Orient of France, while the PP responds to the United Grand Lodge of England. Those who defend this hypothesis point out that both parties cover for each other to avoid scandals—from the management of the Valencia dana to the Adamuz train accident—and that is why no-confidence motions do not prosper. At the other extreme, skeptics recall that every time Freemasonry is discussed, everyone is a "33rd degree" and no one mentions intermediate degrees, which reveals a lack of real knowledge about Guasonic structure.

Concrete Data Amid Conspiracy Theories

An objective fact is that socialist senator Txema Oleaga is indeed the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Spain, something he himself has publicly acknowledged. That fuels the theory that Freemasonry has an active presence in high circles, although it does not prove Sánchez's membership. On the other hand, the Historical Memory Law does recognize Freemasons as a group persecuted during Franco's regime, so their inclusion as victims is a legal fact, not a conspiracy. The debate, in any case, mixes verifiable facts with speculations that no document has confirmed to date.

A President Within the Brotherhood?

While some see Sánchez as a "useful idiot" shaped by the lodges, others consider him a traitor sold to international interests. The irony of fate is that, if the rumor were true, the president would be in the same brotherhood as a good part of the political and business class that he himself criticizes. The lack of conclusive evidence—not a single documented initiation, nor a statement from the Grand Lodge—leaves the question in the realm of urban legend. But the shadow of the aprons continues to lengthen over the Moncloa, and the question floating in the air is whether it will ever be cleared up or whether, like so many other mysteries of power, it will remain forever in the drawer of half-truths.