Julio Anguita González was a Spanish politician. He was Mayor of Córdoba from 1979 to 1986,coordinator of United Left (IU) between 1989 and 1999,and Secretary-General of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) from 1988 to 1998. Due to his enormous influence and his absolute majorities in the Córdoba city council,he was nicknamed el califa rojo.
The Communist Party of Spain is a communist party that,since 1986,has been part of the United Left coalition,which is currently part of Sumar. Two of its politicians are Spanish government ministers,the Minister of Labour and Social Economy and the Minister of Youth and Children.
Gaspar Llamazares Trigo is a Spanish politician. He was the leader of the leftist coalition United Left (IU) from 2001 to 2008,as the General Coordinator.
Francisco "Paco" Frutos Gras was a Spanish politician who served,from 1998 until 2009,as the Secretary-General of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE).
The Spanish Communist Workers' Party is an anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist communist party in Spain. It was founded in 1973,when Enrique Líster revolted against the Eurocommunist line of Communist Party of Spain (PCE) general secretary Santiago Carrillo. The party published Análisis.
Rosa Aguilar Rivera is a Spanish politician who was the Minister of Rural and Marine Environment between 2010 and 2012. She is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. She also was the mayor of Córdoba between 1999 and 2009. She was shortlisted for the 2008 World Mayor award.
Isaura Navarro Casillas,is a Spanish politician and former member of the Spanish Parliament. She holds a law degree obtained from the University of Valencia and specialises in business and labour law with a focus on worker's rights,due to obtaining the relevant qualifications in 1997. She has been the legal counsel of the Workers' Commissions Public Service and Public Administration Federation since the year 2000. In 2004 she was chosen to head the list of United Left in Valencia. With a drop in the overall United left vote,she won the 16th and final list seat,although a drop of less than 1800 votes would have cost her seat. In 2005 she became part of the federal praesidium of United Left. In the 2008 election she lost her seat to the People's Party. In 2015 she was elected to the Corts Valencianes,the Valencian autonomous parliament,as part of the CoalicióCompromís list.
Ángel Pérez Martínez is a Spanish United Left (IU) politician. He is the organisation's spokesman on Madrid City Council,after having developed different positions inside the organisation. He is also a member of the Communist Party of Spain(PCE).
Luis Felipe Alcaraz Masats is a Spanish politician. He is the current Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Spain.
United Left is a federative political movement in Spain that was first organized as a coalition in 1986,bringing together several left-wing political organizations,most notably the Communist Party of Spain.
United Left of Asturias is the Asturian federation of the Spanish left wing political and social movement United Left. Manuel González Orviz is the current General Coordinator. The Communist Party of Asturias and Izquierda Abierta are the major members of the coalition.
United Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia is the Andalusian federation of the Spanish left wing political and social movement United Left. Toni Valero is the current General Coordinator. It is currently part of the electoral coalition Por Andalucía,whose leader,Inmaculada Nieto,is part of IULV–CA. The major member of this movement is the Communist Party of Andalusia.
Unidas Podemos,formerly called Unidos Podemos and also known in English as United We Can,was a democratic socialist electoral alliance formed by Podemos,United Left,and other left-wing to far-left parties in May to contest the 2016 Spanish general election. The alliance's official pre-agreement was announced on 9 May 2016 after weeks of negotiations. It was re-styled to the feminine form of its name ahead of the April 2019 Spanish general election.
Gregorio "Goyo" Gordo Pradel was a Spanish politician and trade unionist. A member of the Assembly of Madrid from 2007 to 2015,he led the United Left of the Community of Madrid from 2009 to 2012.
Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists was an electoral coalition formed in Catalonia for the April 2019 Spanish general election by Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and Sovereigntists (Sobiranistes). It was led by Oriol Junqueras,Gabriel Rufián and Carolina Telechea,with a member from Sobiranistes being reserved 4th place in the list for Barcelona.
Joan Josep Nuet i Pujals is a Spanish politician from Catalonia who previously served as Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was previously a member of the Senate of Spain and the Parliament of Catalonia.
Antonio Maíllo Cañadas is a Spanish former politician of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE). From 2013 to 2019 he was the general coordinator of United Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia (IULV–CA) and he was a deputy in the Parliament of Andalusia from 2015 to 2019,serving as spokesman of the IULV–CA and Adelante Andalucía groups.
Diego Valderas Sosa is a Spanish politician of the United Left (IU). He was the first democratically elected mayor of his hometown of Bollullos Par del Condado in the Province of Huelva (1979–1994) and a member of the Parliament of Andalusia. He was the general coordinator of the United Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia (IULV–CA) from 2000 to 2013,the President of the Parliament of Andalusia (1994–1996) and the Vice President of the Regional Government of Andalusia (2012–2015).
The 12th Federal Assembly of United Left was held in Madrid from 26 March to 27 March 2021,to renovate the governing bodies of the United Left (IU) and establish the party's main lines of action and strategy for the next leadership term. The federal assembly was initially scheduled for July 2020,but it was postponed as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
The 11th Federal Assembly of United Left was held in Madrid from 4 June to 5 June 2016,to renovate the governing bodies of United Left (IU) and establish the party's main lines of action and strategy for the next leadership term. A primary election to elect the new general coodinator of the party was held from 26 May to 29 May 2016. This was the first leadership election in IU's history in which all the party members were allowed to vote.
