Gaspar Llamazares
Gaspar Llamazares | |
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Asturias | |
Member of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias | |
In office 16 June 2015 – 21 January 2019 | |
Constituency | Central |
In office 28 May 1991 – 5 April 2000 | |
Constituency | Central |
Personal details | |
Born | Gaspar Llamazares Trigo 28 November 1957 La Rioja, Spain |
Political party | Actúa (since 2017) |
Other political affiliations | Izquierda Abierta (2012–2018) United Left (1986–2019) Communist Party of Spain (1981–2011) |
Children | 1 |
Residence | Asturias - Madrid |
Website | http://www.gasparllamazares.com |
Gaspar Llamazares Trigo (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡasˈpaɾ ʎamaˈθaɾes ˈtɾiɣo]; born 28 November 1957) is a Spanish politician. He was the leader of the leftist coalition United Left (IU) from 2001 to 2008, as the General Coordinator.
Early years and career
Llamazares was born in
Early political career
He joined the Communist Party in 1981. In 1988, he was elected Secretary General and General Coordinator of Izquierda Unida in Asturias. In 1991, he was elected deputy to the regional parliament of Asturias, where he was spokesman for Izquierda Unida's group. In this chamber, IU worked with governments of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party until 1995.
Llamazares was the General Secretary of the PCE in the autonomous community of Asturias, and member of Asturias' Parliament between 1988 and 2000.
Later political career
Llamazares was elected
Llamazares was re-elected General Coordinator in the seventh Federal Assembly of IU held in December 2003, being opposed by
In the
In the eighth (Extraordinary) Assembly of IU, Llamazares, who was backed by the more centrist Factions of IU as well as the Green-left factions and the more nationalist leaning factions, was opposed by
In May 2007, prior to the Municipal Elections, Llamazares Became the first national political leader to campaign through Second Life.[1] During the electoral campaign, Llamazares announced he will not re-run as candidate for General Coordinator of IU in the following Assembly, supposedly scheduled for autumn that year. In July 2007, Llamazares announced he will intend to run once more as candidate for prime minister, a decision that caused several controversies inside the organization, specially amongst the Communist Party of Spain, and other sectors considered to be on the left of IU, along with that it was announced that the upcoming general assembly will be postponed to after the General Election, scheduled for March 2008. On October, Marga Sanz, a member of the Communist Party of Spain's Standing Committee and its General Secretary in the Valencian Community, announced her intention to run against Llamazares for IU's nomination to prime ministership. Primary elections were held in the last weeks of October and the beginning of November 2007, with Llamazares victorious.
In March 2008, in the immediate aftermath of IU's worst-ever General Election results, Llamazares announced his intention not to seek re-election to the leadership of IU, finally resigning on 25 October 2008, three weeks before the 9th Federal Assembly of IU that will elect his successor.
In 2009, he sought to publicly condemn Pope
On 15 January 2010, the
See also
References
External links
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