Nico Cué

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Nico Cué
Nico Cué in February 2019
Personal details
Born
Nicanor Cué

(1956-09-06) 6 September 1956 (age 67)
Mieres, Asturias, Spain
Political partyEuropean Union:
Party of the European Left

Nicanor Cué

European Left's lead candidates (Spitzenkandidaten) for the President of the European Commission.[4][5]
He was not elected.

Early life and education

Nico Cué was born in Mieres, Asturias on 6 September 1956.[6] His father, a miner, was forced to flee Francoist Spain to Belgium in 1962, after the miners' strikes of that year. He had no work permit and struggled to find a job until sympathisers with the republican cause in Belgium found him work in a mine near Liège. After a year, his wife and children could finally join him in Liège. He died suddenly in a car accident in 1968,[1] leaving his wife to raise seven children.[4][7]

Cué was educated at the local technical school and got his first job at the

FGTB trade union on getting his first job.[4]

Political career

In 1997, Cué stood as a rank-and-file candidate for the General Secretary of the

On 26–27 January, 2019, in

Personal life

Cué is married to an Italian. They have at least one son.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Andrés Gil. "Nico Cué (Partido de la Izquierda Europea): "El movimiento feminista nos ha dado una lección magistral al movimiento obrero"". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-05-27.
  2. ^ "Who is Nico Cué?". www.facebook.com. 2019-05-06. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
  3. ^ "Le Secrétariat | FGTB Métallurgistes Wallonie Bruxelles". 2015-03-10. Archived from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  4. ^ a b c d "Nico Cué – Party of the European Left". www.european-left.org. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  5. ^ Libre.be, La. "Élections 2019 | En campagne avec Nico Cué: "Voilà le président de la Commission !"". www.lalibre.be (in French). Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  6. ^ "Zoom auf Nico Cué". ARTE (in German). Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  7. ^ a b EU Presidential Debate: lead candidate Nico Cué (EL), retrieved 2019-05-16
  8. ^ "Two Candidates from the people for the people – Party of the European Left". www.european-left.org. Retrieved 2019-05-16.

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