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).
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.
Republicanism in Spain is a political position and movement that holds that Spain should be a republic.
Pablo Iglesias Turrión is a Spanish political scientist and former politician. During his political career,he served as Second Deputy Prime Minister and as Minister of Social Rights and 2030 Agenda of the Government of Spain from 2020 to 2021. He also served as Member of the Congress of Deputies from 2016 to 2021,representing Madrid. Iglesias is a co-founder of Podemos,a left-wing political party that he led from 2014 until his resignation in 2021.
Alberto Carlos Garzón Espinosa is a Spanish former politician and economist. He was the Minister of Consumer Affairs from 2020 to 2023. He has been a member of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and United Left since 2003. In the 2011 general election,he was elected as an MP within that coalition. He has been the Secretary of Constituent Process in IU from 2014 to 2016,and in 2015,he was elected as an IU candidate for that year's general election. He is a researcher at Pablo de Olavide University in Seville.
Canarian United Left is the Canarian federation of the Spanish left wing political and social movement United Left. Ramón Trujillo is the current General Coordinator. The Communist Party of the Canaries is the major member of the coalition.
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 of the Valencian Country is the Valencian federation of the Spanish left wing political and social movement United Left. Marga Sanz is the current General Coordinator and Ignacio Blanco Giner its spokesperson.
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.
Mauricio Valiente Ots is a Spanish lawyer,activist and politician,member of United Left (IU) and the Communist Party of Spain (PCE). 3rd deputy Mayor of the Madrid City Council and councillor-president of the Chamartín District since 2015,he was a member of the 9th Assembly of Madrid.
Isabel Serra Sánchez is a Spanish activist and politician. She was member of the Podemos Parliamentary Group in the Assembly of Madrid from 2015 to 2021.
Rafael "Rafa" Mayoral Perales is a Spanish politician,lawyer and activist. A member of Podemos,he has served as MP in the 11th,12th and 13th terms of the Congress of Deputies representing Madrid.
Galicia en Común was a left-wing alliance in Galicia formed by Podemos and United Left (EU) as a successor to the En Marea alliance,which after turning into a party broke up from their three constituent parties in early 2019 as a result of political and leadership differences. The alliance has contested the April 2019 and November 2019 Spanish general elections under the En Común–Unidas Podemos label,and it also exists as a sub-group within the Unidas Podemos confederal parliamentary group in the Congress of Deputies. In September 2019,Podemos and EU,together with Renewal–Nationalist Brotherhood,comprised the Grupo Común da Esquerda parliamentary group,and the alliance is scheduled to be renewed ahead of the 2020 Galician regional election.
Roser Maestro Moliner is a Spanish communist politician and member of the Congress of Deputies since the 13th legislature. She is a member of the United Left of the Valencian Country and the Communist Party of the Valencian Country.
Yolanda Díaz Pérez is a Spanish politician and labour lawyer,currently serving as Second Deputy Prime Minister since 2021,and Minister of Labour and Social Economy of the Government of Spain since 2020. A member of the Congress of Deputies since 2016,she has previously been a Ferrol municipal councillor (2003–2012) and member of the Parliament of Galicia (2012–2016). She was the National Coordinator of Esquerda Unida (EU) from 2005 to 2017. In 2023,she founded the electoral platform Sumar,which she currently leads.
JoséLuis Centella Gómez is a Communist Party of Spain (PCE) politician. He served in the Congress of Deputies from 1995 to 2004 and 2011 to 2015. He was his party's secretary general from 2009 to 2018,subsequently becoming its president.
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.
