The 2016 Spanish general election was held on Sunday,26 June 2016,to elect the 12th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election,as well as 208 of 266 seats in the Senate.
Podemos is a left-wing populist political party in Spain. Part of the anti-austerity movement in Spain,it was founded in January 2014 by political scientist Pablo Iglesias Turrión and other academics in the aftermath of the 15-M Movement protests against inequality and corruption.
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.
The 2015 Aragonese regional election was held on Sunday,24 May 2015,to elect the 9th Cortes of the autonomous community of Aragon. All 67 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
The 2019 Valencian regional election was held on Sunday,28 April 2019,to elect the 10th Corts of the Valencian Community. All 99 seats in the Corts were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with the April 2019 Spanish general election. This was the first early regional election ever held in the Valencian Community,as well as the first Valencian election to not be held concurrently with other regional elections.
Íñigo Errejón Galván is a Spanish political scientist and politician,serving as member of the 14th Congress of Deputies.
Attempts to form a government in Spain followed the inconclusive Spanish general election of 20 December 2015,which failed to deliver an overall majority for any political party. As a result,the previous People's Party (PP) cabinet headed by Mariano Rajoy was forced to remain in a caretaker capacity until the election of a new government.
A motion of no confidence in the Spanish government of Mariano Rajoy was debated and voted in the Congress of Deputies between 13 and 14 June 2017. It was brought by Unidos Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias as a result of a corruption case involving high-ranking People's Party (PP) officials,amid accusations of maneuvers from the Rajoy government to influence the judicial system in order to cover-up the scandal. This was the third vote of no confidence held in Spain since the country's transition to democracy—after the unsuccessful 1980 and 1987 ones—as well as the first not to be registered by the main opposition party at the time.
Irene María Montero Gil is a Spanish politician and psychologist,member of the Podemos party. She most recently served as the Minister of Equality of Spain from 13 January 2020 to 20 November 2023. She is the partner of Pablo Iglesias,one of the founders and former leader of her party.
The 2023 Aragonese regional election was held on Sunday,28 May 2023,to elect the 11th Cortes of the autonomous community of Aragon. All 67 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
Pablo Bustinduy Amador is a Spanish politician,formerly a member of Podemos,he now is now part of Sumar. He has been member of the 11th,12th and 14th Congress of Deputies,representing Madrid.
The November 2019 Spanish general election was held on Sunday,10 November 2019,to elect the 14th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election,as well as 208 of 265 seats in the Senate.
On 16 February 2021,the Catalan rapper Pablo Hasél was arrested and imprisoned in his hometown of Lleida,Catalonia for two final sentences by order of the Audiencia Nacional in Madrid:a 2-year prison sentence for glorification of terrorism in his songs and a second sentence of 9 months in prison for glorification of terrorism in a song and several tweets,as well as a fine of 10,800 euros for Lèse-majestéand another of 6,750 euros for insulting state institutions,which add up to days in prison for each instalment he fails to pay. His imprisonment sparked a wave of protests and has coincided with the government's announcement of a reform of crimes related to freedom of expression.
Ione Belarra Urteaga is a Spanish politician and psychologist from Podemos who currently serves as Minister of Social Rights and 2030 Agenda. She has been her party's leader since June 2021.
Juan Pedro Yllanes Suárez is a Spanish former judge and politician. He presided over cases in his native Andalusia and in the Balearic Islands. He served in the Congress of Deputies from 2016 to 2019,and as the Vice President of the Balearic Islands from 2019 to 2023. He was elected on the lists of Podemos,though he was never a member of the party.
María Eugenia "Maru" Díaz Calvo is a Spanish politician for the party Podemos. First elected to the Cortes of Aragon in 2015,she led the party in the 2019 election,and was subsequently made Minister of Science,University and Knowledge Society in the Second government of Javier Lambán.
Drago Project is a political party of the Canary Islands created by former Podemos secretary Alberto Rodríguez Rodríguez on 24 October 2022. The party plans to run for the regional elections in Spain in 2023.
Violeta Barba Borderías is a Spanish lawyer and former politician of the Podemos party. Formerly the leader of the youth sector of the United Left of Aragon,she joined Podemos and was elected to the Cortes of Aragon in the 2015 election,becoming president of the Cortes (speaker) the following year;she was the first woman and youngest person in the office. She ran for mayor in the 2019 Zaragoza City Council election but resigned days after only winning two seats,and returned to the legal profession.
Jorge Pueyo Sanz is a Spanish lawyer,politician,television presenter. He has collaborated in Charrín Charrán and currently presents A escampar la boira. Since 2023 he has been a deputy in the XV Legislature for Sumar.
