Ángel Pérez Martínez
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Ángel Pérez Martínez is a Spanish United Left
(IU) politician. He is currently 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).
Ángel Pérez was born in Madrid on 2 October 1954. He is married and has two children. He has a professional qualification as industrial chemistry
officer and worked in the Madrid Metro
as a driver before entering professional politics.He is also a member of the Workers' Commissions
trade union.
Pérez joined the PCE in 1972, leaving the party in the 1980s to join the Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain
(PCPE) where he reached the position of Central Committee
Organisational Secretary. At the end of the 1980s Pérez together with most of the PCPE rejoined the PCE. In 1992 he was elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of Madrid
(PCE's Federation in the Community of Madrid) a position which he retained until 1997. In 1993 he was elected General Coordinator of IU of the Community of Madrid (IU-CM).
In 1995 Pérez was IU's candidate for President of Madrid obtaining 16.02% of the votes and 17 seats in the Madrid Assembly
that being one of the IU's best results in the Community of Madrid. As a deputy Pérez was leader of the IU parliamentary group. In 1999 Pérez stood again but the IU vote fell to 7.86% of the votes and 8 seats. In 2001 Pérez resigned from his position as General Coordinator of IU-CM but continued as leader in the Assembly and continued as the Federation's strong man. In the 2004 general election Perez was second on the Madrid
List for IU http://www.elpais.com/articulo/madrid/ingel/Perez/sera/numero/lista/IU/Madrid/alcaldesa/San/Fernando/ira/elpepuespmad/20040123elpmad_15/Tes and was elected. In 2007 Perez was chosen as candidate for Mayor of Madrid in the 2007 local elections. In the elections IU obtained 8.68% of the votes and 5 councillors, making him the spokesman in the city council and resigning from his position as a deputy.
United Left (Spain)
The United Left is a political coalition that was organized in 1986 bringing together several political organisations opposed to Spain joining NATO. It was formed by a number of groups of leftists, greens, left-wing socialists and republicans, but was dominated by the Communist Party of Spain...
(IU) politician. He is currently the organisation's spokesman on Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
City Council, after having developed different positions inside the organisation. He is also a member of the Communist Party of Spain(PCE).
Ángel Pérez was born in Madrid on 2 October 1954. He is married and has two children. He has a professional qualification as industrial chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
officer and worked in the Madrid Metro
Madrid Metro
The Madrid Metro is a metro system serving the city of Madrid, capital of Spain. The system is the sixth longest metro in the world though Madrid is approximately the fiftieth most populous metropolitan area in the world...
as a driver before entering professional politics.He is also a member of the Workers' Commissions
Workers' Commissions
The Workers' Commissions since the 1970s has become the largest trade union in Spain. It has more than one million members and is the most successful union in labor elections, competing with the socialist Unión General de Trabajadores , with the syndicalist Confederación General del Trabajo ...
trade union.
Pérez joined the PCE in 1972, leaving the party in the 1980s to join the Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain is a communist political party in Spain. PCPE was founded out of the unification of several Marxist-Leninist factions. The youth organization is called the Collectives of Communist Youth.On December 13–15 of 1984 a "Communist Unity Congress" was held...
(PCPE) where he reached the position of Central Committee
Central Committee
Central Committee was the common designation of a standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, whether ruling or non-ruling in the twentieth century and of the surviving, mostly Trotskyist, states in the early twenty first. In such party organizations the...
Organisational Secretary. At the end of the 1980s Pérez together with most of the PCPE rejoined the PCE. In 1992 he was elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of Madrid
Communist Party of Madrid
Communist Party of Madrid , is the federation of the Communist Party of Spain in the Community of Madrid....
(PCE's Federation in the Community of Madrid) a position which he retained until 1997. In 1993 he was elected General Coordinator of IU of the Community of Madrid (IU-CM).
In 1995 Pérez was IU's candidate for President of Madrid obtaining 16.02% of the votes and 17 seats in the Madrid Assembly
Madrid Assembly
The Madrid Assembly is the unicameral regional legislature of the Autonomous Community of Madrid since the approval of the Madrid Charter of Autonomy in 1983....
that being one of the IU's best results in the Community of Madrid. As a deputy Pérez was leader of the IU parliamentary group. In 1999 Pérez stood again but the IU vote fell to 7.86% of the votes and 8 seats. In 2001 Pérez resigned from his position as General Coordinator of IU-CM but continued as leader in the Assembly and continued as the Federation's strong man. In the 2004 general election Perez was second on the Madrid
Madrid (Spanish Congress Electoral District)
Madrid is one of the 52 electoral districts used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies - the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It has the largest electorate of all the 52 districts. Madrid is the largest city...
List for IU http://www.elpais.com/articulo/madrid/ingel/Perez/sera/numero/lista/IU/Madrid/alcaldesa/San/Fernando/ira/elpepuespmad/20040123elpmad_15/Tes and was elected. In 2007 Perez was chosen as candidate for Mayor of Madrid in the 2007 local elections. In the elections IU obtained 8.68% of the votes and 5 councillors, making him the spokesman in the city council and resigning from his position as a deputy.