Alonso José Puerta Gutiérrez (born 1944) is a Spanish politician. Born on 24 March 1944 in

Avilés Avilés (; ) is a town in Asturias, Spain. Avilés is, along with Oviedo and Gijón, one of the main cities in the Principality of Asturias. The town occupies the flattest land in the municipality, partially in a land that belonged to the sea, ...

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. Puerta was initially a

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(PSOE) member and was elected for that party to the Spanish Congress of Deputies at the 1977 general election representing

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. He was the leader of the Madrid regional branch of the party, the

Madrilenian Socialist Federation The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of the Community of Madrid ( es, Partido Socialista Obrero Español de la Comunidad de Madrid, PSOE–M), from 2004 to 2015 the Socialist Party of Madrid ( es, link=no, Partido Socialista de Madrid, PSM–PSOE) ...

, from 1977 to 1979. Puerta ran as candidate in the PSOE list for the 1979 Madrid City Council election and, elected, he served as municipal councillor from 19 April 1979 to 9 October 1981. He left the party and joined United Left. He was a member of the

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from 1987 to 2004.

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1944 births Local politicians in Spain Living people Madrid city councillors (1979–1983) Members of the constituent Congress of Deputies (Spain) MEPs for Spain 1987–1989 MEPs for Spain 1989–1994 MEPs for Spain 1999–2004 People from Avilés Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians United Left (Spain) MEPs {{Madrid-politician-stub