Gregorio "Goyo" Gordo Pradel (19 August 1958 – 20 May 2021) was a Spanish politician and trade unionist. A member of the

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from 2007 to 2015, he led the

United Left of the Community of Madrid United Left of the Community of Madrid ( es, Izquierda Unida Comunidad de Madrid, IU–CM or IUCM) was the regional branch in the Community of Madrid The Community of Madrid (; es, Comunidad de Madrid ) is one of the seventeen autonomous com ...

from 2009 to 2012.

Biography

Born on 19 August 1958 in

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, he joined the

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(CC.OO.) in 1976. Gordo, who dropped out from his university studies in Law, worked in a goldsmith workshop from 1976 to 1983. He later became a public officer of the

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. He became a member of the

Communist Party of Spain The Communist Party of Spain ( es, Partido Comunista de España; PCE) is a Marxist-Leninist party that, since 1986, has been part of the United Left coalition, which is part of Unidas Podemos. It currently has two of its politicians serving as ...

in 1983 and also was a founding member of United Left. He was elected in the 1991 municipal election in

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and became a city councillor, serving as such until 2003. He ran second on the United Left list for the

2007 Madrilenian regional election The 2007 Madrilenian regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 8th Assembly of the Community of Madrid. All 120 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelv ...

led by

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, becoming member of the 8th

. He became the new coordinator-general of United Left in March 2015, after his election among the members of their political council (107 positive votes, 7 abstentions). The post had been vacant for a while following the resignation of Fernando Marín in 2008. He ran first in the United Left–The Greens list for the

2011 Madrilenian regional election The 2011 Madrilenian regional election was held on Sunday, 22 May 2011, to elect the 9th Assembly of the Community of Madrid. All 129 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelv ...

, renovating his seat in the regional legislature for its 9th term. In February 2015, following the credit card misuse scandal of

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successor to the Madrid Savings Bank

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and the direct implication of the bank's vice-chairman and several other forma board members elected on behalf of the United Left, the national leadership accused the regional leadership of lack of action regarding the activities of its members of the bank, asking for Gordo's resignation. This led to his precautionary suspension of membership in the Communist Party, and his final expulsion from United Left on the basis of a "serious misconduct", following his refusal to renounce to his posts in the organization after repeated requirements by the United Left Federal Council. In January 2018, informal meetings between Gordo and

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, Secretary-General of the

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of the Community of Madrid 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) ...

(PSOE-M) were reported. He died from cancer at a hospital in

on 20 May 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gordo Pradel, Gregorio Members of the 8th Assembly of Madrid Members of the 9th Assembly of Madrid City councillors in the Community of Madrid Members of the United Left Parliamentary Group (Assembly of Madrid) Members of the United Left–The Greens Parliamentary Group (Assembly of Madrid) Communist Party of Spain politicians 1958 births 2021 deaths