Rafael "Rafa" Mayoral Perales (born 1974) 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

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representing

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Biography

Born on 26 March 1974 in

, he earned a

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in Law at the

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(UCM). He led the Madrid regional organization of the Communist Youth in the 1990s, where he met

Pablo Iglesias Turrión Pablo Iglesias Turrión (; born 17 October 1978) is a Spanish political scientist and former politician. During his political career, he served as Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, Second Deputy Prime Minister and as Ministry of Social Aff ...

. In 2010 he headed a list to the 8th Congress of the

Communist Party of Madrid Communist Party of Madrid (in Spanish: ''Partido Comunista de Madrid''), is the federation of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) in the Community of Madrid. External linksPCM website Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous ci ...

(PCM), but Daniel Álvarez Morcillo, a Madrid municipal councillor adept to the orthodox line represented by Ángel Pérez, became the new Secretary-General of the PCM, with Mayoral retreating and ultimately calling for endorsement to

Mauricio Valiente Mauricio Valiente Ots (born 1966) is a Spanish lawyer, activist and politician, member of United Left (Spain), United Left (IU) and the Communist Party of Spain (PCE). 3rd deputy Mayor of the Ayuntamiento of Madrid, Madrid City Council and counci ...

. He has worked as lawyer for Ecuadorian neighbour associations against evictions, with Mayoral later becoming a member of the Madrid branch of the

Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH; Platform for People Affected by Mortgages) is a Spanish grassroots organization that takes direct action to stop evictions and campaigns for housing rights. The PAH was set up in Barcelona in February ...

(PAH), a grassroots anti-eviction movement. He joined Podemos in the Spring of 2014, along

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, both active members in the PAH. In November 2014, following the results of the Podemos' Citizen Assembly ''Sí Se Puede'', Mayoral became a member of the state-wide "Citizen Council", the top body overseeing the party between the celebration of assemblies (congresses). Mayoral ran 5th in the Podemos list in

for the December 2015 Congressional election. Elected, he became a member of the 11th term of the

, the Lower House of the

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. He renovated his seat at the June 2016 and April 2019 general elections, in which he ran 6th and 5th in the

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and the

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lists in Madrid, respectively.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mayoral, Rafael Members of the 11th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 12th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 13th Congress of Deputies (Spain) 1974 births Living people Politicians from Madrid Podemos (Spanish political party) politicians Complutense University of Madrid alumni Members of the 14th Congress of Deputies (Spain)