Ángel Pérez Martínez (born 2 October 1954) is a Spanish United Left (IU) politician. He is the organisation's spokesman on

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City Council, after having developed different positions inside the organisation. He is also a member of the

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(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

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officer and worked in the

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as a driver before entering professional politics. He is also a member of the

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trade union. Pérez joined the PCE in 1972, leaving the party in the 1980s to join the

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(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

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(PCE's Federation in the

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) 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

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obtaining 16.02% of the votes and 17 seats in the

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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

List for IU and was elected. In 2007, Perez was chosen as candidate for

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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

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References

External links

Pérez page at ElPais newspaper
1954 births Living people Politicians from Madrid Members of the 8th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Communist Party of Spain politicians United Left (Spain) politicians Members of the 4th Assembly of Madrid Members of the 5th Assembly of Madrid Madrid city councillors (2007–2011) Madrid city councillors (2011–2015) Members of the United Left Parliamentary Group (Assembly of Madrid) {{Madrid-politician-stub