Héctor Illueca Ballester (born 8 August 1975) is a Spanish labour inspector and politician. He served as Director of the Labour and Social Security Inspectorate from February 2020 to September 2021. Previously, he served as member of the

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and

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within the Confederal Unidas Podemos-En Comú Podem-Galicia en Común Parliamentary Group.

Biography

Born on 8 August 1975 in

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, he earned a PhD in law at the

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(UV). Illueca —a labour inspector and professor at the UV— was a member of the , founded by

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. In 2018, he co-authored along and Julio Anguita a series of provocative pieces directing criticism towards the

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while defending several measures taken by the Italian government of coalition between the Northern League and

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that subsequently set a fierce intellectual controversy within the Spanish left-wing public sphere. He ran as candidate to the

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vis-à-vis the 2019 general election, 1st in the

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list in the constituency of

; he was elected and became a member of the

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, joining the Confederal Unidas Podemos-En Comú Podem-Galicia en Común Parliamentary Group. On 30 July 2019 he was elected to chair the Committee on Labour, Migrations and Social Security of the Congress of Deputies. On 21 January 2020, the labour minister

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appointed him as Director-General of the Labour and Social Security Inspectorate, withdrawing from his position as member of parliament. He was sworn in on 3 February 2020.

Works

; Coauthored books * * *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Illueca Ballester, Hector 1975 births Living people Members of the 13th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 14th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Podemos (Spanish political party) politicians University of Valencia alumni Politicians from the Valencian Community