Juan Antonio López de Uralde Garmendia (born 8 September 1963) is a Spanish politician interested in ecological issues. He was spokesperson of

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Spain from 2001 to 2010. He was first elected to the

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in 2015. He has represented

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in Congress for Podemos since the

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, being re-elected in

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and

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. He is a member of the

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. He was previously a member of another green party,

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, but left after it decided to break with the Podemos electoral coalition in the run up to the

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. Following a poor showing in the

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, doubts were expressed about the future of Podemos as an electoral coalition. The Green Alliance along with Greens Equo joined the Sumar electoral platform for the 2023 general election. In June an agreement was reached between Sumar and Podemos.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez de Uralde, Juan Living people 1963 births Members of the 12th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 13th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 14th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Equo politicians Members of the 11th Congress of Deputies (Spain) People associated with Greenpeace Politicians from San Sebastián