Raimundo Viejo Viñas (born August 15, 1969, in Vigo, Spain) is a Spanish activist, university professor, editor, and politician. He served as a councilor for the City Council of Barcelona in 2015 and as a deputy in the XI legislature of the Cortes Generales.
Raimundo Viejo | |
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| Deputy in the XI legislature of the Cortes Generales | |
| Assumed office 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 15, 1969 Vigo, Spain |
| Political party | Barcelona en Comú |
| Occupation | Politician, |
Biography
editBorn in Vigo on August 15, 1969,[1][2] Raimundo Viejo Viñas had a maternal grandfather who was one of the founders of Editorial Galaxia, while his father was a mining engineer and his mother, a high school teacher.[3] He earned a degree in Geography and History from the University of Santiago and completed his doctorate in Political Science at the University of Humboldt.[4] Viejo, who relocated to Barcelona in 2005,[2] is a professor at the University of Girona[5] and an editor at Artefakte.[2] He was among the signatories of the manifesto "Mover Ficha" that led to the inception of Podemos,[6] subsequently joining the party's national governing body in November 2014.[7]
Ranked sixth on the Barcelona en Comú candidacy in the municipal elections of 2015, Raimundo Viejo Viñas was elected councilor of the City Council of Barcelona. He assumed the position overseeing the City Council's Education department and served as the representative for the Gracia district.[8][9]
Viejo later resigned from his councilor position to run as a candidate for deputy representing the electoral constituency of Barcelona on the En Comú Podem coalition list for the general elections of 2015, and he was elected as a member of parliament.[1][8]
References
edit- ^ a b "XI Legislatura (2016-Actualidad) Viejo Viñas, Raimundo. Congreso de los Diputados". congreso.es.
- ^ a b c Blanchar, Clara (2015-09-16). "Raimundo Viejo proyecta dejar el Ayuntamiento por el Congreso". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ "Los orígenes gallegos de Podemos". Diario ABC (in Spanish). 2014-11-23. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ Internet, Unidad Editorial. "Los rostros de la precariedad universitaria". www.elmundo.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ "Pablo Iglesias incluye al gallego Raimundo Viejo en su lista para liderar Podemos". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 2014-11-09. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ "Intelectuales y activistas llaman a "recuperar la soberanía popular" con una candidatura para las europeas". www.publico.es. 2014-01-14. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ "Podemos Cataluña quiere presentarse en solitario a las elecciones catalanas si se adelantan y rechaza unas plebiscitarias". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ a b Blanchar, Clara (2015-10-30). "Eloi Badia, nuevo concejal de Colau tras la salida de Raimundo Viejo". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ "Raimundo Viejo dimite como concejal del Ayuntamiento de Barcelona". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2015-10-30. Retrieved 2023-12-01.