Álvaro Sanz (politician)
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Álvaro Sanz Remón (born 29 August 1977) is a Spanish politician of the United Left (IU). He was a member of the Congress of Deputies (2014–2015) and was elected to the Cortes of Aragon in 2019. He was coordinator of the United Left of Aragon from 2017 to 2025.
Sanz was born in Ejea de los Caballeros in the Province of Zaragoza. He became active in youth politics aged 13, and continued his anti-militarist activism at 19 when he moved to Zaragoza to study. He worked for a year at Unión de Agricultores y Ganaderos de Aragón (UAGA), a workers' cooperative.[1]
Sanz worked for the United Left (IU) in various roles at local and comarcal level.[1] In July 2014, due to the Plural Left pact between IU and the Chunta Aragonesista (CHA), Sanz replaced the latter's Chesús Yuste [es] in the Congress of Deputies.[2] The pact ran in 2015 as the Popular Unity and lost its seat.[3]
In March 2017, Sanz was elected coordinator of the United Left of Aragon with 55% of the vote against a competing candidacy from Jorge Sanz, replacing Adolfo Barrena after 15 years.[4] His party contested the 2019 Aragonese regional election separately to Podemos, who could not agree on a joint list.[1] He retained their one seat in the Cortes of Aragon.[5] He voted in favour of Javier Lambán remaining President of the Government of Aragon; Lamban's Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) formed a four-party government with Podemos, CHA and the Aragonese Party (PAR), with Sanz not joining in as he felt that the PSOE would not lean sufficiently to the left and needed checks in order to not drift to the right.[6]
Sanz was re-elected to his party position unopposed in 2021.[7] He retained his seat with a lower vote in the 2023 Aragonese regional election.[8] On 18 October 2025, he announced that he would not contest re-election as leader of the United Left of Aragon at their assembly the following month.[9]
References
- 1 2 3 "Álvaro Sanz, el candidato que llegó de la ruptura con Podemos" [Álvaro Sanz, the candidate who arrived from the break with Podemos]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 8 May 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ↑ "Sanz releva a Yuste como diputado al Congreso de La izquierda de Aragón" [Sanz replaces Yuste as deputy in Congress for the Left of Aragon]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Europa Press. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ↑ "PP gana en Zaragoza, con un diputado menos, y entran Podemos y Ciudadanos" [PP win in Zaragoza, with one deputy fewer, and Podemos and Citizens enter]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 21 December 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ↑ "Álvaro Sanz, elegido coordinador de IU Aragón en un proceso ajustado" [Álvaro Sanz, elected coordinator of IU Aragon in a tight result]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). EFE. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ↑ Santos, Ibán (27 May 2019). "Las nuevas Cortes de Aragón: estos son los nuevos diputados" [The new Cortes of Aragon: these are the new deputies]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ↑ Ortega, Javier (31 July 2019). "Javier Lambán es reelegido presidente de Aragón con los votos del PSOE, Podemos, CHA, PAR e Izquierda Unida" [Javier Lambán is reelected President of Aragon with the votes of PSOE, Podemos, CHA, PAR and the United Left]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ↑ Carnicero, Laura (27 November 2021). "Álvaro Sanz, reelegido líder de IU Aragón: "IU se va a dejar la piel para lograr frentes amplios"" [Álvaro Sanz, reelected leader of IU Aragon: "IU will fight tooth and nail to achieve broad fronts"]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ↑ Rodríguez, M.; Ayala, M. C. (29 May 2023). "Las nuevas Cortes de Aragón: estos son los diputados" [The new Cortes of Aragon: these are the deputies]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ↑ "Álvaro Sanz no repetirá como coordinador general de Izquierda Unida en Aragón" [Álvaro Sanz will not run again for coordinator-general of the United Left in Aragon]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 18 October 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2026.