List of LGBTQ politicians in Spain

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This is a list of lesbian, gay, and bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Spaniards who have served in the Spanish Cortes Generales, the Spanish government or the regional parliaments.

As of May 2026, 40 members of the LGBT community are known to have held office in the Spanish Cortes Generales. In the Congress, 30 LGBT people held office; in the Senate, 16 held office. Six people, Jerónimo Saavedra, Miriam Blasco, Antonio Hurtado, María Freixanet, Javier Maroto, Raúl Díaz and Jaime de los Santos have served in both Chambers. The earliest known LGBT congressperson was Jerónimo Saavedra, who is also the earliest known openly LGBT senator, although he was not out during his tenure as deputy. The earliest openly LGBT deputy is therefore Ernesto Gasco. Following the 2023 elections, Carla Antonelli became the first trans person to serve in either chamber of the Spanish legislature. As of 3 October 2025, there are 8 openly LGBT members of the 15th Congress: 6 of them belong to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party or the Socialists' Party of Catalonia and two belong to the People's Party; and three openly LGBT senators, one from the People's Party, one from the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and one from the regionalist Más Madrid.

Senate

All senators listed served as open members of the LGBT community unless otherwise specified:

† Came out after serving

‡ Posthumously identified as LGBT

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Jerónimo Saavedra Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Regional designation

(Canary Islands)

 July 20, 1999 July 22, 2003 Saavedra became the first openly LGBT senator and the first openly LGBT politician of Spain after the Franco dictatorship.[1]
Miriam Blasco† People's Party Elected (Valencia) March 12, 2000 September 26, 2011 Blasco came out in 2017, when she announced she was married since 2015 to her former rival from the 1992 Olympics, Nicola Fairbrother, after 22 years of relationship. She was previously married to a man, Alfredo Aracil. During her tenure, she voted against the same-sex marriage bill.
Antonio Hurtado Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Elected (Córdoba) March 9, 2008 September 26, 2011 Hurtado is openly gay.[2]
Jesús Martín Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Elected (Ciudad Real) November 20, 2011 Incumbent Martín is openly gay.[3]
Pilar Lima Podemos Regional designation

(Valencia)

 July 22, 2015 May 15, 2019 Lima became the first openly lesbian senator.[4]
María Freixanet Catalonia in Common Elected (Barcelona) December 20, 2015 May 21, 2019 Freixanet is openly lesbian.[5]
Iñaki Oyarzabal People's Party Elected (Álava) June 26, 2016 March 5, 2019 Oyarzábal recognised his homosexuality in June 2012, after agreeing to appear in the list of most influential gay Spaniards.[6]
Hipólito Suárez People's Party Elected (Gran Canaria) June 26, 2016 March 4, 2019 Suárez is openly gay.[7]
Eduardo Rubiño Más Madrid Regional designation

(Madrid)

 July 11, 2019 July 12, 2021 Rubiño is openly gay.[8]
Raúl Díaz Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Regional designation

(La Rioja)

 July 23, 2019 January 10, 2022 Díaz is openly gay.[9][10]
Javier Maroto People's Party Regional designation

(Castile and León)

 July 24, 2019 Incumbent
Pablo Ruz People's Party Elected (Alicante) November 11, 2019 May 29, 2023 Ruz is openly gay[11][12]
Koldo Martínez Geroa Bai Regional designation

(Navarre)

 November 11, 2019 August 17, 2023 Martínez is openly gay.[13]
Jaime de los Santos People's Party Regional designation

(Madrid)

 July 9, 2021 May 29, 2023
Carla Antonelli Más Madrid Regional designation

(Madrid)

 August 17, 2023 Incumbent Antonelli became the first trans person to serve in the Spanish Cortes Generales
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Congress of Deputies

All deputies listed served as open members of the LGBT community unless otherwise specified:

† Came out after serving

‡ Posthumously identified as LGBT

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Jerónimo Saavedra† Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Las Palmas June 15, 1977 May 26, 1983 Saavedra came out later in the 2000, during his tenure as Senator.
March 3, 1996 July 6, 1999
Miquel Iceta† Socialists' Party of Catalonia Barcelona March 27, 1996 November 5, 1999 Iceta came out on November 13, 1999.[5]
Ernesto Gasco Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Gipuzkoa April 1, 2008 May 14, 2009 Gasco was the first Spanish deputy to openly serve. His domestic partnership with his boyfriend in 2003 became the first one of that kind.[14] In 2005, after the approval of the same-sex marriage bill, they became the first same-sex marriage of two politicians in Spain.[15] When he was elected in 2008, he became the first married gay deputy.
Ángeles Álvarez Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Madrid December 13, 2011 October 27, 2015 Álvarez married her girlfriend on October 28, 2005, the first female same-sex marriage officiated at the Madrid City Council following the approval of the same-sex marriage bill.[16]
July 19, 2016 March 3, 2019
Antonio Hurtado Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Córdoba December 13, 2011 March 5, 2019
February 25, 2020 May 30, 2023
Felipe Sicilia Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Jaén December 13, 2011 May 30, 2023 Sicilia is openly gay.[17]
Miriam Blasco† People's Party Alicante December 13, 2011 October 27, 2015
Ricardo Sixto United Left Valencia December 13, 2011 May 20, 2019 Sixto is openly gay.[18]
José Manuel Girela Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Seville July 8, 2014 October 27, 2015 Girela is openly gay.[5]
Adrián Barbón Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Asturias September 29, 2015 October 27, 2015 [19]
Lucía Martín In Common We Can Barcelona December 20, 2015 April 21, 2019 Martín is openly LGBT.[20]
María Such Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Valencia January 5, 2016 August 8, 2016 Such married her girlfriend in 2020.[21]
María del Mar García Podemos Barcelona January 13, 2016 May 30, 2023 García is openly bisexual.[17]
Ángela Rodríguez Podemos Pontevedra January 13, 2016 May 21, 2019 Rodríguez "Pam" is openly bisexual.[22]
Sergi Miquel Catalan European Democratic Party Girona July 5, 2016 May 30, 2023 Miquel is openly gay.[17]
Joan Mena Catalonia in Common Barcelona July 13, 2016 May 30, 2023 Mena is openly gay.[17]
Javier Maroto People's Party Álava October 18, 2016 March 5, 2019 Maroto announced his marriage with his 19-year partner in June 2015.[23] Representatives from the conservative People's Party assisted to the wedding, sparkling criticism after their known opposition to the same-sex marriage law.[24]
Arnau Ramírez Socialists' Party of Catalonia Barcelona May 21, 2019 Incumbent Ramírez is openly gay.[17]
María Freixanet Catalonia in Common Barcelona May 21, 2019 September 24, 2019 Freixanet is openly lesbian.[5]
Sergio Sayas Navarra Suma

(until March 1, 2022)

 Navarre May 21, 2019 May 30, 2023 Sayas is openly gay.[25]
Independent

(March 1, 2022 - August 17, 2023)

People's Party August 17, 2023 Incumbent
Fernando Grande-Marlaska Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Cádiz May 21, 2019 February 21, 2020 Grande-Marlaska is openly gay, and married his boyfriend in 2005 following the approval of the same-sex marriage law.[26]
August 17, 2023 December 6, 2023
Francisco Polo Socialists' Party of Catalonia Barcelona May 21, 2019 January 27, 2020 Polo is openly gay.[27]
Pablo Montesinos People's Party Málaga May 21, 2019 April 21, 2022 Montesinos is openly LGBT[28]
Antidio Fagúndez Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Zamora December 3, 2019 Incumbent Fagúndez is openly gay.[29]
Pedro Casares Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Cantabria December 3, 2019 Jul 29, 2025 Casares is openly gay.[30]
Raquel Pedraja Spanish Socialist Workers' Party La Rioja February 18, 2020 May 30, 2023 Pedraja is openly lesbian.[17]
Lázaro Azorín Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Alicante February 25, 2020 Incumbent Azorín is openly gay.[31]
Raúl Díaz Spanish Socialist Workers' Party La Rioja August 17, 2023 Incumbent Díaz is openly gay.[9][32]
Jaime de los Santos People's Party Madrid August 17, 2023 Incumbent
Víctor Gutiérrez Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Madrid December 5, 2023 Incumbent Gutiérrez is openly gay[33] since 2016, when he became the first openly gay elite Spanish sportsman.
Gabriel Arrúe Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Biscay June 10, 2025 Incumbent Arrúe is openly LGBT.[34]
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Government

In addition, several members of the Spanish government, present in the Spanish Cortes Generales but without right to vote, have belonged to the LGBT community.

All ministers listed served as open members of the LGBT community unless otherwise specified:

† Came out after serving

‡ Posthumously identified as LGBT

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Jerónimo Saavedra† Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Minister of Public Administrations July 14, 1993 July 3, 1995
Minister of Education and Science July 3, 1995 May 5, 1996
Miguel Sebastián† Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Minister of Industry, Tourism and Trade April 14, 2008 December 22, 2011
Màxim Huerta Independent Minister of Culture and Sport June 7, 2018 June 14, 2018 Huerta is openly gay.[35]
Fernando Grande-Marlaska Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Minister of the Interior June 7, 2018 Incumbent
Miquel Iceta Socialists' Party of Catalonia Minister of Territorial Policy and Civil Service January 27, 2021 July 12, 2021
Minister of Culture and Sport July 12, 2021 November 21, 2023
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Andalusian Parliament

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Felipe Sicilia Spanish Socialist Workers' Party October 10, 2007 April 1, 2008
September 25, 2009 December 1, 2011
Antonio Maíllo United Left April 16, 2015 June 18, 2019 Maíllo is openly gay.[36]
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Aragonese Cortes

Basque Parliament

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Iñaki Oyarzabal People's Party May 31, 1996 June 26, 2016 Oyarzabal came out in 2012.
Javier Maroto† People's Party November 20, 2012 June 30, 2015
Eukene Arana Elkarrekin Podemos October 21, 2016 February 11, 2020 Arana is openly lesbian and mother of twins.[37]
Ikoitz Arrese EH Bildu August 3, 2020 Incumbent Arrese is openly LGBT[38]
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Canarian Parliament

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Senator Party Term Notes
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Jerónimo Saavedra† Spanish Socialist Workers' Party May 8, 1983 July 14, 1993
June 13, 1999 May 25, 2003
Noelia García† People's Party April 12, 2000 May 25, 2003
Hipólito Suárez People's Party June 25, 2019 Incumbent
Omar López González Spanish Socialist Workers' Party June 25, 2019 October 7, 2019
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Cortes of Castile-La Mancha

Cortes of Castile and León

Extremaduran Assembly

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Víctor Manuel Casco United Left July 21, 2011 March 30, 2015 Casco came out while defending a proposal related to the defense of the Human Rights of LGBT people.[39]
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General Junta of the Principality of Asturias

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Adrián Barbón Spanish Socialist Workers' Party June 24, 2019 Incumbent [19]
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Madrid Assembly

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Carla Antonelli Spanish Socialist Workers' Party June 7, 2011 June 8, 2021 When elected, Antonelli became the first trans person appointed to a legislature in Spain, and was reelected in 2015 and 2019.[40] She failed to retain her seat following the 2021 regional election. She is the first and to date only trans person to serve in any regional or national legislature in Spain.
Más Madrid June 14, 2023 Incumbent
Eduardo Rubiño Más Madrid June 9, 2015 June 12, 2023
Beatriz Gimeno Podemos June 9, 2015 June 13, 2023 Historical activist, she is openly lesbian.[41] She was married from 2005 to 2012.
Jaime de los Santos People's Party June 11, 2019 Incumbent De los Santos is openly gay.[42]
Purificación Causapié Spanish Socialist Workers' Party June 11, 2019 June 13, 2023 Causapié is openly lesbian.[43]
Paloma García Villa Unidas Podemos February 6, 2020 June 13, 2023 García Villa is openly LGBT.[44]
Santiago Rivero Spanish Socialist Workers' Party June 8, 2021 Incumbent Rivero is openly gay.[45]
Jimena González Más Madrid June 14, 2023 Incumbent González is a trans activist[46]
Guillermo Martín Spanish Socialist Workers' Party June 14, 2023 Incumbent Martín is openly LGBT
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Parliament of Cantabria

Parliament of Catalonia

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Senator Party Term Notes
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Miquel Iceta Socialists' Party of Catalonia November 5, 1999 January 26, 2021
Antoni Comín Socialists' Party of Catalonia June 28, 2004 October 5, 2010 Comín came out in 2006.[47]
Together for Catalonia October 26, 2015 July 30, 2018
Santiago Vila Democratic Convergence of Catalonia November 10, 2006 February 12, 2013 Vila is openly gay.[48]
Jaume Collboni Socialists' Party of Catalonia December 16, 2010 March 14, 2014 Collboni is openly gay and was married until 2016.[49]
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Parliament of Galicia

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Iria Carreira Galician Nationalist Bloc August 11, 2020 Incumbent
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Parliament of La Rioja

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Raúl Díaz Spanish Socialist Workers' Party July 1, 2015 Incumbent
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Parliament of Navarre

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Deputy Party Term Notes
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Sergio Sayas Navarrese People's Union June 18, 2007 May 13, 2019
Koldo Martínez Geroa Bai June 17, 2015 December 3, 2019 Martínez came out during his tenure.[3]
Kevin Lucero Socialist Party of Navarre June 16, 2023 Incumbent Lucero is openly gay[50]
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Parliament of the Balearic Islands

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Nel Martí More for Menorca June 1, 2011 May 2, 2019 Martí is openly gay.[51]
Miquel Ensenyat More for Mallorca June 21, 2019 Incumbent Ensenyat is openly gay.[52]
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Regional Assembly of Murcia

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Rosa Peñalver Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 2003 2008 Peñalver is openly lesbian and married.[37]
July 1, 2015 Incumbent
Antonio José Espín Spanish Socialist Workers' Party May 16, 2019 Incumbent Espín is openly gay.[53]
Miguel Ángel Ortega Spanish Socialist Workers' Party September 14, 2023 Incumbent Ortega is openly gay[54][dead link]
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Valencian Corts

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Francesc Ferri Compromís July 1, 2015 January 17, 2022 Ferri is openly gay.[55]
Jesús Salmerón Citizens
(until May 7, 2021)		 May 16, 2019 May 29, 2023 Salmerón is openly gay.[56]
Independent

(since May 7, 2021)

Pilar Lima Podemos May 16, 2019 June 26, 2023
Gerard Fullana Compromís September 14, 2023 Incumbent Fullana is openly gay.[57]
Francesc Roig Compromís September 14, 2023 Incumbent Roig is openly gay.
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Mayors

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Mayor Party City Pop. (2018) Region Term Notes
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Francisco Maroto Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Campillo de Ranas 147 Castile-La Mancha June 23, 2003 Incumbent
Jesús Martín Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Valdepeñas 30,210 Castile-La Mancha June 23, 2003 Incumbent
Julián Aguilar Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Salinas de Pisuerga 319 Castile-La Mancha June 23, 2003 Incumbent Aguilar is openly LGBT[58]
Miquel Ensenyat More for Mallorca Esporles 5,020 Balearic Islands June 4, 2005 June 13, 2015 Ensenyat is openly gay.[52]
Jerónimo Saavedra Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Las Palmas 378,517 Canary Islands June 16, 2007 June 11, 2011
Teodoro Sosa Rural Nationalist Bloc-New Canaries Gáldar 24,209 Canary Islands July 6, 2007 Incumbent He recognized his homosexuality in 2010.[59]
Adrián Barbón Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Laviana 13,087 Asturias September 30, 2008 October 9, 2017 [19]
David Font Catalan European Democratic Party Gironella 4,916 Catalonia June 11, 2011 Incumbent Font is openly gay[58]
Javier Maroto† People's Party Vitoria 249,176 Basque Country June 11, 2011 June 13, 2015
Francisco Javier Pérez Diego Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Clavijo 273 La Rioja June 11, 2011 June 13, 2015 Pérez Diego is openly gay.[60]
Lázaro Azorín Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Pinoso 8,142 Valencian Community June 11, 2011 Incumbent
Hipólito Suárez People's Party Moya 7,728 Canary Islands June 11, 2011 June 15, 2019
Ada Colau Barcelona in Common Barcelona 1,620,343 Catalonia June 13, 2015 June 17, 2023 Colau came out as bisexual in 2017.[61]
Jaume Collboni Socialists' Party of Catalonia June 17, 2023 Incumbent
Vicent Muñoz Compromís Font de la Figuera 2,038 Valencian Community June 13, 2015 June 17, 2023 Muñoz is openly gay.[59]
Rafael Martínez Spanish Socialist Workers' Party San Martín de la Vega 18,784 Community of Madrid June 13, 2015 Incumbent Martínez is openly gay.[59]
Óscar Antúnez Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Hoyos 906 Extremadura June 13, 2015 Incumbent Antúnez is openly gay.[59]
Luis Viejo Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Brihuega 2,399 Castile-La Mancha June 13, 2015 Incumbent Viejo is openly gay.[59]
Javier Silva Socialists' Party of Catalonia Polinyá 8,389 Catalonia June 13, 2015 Incumbent Silva is openly gay.[59]
Rubén García Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Torrecaballeros 1,323 Castile and León June 13, 2015 Incumbent García is openly gay.[59]
Koldo Goitia Basque Nationalist Party Lekeitio 7,258 Basque Country June 13, 2015 June 17, 2023 Goitia is openly gay[58]
Noelia García People's Party Los Llanos de Aridane 20,648 Canary Islands June 13, 2015 June 17, 2023 García is openly LGBT[58]
Samuel Falomir Spanish Socialist Workers' Party L'Alcora 10,430 Valencian Community June 10, 2017 Incumbent Falomir is openly gay.[59]
Jordi Ballart Tot per Terrassa Terrassa 218,535 Catalonia June 15, 2017 Incumbent Ballart is openly gay and married.[59]
Darío Moreno Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Sagunto 65,669 Valencian Community June 15, 2019 Incumbent Moreno is openly gay.[59]
José Veira People's Party Los Molares 3,460 Andalusia June 15, 2019 Incumbent Veira is openly gay.[59]
Diego Ortiz-González Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Pinto 51,541 Community of Madrid June 15, 2019 June 17, 2023 Ortiz-González is openly gay and married.[59]
Óscar Relaño Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Mandayona 297 Castile-La Mancha June 15, 2019 Incumbent Relaño is openly gay.[59]
Aritz Abaroa Basque Nationalist Party Bermeo 16,688 Basque Country June 15, 2019 June 17, 2023
Cristian Delgado Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Barruelo de Santullán 1,183 Castile and León June 15, 2019 Incumbent Delgado is openly gay.[62]
Luis María Egurrola Basque Nationalist Party Markina-Xemein 4,934 Basque Country June 15, 2019 June 17, 2023
Samuel Martín Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Pasarón de la Vera 641 Extremadura June 15, 2019 Incumbent
Víctor Morugij Spanish Socialist Workers' Party El Barco de Ávila 2,298 Castile and León June 15, 2019 June 17, 2023 Morugij is openly gay.[63]
Alberto Merchante Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Albalate de Zorita 1,080 Castile-La Mancha December 7, 2016 June 17, 2023 Merchante is openly gay[64]
Virginia Hernández Valladolid Toma la Palabra [es] San Pelayo 48 Castile and León June 15, 2019 June 17, 2023 Hernández is openly LGBT[65]
Carlos Valle Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Cudillero 5,078 Asturias June 15, 2019 Incumbent Valle is openly LGBT[58]
Alfonso Caja Spanish Socialist Workers' Party La Estrella 205 Castile-La Mancha June 15, 2019 Incumbent Caja is openly gay[58]
Sergio Parra Citizens Valdemoro 77,587 Community of Madrid June 15, 2019 June 17, 2023 Parra is openly LGBT[58]
Marco Antonio González Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Puerto de la Cruz 30,179 Canary Islands June 15, 2019 Incumbent González is openly LGBT[58]
Rubén Gómez Buil Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Santorcaz 822 Community of Madrid June 15, 2019 June 17, 2023 Gómez is openly LGBT[66]
Adrián Álvarez United Left Fuenterrobles 682 Valencian Community June 15, 2019 Incumbent Álvarez is openly gay[67]
Antonio Muñoz Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Seville 688,711 Andalusia January 3, 2022 June 17, 2023 Muñoz is openly gay.[68]
Jesús Salmerón People’s Party Gátova 412 Valencian Community June 17, 2023 Incumbent
Antonio Moreno People’s Party Carcelén 483 Castile-La Mancha June 17, 2023 Incumbent Moreno is openly gay and former sex actor[69]
Pablo Ruz People’s Party Elche 234,765 Valencian Community June 17, 2023 Incumbent Ruz is openly gay[12]
Rubén García de Andrés Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Torrecaballeros 1,496 Castile and León June 17, 2023 Incumbent García de Andrés is openly gay[70]
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