César Luena
César Luena | |
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Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
In office 2008–2019 | |
Constituency | La Rioja |
Member of the Parliament of La Rioja | |
In office 2007–2008 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 29 October 1980 Logroño, Spain | (age 43)
Political party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
César Luena López (pronounced [ˈθe.saɾ ˈlwe.na]; born 29 October 1980) is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament since 2019. He was a member of the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th terms of the Congress of Deputies in representation of La Rioja.
Early life and education
Born in
Political career
Early beginnings
Luena joined the Socialist Youth at age 17 and the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) when he was 20 years old.[6]
After becoming Secretary General of the Socialist Youth of
Luena ran 13th in the PSOE list for the 2007 regional election in La Rioja and,[9] elected, he served as member of the regional legislature from 2007 to 2008.[4] He was designated as head of the PSOE list in La Rioja to the Lower House for the 2008 general election,[10] becoming a member of the 9th term of the Congress of Deputies. He renovated his seat for the 10th, 11th and 12th terms.[7]
In 2012, Luena was elected as the Secretary General of the regional branch of PSOE, the PSOE La Rioja.[4] In March 2014, he earned a PhD at the UR reading a dissertation titled Antonio Larrea: el alma del Rioja ("Antonio Larrea: The Soul of La Rioja"), supervised by José Luis Gómez Urdáñez.[11]
Career in national politics
After
Luena sided with
Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present
Sánchez found a place for his former right-hand in the 11th slot of the PSOE electoral list for the
In parliament, Luena is part of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) political group. He joined the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI). In this capacity, he was the parliament's rapporteur on the EU's strategy for biodiversity (2021), calling for legally binding measures to halve the use of chemical pesticides, cut fertilizer use by 20% and expand protected areas of land and sea by 2030,[21] and nature restoration regulation (2023).[22]
In addition to his committee assignments, Luena also became a member of the parliament's delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (DKOR), assuming a vice-chair role.[2] He is also a member of the Spinelli Group.[23]
References
- Informational notes
- Citations
- ^ Forcada, D (24 August 2014). "Quién es quién en el nuevo equipo de Pedro Sánchez en el Congreso de los Diputados". www.elconfidencial.com. El Confidencial.
- ^ a b "César Luena". www.europarl.europa.eu. European Parliament. 29 October 1980.
- 20minutos. 29 January 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "César Luena, un rostro joven fraguado en movimientos estudiantiles, número dos del PSOE". RTVE. 25 July 2014.
- ^ ABC. 25 July 2014.
- ^ a b Cruz, Marisa (15 December 2015). "César Luena, un motor a reacción en la cúpula de Ferraz". www.elmundo.es. El Mundo.
- ^ a b "XII Legislatura (2016-2019). Luena López, César". www.congreso.es. Congress of Deputies.
- ^ Sánchez, Manuel (25 July 2015). "César Luena, 'el baroncito'". www.publico.es. Público.
- ^ Junta Electoral de la Comunidad Autónoma de La Rioja: "Proclamación de candidaturas para las elecciones al Parlamento de La Rioja a celebrar el día 27 de mayo de 2007" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de La Rioja (59). 1 May 2007.
- ISSN 0212-033X.
- Universidad de La Rioja. 14 March 2014.
- ^ Díez, Anabel (25 July 2014). "César Luena, elegido nuevo secretario de organización del PSOE". El País.
- ^ eldiario.es.
- ^ Romero, Juanma (28 October 2016). "El PSOE asiste al "papelón" de Hernando y mide la capacidad de arrastre de Sánchez". www.elconfidencial.com. El Confidencial.
- ^ "Frialdad vs euforia en las redes sociales tras la victoria de Sánchez". www.elmundo.es. El Mundo. 22 May 2017.
- ^ Alacid, Jorge (29 July 2017). "El PSOE clausura la era Luena". www.larioja.com. La Rioja.
- ^ Asunción, Fernand (17 March 2019). "Sánchez rescata a César Luena para las elecciones europeas". Voz Pópuli.
- ^ Gálvez, J.J. (7 May 2019). "Sami Naïr se cae de la lista del PSOE para las europeas". El País.
- ISSN 0212-033X.
- ^ "Lista de los 54 eurodiputados elegidos este domingo en España". www.lavanguardia.com. La Vanguardia. 27 May 2019.
- ^ Kate Abnett (June 9, 2021), EU needs legally binding targets to protect nature, lawmakers say Reuters.
- ^ Louise Guillot and Eddy Wax (15 June 2023), EU conservatives fail to kill nature restoration bill — for now Politico Europe.
- ^ Board & Members Spinelli Group.