Eduardo Rubiño Explained

Eduardo Rubiño
Office1:Member of the Senate of Spain
Constituency1:Madrid
Term Start1:11 July 2019
Term End1:12 July 2021
Successor1:Pablo Gómez Perpinyá
Office2:Member of the Assembly of Madrid
Term Start2:9 June 2015
Birth Name:Eduardo Fernández Rubiño
Birth Date:13 September 1991
Birth Place:Madrid, Spain
Party:Más Madrid
Alma Mater:Complutense University of Madrid
Signature:Firma de Eduardo Fernández Rubiño.svg
Office:City councillor of Madrid
Term Start:17 June 2023
Termend2:13 June 2023

Eduardo Fernández Rubiño (born 13 September 1991) is a Spanish activist, politician, member of the Assembly of Madrid and former member of the Senate of Spain.

Early life

Rubiño was born on 13 September 1991 in Madrid.[1] [2] He is the son of philosopher and academic Carlos Fernández Liria.[3] He has a degree in philosophy from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).[1] [4] He was a member of the Central Delegation of Students (Delegación Central de Estudiantes) at UCM.[1] [4] He was an LGBT student and Youthless Future (Juventud Sin Futuro) activist.[1] [4] He was one of the leaders of the 15-M anti-austerity movement at UCM.[5] [6]

Career

Rubiño worked as a community manager.[1] [4] He was responsible for social networking for Podemos from 2014 to 2017.[1] [7] He was an online communication advisor to MEP Pablo Iglesias Turrión.[4] He contributed to Iglesias' 2014 book Ganar o Morir: Lecciones Políticas en Juego de Tronos.[8]

Rubiño contested the 2015 regional election as a Podemos candidate in the Community of Madrid and was elected to the Assembly of Madrid.[9] [10] Following the schism between Iglesias and Íñigo Errejón, Rubiño joined Errejón's Más Madrid.[6] [11] He was re-elected at the 2019 regional election and the 2021 Madrilenian regional election.[12] [13]

In July 2019 Rubiño was appointed to the Senate of Spain by the Assembly of Madrid.[14] [15] He left this position in July 2021.[16]

Personal life

Rubiño is openly gay.[11] In June 2018 he was subject to homophobic abuse at Lavapiés Metro station when, whilst hugging his boyfriend, someone shouted "fucking fag" (maricón de mierda).[17] [18]

Electoral history

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Constituencyscope=col colspan="2"Partyscope=colNo.scope=colResult
27 Elected
13 Elected
2021 regionalCommunity of MadridMás Madrid14Elected

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Composición del Senado – Fernández Rubiño, Eduardo . . 29 July 2019 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  2. News: Romo . José Luis . El círculo gay de Podemos . 29 July 2019 . . 27 June 2015 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  3. News: Barbarroja . Cristina S. . Carlos Fernández Liria: "La revolución la hace la oligarquía. Podemos es la resistencia" . 29 July 2019 . . 23 June 2016 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  4. Web site: Diputados – Eduardo Fernández Rubiño . . 29 July 2019 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  5. News: Suárez . Gonzalo . El político más influyente del que nunca has oído hablar . 29 July 2019 . . 24 September 2015 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  6. News: Alonso . Guillermo . Eduardo Rubiño, de Más Madrid: "Hay políticos que tienen relaciones con hombres y prefieren que no se entere nadie" . 29 July 2019 . . 23 May 2019 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  7. News: Moraga . Carmen . "Me cuesta tener que compartir espacio con Cifuentes y los culpables de la crisis" . 29 July 2019 . . 4 July 2015 . Spanish.
  8. Web site: Eduardo Fernández Rubiño . . 29 July 2019 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish . 11 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160811161130/https://transparencia.podemos.info/perfil/estatal/eduardo-fernandez-rubino . dead .
  9. Disposiciones y Anuncios del Estado: Junta Electoral Provincial de Madrid - Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid 2015 . . 28 April 2015 . 99 . 45 . 29 July 2019 . . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  10. Disposiciones y Anuncios del Estado: Junta Electoral Provincial de Madrid - Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid 2015 . . 10 June 2015 . 136 . 226 . 29 July 2019 . . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  11. News: Zulet . Íñigo . Rubiño, el senador gay de Errejón: "Se puede ser LGTBI y de derechas, pero no pactar con Vox" . 29 July 2019 . . 5 July 2019 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  12. Disposiciones y Anuncios del Estado: Junta Electoral Provincial de Madrid - Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid 2019 . . 30 April 2019 . 101 . 33 . 29 July 2019 . . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  13. Disposiciones y Anuncios del Estado: Junta Electoral Provincial de Madrid - Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid 2019 . . 7 June 2019 . 134 . 106 . 29 July 2019 . . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  14. News: Más Madrid propone a Fernández Rubiño como senador por designación autonómica . 29 July 2019 . . . 1 July 2019 . Barcelona, Spain . Spanish.
  15. News: Medialdea . Sara . Eduardo Fernández-Rubiño será el senador autonómico por Más Madrid . 29 July 2019 . . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  16. Web site: 2021-07-08. La Asamblea elige a sus senadores por designación autonómica: cinco del PP, uno de Más Madrid y otro de PSOE. 2021-09-12. Europa Press.
  17. News: El diputado Eduardo Rubiño (Podemos), insultado en el Metro de Madrid: "Maricón de mierda" . 29 July 2019 . . . 19 June 2018 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  18. News: Madrid. el diputado eduardo rubiño sufre una agresión homófoba en el metro de madrid . 29 July 2019 . . Servimedia . 19 June 2018 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.