Tomás Gómez Explained

Tomás Gómez
Office:Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Madrid
Term Start:27 July 2007
Term End:11 February 2015
Predecessor:Rafael Simancas
Office1:Mayor of Parla
Term Start1:4 July 1999
Term End1:23 October 2008
Predecessor1:José Manuel Ibáñez
Successor1:José María Fraile
Office2:Member of the Senate
Term Start2:8 June 2011
Term End2:13 February 2015
Constituency2:Madrid
Office3:Member of the Assembly of Madrid
Term Start3:29 June 2011
Term End3:27 February 2013
Birth Name:Tomás Gómez Franco
Birth Date:27 March 1968
Birth Place:Enschede, Netherlands
Party:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Alma Mater:Complutense University of Madrid

Tomás Gómez Franco (born 27 March 1968) is a Spanish politician and member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), former Secretary-General of the PSOE Madrid branch. Until 2013, Gomez served as a member of the Senate of Spain.[1] In October 2010 he was selected as the PSOE candidate for President of Madrid in the 2011 assembly elections.[2] However, the PSOE received their worst ever result in those elections.[3]

On 11 February 2015, he was dismissed from the PSOE regional leadership by the party's Secretary-General Pedro Sánchez after suspicions of Gómez had been involved in a corruption scandal during his time as Mayor of Parla.[4] Gómez, alongside the party's regional leadership, refused to stand down and accused Sánchez of "authoritarianism", defending his personal honor and announcing possible legal actions against the party's National Executive headed by Sánchez for violating party statutes.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://elpais.com/elpais/2013/11/27/inenglish/1385570089_850301.html Madrid Socialist leader resigns Senate seat over PP-linked judge
  2. http://elpais.com/elpais/2010/10/03/actualidad/1286093817_850215.html Gómez gana a Zapatero en Madrid
  3. http://elpais.com/diario/2011/05/23/madrid/1306149854_850215.html El PSM se descalabra
  4. News: Pedro Sánchez dismisses Tomás Gómez and creates a management committee in the PSM . Spanish . El País . 2015-02-11.
  5. News: Sanchez gives a blow of authority and expels Tomás Gómez as leader in Madrid . Spanish . El Mundo . 2015-02-11.