Henar Moreno

Henar Moreno Martínez (born 12 January 1973)[1] is a Spanish politician of the United Left (IU). She was elected to the Parliament of La Rioja in 2019 on the leader of the IU-Podemos list, and was re-elected in 2023 as the list's leader.

Biography

Born in Logroño in La Rioja, Moreno graduated in law, and began practising law in 1998, specialising in family mediation.[2]

In 1991, she joined the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and its formation the United Left (IU). She was the coordinator of the United Left La Rioja from 2008 to 2016, and a member of the secretariat of the Party of the European Left (2015–2019).[2]

Moreno was placed second on the IU-Podemos list in the 2019 Riojan regional election.[3] The list had two deputies elected to the Parliament of La Rioja, namely Raquel Romero of Podemos, and Moreno. Moreno gave her vote for Concha Andreu of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) to be president of the regional government, while Romero initially cast the crucial vote against; Moreno reacted by accusing Romero of betrayal of the left.[4] Romero later cast the decisive vote and was named a minister in the government of Concha Andreu.[5]

Moreno was elected unopposed as the lead candidate for the IU in the 2023 Riojan regional election.[6] In April, near the deadline, Podemos was again added to the list, with that party receiving 60% of funds.[7] The grouping retained its two seats in parliament, while the People's Party (PP) took the absolute majority of 17 out of 33.[8]

In the 2024 European Parliament election in Spain, Moreno stood in 24th place on the Sumar list.[9] The list took three seats, none of which were IU members.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Henar Moreno Martínez" (in Spanish). Parliament of La Rioja. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  2. ^ a b "La abogada Henar Moreno confía en volver a sr [sic] la llave de un gobierno de izquierdas en La Rioja" [Lawyer Henar Moreno believes in again being the key of a left-wing government in La Rioja] (in Spanish). Onda Cero. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Henar Moreno regresa a las listas autonómicas de IU y Diego Mendiola optará al Senado" [Henar Moreno returns to the IU's autonomous lists and Diego Mendiola will opt for the Senate] (in Spanish). Cadena COPE. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  4. ^ "El duro discurso de Henar Moreno (IU) contra Raquel Romero" [The tough speech of Henar Moreno (IU) against Raquel Romero]. La Rioja (in Spanish). 18 July 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  5. ^ "El culebrón no acaba en La Rioja: Andreu elige a una consejera diferente a la que había designado Podemos" [The soap opera won't end in La Rioja: Andreu chooses a different minister to the one that Podemos had designated]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 29 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Henar Moreno, elegida como candidata de Izquierda Unida para presidir La Rioja" [Henar Moreno, elected as United Left candidate for president of La Rioja] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 8 October 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  7. ^ García, Pío (14 April 2023). "Podemos e IU concurrirán en coalición tras alcanzar un pacto de última hora" [Podemos and IU will run in a coalition after reaching a pact at the last minute]. La Rioja (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  8. ^ "Constituido el Grupo Parlamentario de Podemos-IU con Henar Moreno como su portavoz" [Podemos-IU Parliamentary Group is constituted with Henar Moreno as its spokesperson] (in Spanish). EFE. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  9. ^ "SUMAR defiende que "la izquierda transformadora esté en el Parlamento Europeo para representar las necesidades básicas"" [SUMAR defends that "the transformative left will be in the European Parliament to represent the basic needs"]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). Europa Press. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  10. ^ Ortiz, Alberto (9 June 2024). "Sumar obtiene tres escaños que no permiten entrar a IU en el Parlamento Europeo y Podemos logra dos" [Sumar obtains three seats that are not enough for IU to enter the European Parliament and Podemos achieves two]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2025.
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