Álvaro Sanz Remón (born 29 August 1977) is a Spanish politician of the United Left (IU). He was a member of the

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(2014–2015) and was elected to the

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in 2019. He was elected coordinator of the

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in 2017.

Biography

Sanz was born in

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in the

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. He became active in youth politics aged 13, and continued his anti-militarist activism at 19 when he moved to

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to study. He worked for a year at Unión de Agricultores y Ganaderos de Aragón (UAGA), a workers' cooperative. Sanz worked for the United Left (IU) in various roles at local and

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l level. In July 2014, due to the

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pact between IU and the

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(CHA), Sanz replaced the latter's in the

. The pact ran in

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as the Popular Unity and lost its seat. In March 2017, Sanz was elected coordinator of the

with 55% of the vote against a competing candidacy from Jorge Sanz, replacing Adolfo Barrena after 15 years. His party contested the 2019 Aragonese regional election separately to Podemos, who could not agree on a joint list. He retained their one seat in the

. He voted in favour of

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remaining

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; Lamban's

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(PSOE) formed a four-party government with Podemos, CHA and the

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(PAR), with Sanz not joining in as he felt that the PSOE would not lean sufficiently to the left and needed checks in order to not drift to the right. Sanz was re-elected to his party position unopposed in 2021. He retained his seat with a lower vote in the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanz, Alvaro 1977 births Living people People from Cinco Villas, Aragon United Left (Spain) politicians Members of the 10th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the Cortes of Aragon