Eduardo Fernández Rubiño (born 13 September 1991) is a Spanish activist, politician, member of the

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and former member of the

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Early life

Rubiño was born on 13 September 1991 in

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. He is the son of philosopher and academic Carlos Fernández Liria. He has a degree in

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from the

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(UCM). He was a member of the Central Delegation of Students (Delegación Central de Estudiantes) at UCM. He was an

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student and Youthless Future (Juventud Sin Futuro) activist. He was one of the leaders of the 15-M

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at UCM.

Career

Rubiño worked as a community manager. He was responsible for

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for Podemos from 2014 to 2017. He was an online communication

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to MEP

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. He contributed to Iglesias' 2014 book ''Ganar o Morir: Lecciones Políticas en Juego de Tronos''. Rubiño contested the 2015 regional election as a Podemos candidate in the

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and was elected to the

. Following the schism between Iglesias and

Íñigo Errejón Íñigo Errejón Galván (; born 14 December 1983) is a Spanish political scientist and former politician. Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science, he was the secretary for policy and strategy and campaigning of Podemos (Spanish political part ...

, Rubiño joined Errejón's

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. He was re-elected at the 2019 regional election and the

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. In July 2019 Rubiño was appointed to the

by the Assembly of Madrid. He left this position in July 2021.

Personal life

Rubiño is openly gay. In June 2018 he was subject to

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abuse at

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station when, whilst hugging his boyfriend, someone shouted "fucking fag" (maricón de mierda).

Electoral history

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rubiño, Eduardo 1991 births Complutense University of Madrid alumni Spanish gay politicians LGBTQ legislators in Spain Living people Más Madrid politicians Members of the 10th Assembly of Madrid Members of the 11th Assembly of Madrid Members of the Podemos Parliamentary Group (Assembly of Madrid) Members of the 13th Senate of Spain Members of the 14th Senate of Spain Politicians from Madrid Madrid city councillors (2023–2027)