Inmaculada Nieto Castro (born 15 March 1971) is a Spanish politician of the United Left (IU). She has been a deputy in the

Parliament of Andalusia The Parliament of Andalusia () is the legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia instituted by the Andalusian Charter of Autonomy of 1981. It is elected by the residents of Andalusia every four years. Functions *To elect the ...

since 2012, and spokesperson of her party in parliament since 2019, within the coalitions of

Adelante Andalucía (2018) Adelante Andalucía () was an electoral alliance formed by Podemos Andalusia, United Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia, Andalusian Left and Andalusian Spring to contest the 2018 Andalusian regional election. The latter two parties were cr ...

Unidas Podemos Unidas Podemos (), formerly called Unidos Podemos () and also known in English as United We Can, was a democratic socialist electoral alliance formed by Podemos, United Left, and other left-wing to far-left parties in May to contest the 2016 S ...

and

Por Andalucía Por Andalucía () is an Andalusian-based electoral alliance formed by Podemos Andalusia, Podemos, United Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia (IULV–CA), Equo, Green Alliance (Spain), Green Alliance (AV), Más País and Andalusian People's Ini ...

Biography

Born in

Algeciras Algeciras () is a city and a municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cádiz, Andalusia. Located in the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula, near the Strait of Gibraltar, it is the largest city on the Bay of G ...

province of Cádiz Cádiz is a Provinces of Spain, province of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. It is the southernmost part of mainland Spain, as well as the southernmost part of ...

, Nieto graduated in Political Sciences from the

University of Granada The University of Granada (, UGR) is a public university located in the city of Granada, Spain, and founded in 1531 by Emperor Charles V. With more than 60,000 students, it is the fourth largest university in Spain. Apart from the city of Granad ...

and obtained a master's degree in Public Administration. She was a staff member for the United Left (IU) in the Algeciras City Hall from 1997 to 2007, when she was elected deputy mayor, also being Councillor for Culture and Festivals. In March 2012, Nieto was elected to the

for United Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia (IULV–CA), representing the

. She left her municipal office in September 2016. Nieto succeeded Antonio Maíllo as spokesperson for Adelante Andalucía in June 2019, upon his resignation. After

Teresa Rodríguez María Teresa Rodríguez-Rubio Vázquez (; born 18 September 1981) is a Spanish politician. Active in United Left (Spain), United Left in her youth within the platform Espacio Alternativo, in 2008 the organization split from IU. She then particip ...

was expelled from member party Podemos, she founded a separate coalition named Adelante Andalucía; Nieto threatened action over the name. The first Adelante Andalucía rebranded as

, with Nieto still the spokesperson. Unidas Podemos took part in the

2022 Andalusian regional election The 2022 Andalusian regional election was held on Sunday, 19 June 2022, to elect the 12th Parliament of Andalusia, Parliament of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. All 109 seats in the Parliament were up for el ...

, with Nieto as lead candidate and under the name

. Compared to the 17 seats taken by the first Adelante Andalucía in 2018, its successors took 7 in 2022 – five for Nieto's coalition and two from Rodríguez's.

References

1971 births Living people People from Algeciras University of Granada alumni United Left (Spain) politicians Members of the 9th Parliament of Andalusia Members of the 10th Parliament of Andalusia Members of the 11th Parliament of Andalusia {{Andalusia-politician-stub