Gregorio Gordo
{{Short description|Spanish politician (1958–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Gregorio Gordo Pradel político Izquierda Unida (IU).jpg
| birth_place = Madrid
| birth_date = 19 August 1958
| death_place = Getafe
| death_date = 20 May 2021 (age 62)
| occupation = Politician, trade unionist, goldsmith, civil servant
| office = Member of the Assembly of Madrid
| term_start = 12 June 2007
| term_end = 31 March 2015
| office2 = Getafe city councillor
| term_start2 = 1991
| term_end2 = 2003
| citizenship = Spanish
| party = Communist Party of Spain {{Small|(1983–2015)}}
United Left {{Small|(1986–2015)}}
}}
Gregorio "Goyo" Gordo Pradel (19 August 1958 – 20 May 2021) was a Spanish politician and trade unionist. A member of the Assembly of Madrid from 2007 to 2015, he led the United Left of the Community of Madrid from 2009 to 2012.
Biography
Born on 19 August 1958 in Madrid, he joined the Comisiones Obreras (CC.OO.) in 1976.{{Cite journal |last=Álvarez |first=Pilar |last2=Borasteros |first2=Daniel |last3=Calleja |first3=Tono |last4=Sérvulo González |first4=Jesús |last5=Santaeulalia |first5=Inés |last6=Sevillano |first6=Elena G. |last7=Verdu |first7=Eduardo |date=6 May 2011 |title=Comienza la batalla por Madrid |url=https://elpais.com/diario/2011/05/06/madrid/1304681054_850215.html |journal=El País}}
Gordo, who dropped out from his university studies in Law, worked in a goldsmith workshop from 1976 to 1983.{{Cite web|work=ABC|title=Gregorio Gordo|url=http://especiales.abc.es/especiales/elecciones-municipales-autonomicas/2011/candidatos/gregorio-gordo-madrid-2209.html|date=9 May 2011}} He later became a public officer of the Spanish Tax Agency.{{Cite journal|journal=ABC|date=6 May 2011|page=46|title=Llega la hora|url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/2011/05/06/046.html}}
He became a member of the Communist Party of Spain in 1983 and also was a founding member of United Left.{{Cite web|first=Lucía|last=Taboada|publisher=Cadena Ser|url=https://cadenaser.com/emisora/2011/05/12/radio_madrid/1305157833_850215.amp.html|date=12 May 2011|title=Gregorio Gordo, la voz del consenso}}
He was elected in the 1991 municipal election in Getafe and became a city councillor, serving as such until 2003.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cronicamadrid.com/noticia/1263452/getafe/iu-de-getafe-pide-al-federal-la-expulsion-de-gregorio-gordo-.html|journal=Crónica Madrid|title=IU de Getafe pide al Federal la expulsión de Gregorio Gordo|date=5 February 2015}}
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He ran second on the United Left list for the 2007 Madrilenian regional election led by Inés Sabanés,{{Smallcaps|Junta Electoral Provincial de Madrid}}: {{Cite journal|date=1 May 2007|issue=102|page=93|url=http://www.juntaelectoralcentral.es/cs/jec/documentos/MADRID_2007_Candidaturas.pdf|journal=Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid|title=Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid 2007. Candidaturas proclamadas}} becoming member of the 8th Assembly of Madrid.{{Cite web|url=https://www.asambleamadrid.es/ES/QueEsLaAsamblea/ComposiciondelaAsamblea/Distribuciondeescanos/Paginas/curriculum.aspx?IdDip=221|publisher=Assembly of Madrid|title=Gregorio Gordo Pradel}}
He became the new coordinator-general of United Left in March 2015, after his election among the members of their political council (107 positive votes, 7 abstentions). The post had been vacant for a while following the resignation of Fernando Marín in 2008.{{Cite journal|journal=El Mundo|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/03/29/madrid/1238335296.html|title=Gregorio Gordo, nuevo coordinador general de IU-Comunidad de Madrid|date=30 March 2009}}
He ran first in the United Left–The Greens list for the 2011 Madrilenian regional election,{{Smallcaps|Junta Electoral provincial de Madrid}}: {{Cite journal|url=http://www.juntaelectoralcentral.es/cs/jec/documentos/MADRID_2011_Candidaturas.pdf|page=142|issue=97|date=26 April 2011|title=Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid 2011. Candidaturas proclamadas|journal=Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid}} renovating his seat in the regional legislature for its 9th term.
In February 2015, following the credit card misuse scandal of Bankia successor to the Madrid Savings Bank Caja Madrid and the direct implication of the bank's vice-chairman and several other forma board members elected on behalf of the United Left, the national leadership accused the regional leadership of lack of action regarding the activities of its members of the bank, asking for Gordo's resignation. This led to his precautionary suspension of membership in the Communist Party,{{Cite journal|url=https://www.abc.es/madrid/20150202/abci-suspende-portavoces-201502021448.html|journal=ABC|title=Gregorio Gordo y Ángel Pérez suspendidos cautelarmente de militancia en el PCE de Madrid|date=3 February 2015}} and his final expulsion from United Left on the basis of a "serious misconduct", following his refusal to renounce to his posts in the organization after repeated requirements by the United Left Federal Council.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.abc.es/madrid/20150220/abci-expulsa-gordo-perez-201502201856.html|journal=ABC|title=IU expulsa a los portavoces de Madrid, Gregorio Gordo y Ángel Pérez|date=20 February 2015}}
In January 2018, informal meetings between Gordo and José Manuel Franco, Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of the Community of Madrid (PSOE-M) were reported.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.europapress.es/madrid/noticia-psoe-amplia-espectro-politico-abre-exmiembros-iu-upyd-compartir-proyecto-cara-2019-20180108161547.html|publisher=Europa Press|title=PSOE-M "amplía el espectro político" y se abre a exmiembros de IU y UPyD para "compartir" un proyecto de cara a 2019|date=8 January 2018}}
He died from cancer at a hospital in Getafe on 20 May 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telemadrid.es/noticias/madrid/Muere-Gregorio-IU-Comunidad-Madrid-0-2342765743--20210520054546.html|website=Telemadrid|title=Muere a los 62 años Gregorio Gordo, excoordinador de IU Comunidad de Madrid|date=20 May 2021}}
References
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{{s-ttl|title=Coordinator of United Left of the Community of Madrid|years=March 2009 – December 2012}}
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Category:Members of the 8th Assembly of Madrid
Category:Members of the 9th Assembly of Madrid
Category:City councillors in the Community of Madrid
Category:Members of the United Left Parliamentary Group (Assembly of Madrid)
Category:Members of the United Left–The Greens Parliamentary Group (Assembly of Madrid)