Eduardo Rubiño

Eduardo Fernández Rubiño (born 13 September 1991) is a Spanish activist, politician and a member of the Senate of Spain and the Assembly of Madrid.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Rubiño.
Eduardo Rubiño
Rubiño in June 2016
Member of the Senate of Spain
Assumed office
11 July 2019
ConstituencyMadrid
Member of the Assembly of Madrid
Assumed office
9 June 2015
Personal details
Born
Eduardo Fernández Rubiño

(1991-09-13) 13 September 1991
Madrid, Spain
Political partyMás Madrid
Alma materComplutense University of Madrid
Signature

Early life

Rubiño was born on 13 September 1991 in Madrid.[1][2] He is the son of philosopher and academic Carlos Fernández Liria.[3] He has a degree in philosophy from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).[1][4] He was a member of the Central Delegation of Students (Delegación Central de Estudiantes) at UCM.[1][4] He was a LGBT student and Youthless Future (Juventud Sin Futuro) activist.[1][4] He was one of the leaders of the 15-M anti-austerity movement at UCM.[5][6]

Career

Rubiño worked as a community manager.[1][4] He was responsible for social networking for Podemos from 2014 to 2017.[1][7] He was an online communication advisor to MEP Pablo Iglesias Turrión.[4] He contributed to Iglesias' 2014 book Ganar o Morir: Lecciones Políticas en Juego de Tronos.[8]

Rubiño contested the 2015 regional election as a Podemos candidate in the Community of Madrid and was elected to the Assembly of Madrid.[9][10] Following the schism between Iglesias and Íñigo Errejón, Rubiño joined Errejón's Más Madrid.[6][11] He was re-elected at the 2019 regional election.[12][13]

In July 2019 Rubiño was appointed to the Senate of Spain by the Assembly of Madrid.[14][15]

Personal life

Rubiño is openly gay.[11] In June 2018 he was subject to homophobic abuse at Lavapiés Metro station when, whilst hugging his boyfriend, someone shouted "fucking fag" (maricón de mierda).[16][17]

Electoral history
Electoral history of Eduardo Rubiño
Election Constituency Party No. Result
2015 regional[9][10]Community of MadridPodemos27Elected
2019 regional[12][13]Community of MadridMás Madrid13Elected

References
  1. "Composición del Senado – Fernández Rubiño, Eduardo" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Senate of Spain. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  2. Romo, José Luis (27 June 2015). "El círculo gay de Podemos". El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  3. Barbarroja, Cristina S. (23 June 2016). "Carlos Fernández Liria: "La revolución la hace la oligarquía. Podemos es la resistencia"". Público (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  4. "Diputados – Eduardo Fernández Rubiño" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Assembly of Madrid. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  5. Suárez, Gonzalo (24 September 2015). "El político más influyente del que nunca has oído hablar". El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  6. Alonso, Guillermo (23 May 2019). "Eduardo Rubiño, de Más Madrid: "Hay políticos que tienen relaciones con hombres y prefieren que no se entere nadie"". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  7. Moraga, Carmen (4 July 2015). ""Me cuesta tener que compartir espacio con Cifuentes y los culpables de la crisis"". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  8. "Eduardo Fernández Rubiño" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Podemos. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  9. "Disposiciones y Anuncios del Estado: Junta Electoral Provincial de Madrid - Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid 2015" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid (in Spanish). No. 99. Madrid, Spain: Government of the Community of Madrid. 28 April 2015. p. 45. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  10. "Disposiciones y Anuncios del Estado: Junta Electoral Provincial de Madrid - Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid 2015" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid (in Spanish). No. 136. Madrid, Spain: Government of the Community of Madrid. 10 June 2015. p. 226. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  11. Zulet, Íñigo (5 July 2019). "Rubiño, el senador gay de Errejón: "Se puede ser LGTBI y de derechas, pero no pactar con Vox"". El Español (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  12. "Disposiciones y Anuncios del Estado: Junta Electoral Provincial de Madrid - Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid 2019" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid (in Spanish). No. 101. Madrid, Spain: Government of the Community of Madrid. 30 April 2019. p. 33. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  13. "Disposiciones y Anuncios del Estado: Junta Electoral Provincial de Madrid - Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid 2019" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid (in Spanish). No. 134. Madrid, Spain: Government of the Community of Madrid. 7 June 2019. p. 106. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  14. "Más Madrid propone a Fernández Rubiño como senador por designación autonómica". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. EFE. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  15. Medialdea, Sara. "Eduardo Fernández-Rubiño será el senador autonómico por Más Madrid". ABC (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  16. "El diputado Eduardo Rubiño (Podemos), insultado en el Metro de Madrid: "Maricón de mierda"". El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Europa Press. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  17. "Madrid. el diputado eduardo rubiño sufre una agresión homófoba en el metro de madrid". EcoDiario / El Economista (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Servimedia. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
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