Julio Anguita

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Julio Anguita González (born 21 November 1941). Spanish politician and a former teacher. After serving as Mayor of Córdoba from 1979 until 1988, he was elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) in 1988. Later he became leader of the leftist coalition Izquierda Unida ("United Left" IU). He was a member of the Cortes between 1989 and 2000 representing Madrid during which period IU improved its electoral results, obtaining 10% of the vote in March, 1996.

He resigned as General Secretary of the PCE for health reasons in 1998.

His son, Julio Anguita Parrado, was an embedded journalist with the US troops in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and was killed by Iraqi fire.

Preceded by Gerardo Iglesias	General Coordinator of United Left 1989-2000	Succeeded by Gaspar Llamazares
Preceded by Gerardo Iglesias	Secretary General of the Communist Party of Spain 1988-1998	Succeeded by Francisco Frutos
Preceded by Antonio Alarcón	Mayor of Córdoba 1979-1988	Succeeded by Herminio Trigo

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• CPJ mourns loss of journalist - IFEX