Santos Cerdán
Spanish politician (born 1969)
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- Santos Cerdán León (born 4 May 1969) is a Spanish former politician.
- From 2014 to 2017, he was a member of the Parliament of Navarre, and from 2019 to 2025 he was a member of the Congress of Deputies.
- Early life Coming from a militant socialist family background, Cerdán took studies at the second stage of professional development, getting a degree as a technician in industrial electronics.
- Political career Cerdán joined the PSOE in 1999 and has been a member of the regional Socialist Party of Navarre since 2004.
- He entered the Parliament of Navarre in 2014, replacing Román Felones, and was re-elected in the 2015 election.
Santos Cerdán León (born 4 May 1969) is a Spanish former politician. A long-time figure in the PSOE, he served as its Secretary of Organisation from 2021 to 2025. From 2014 to 2017, he was a member of the Parliament of Navarre, and from 2019 to 2025 he was a member of the Congress of Deputies. Cerdán resigned from both positions, and left the PSOE, after being implicated in the Koldo Case in 2025.
Early life
Coming from a militant socialist family background, Cerdán took studies at the second stage of professional development, getting a degree as a technician in industrial electronics. He started his professional career in the food and agricultural sectors.
Political career
Cerdán joined the PSOE in 1999 and has been a member of the regional Socialist Party of Navarre since 2004. He was a councillor in Navarre from 1999 to 2003 and again from 2007 until 2015.
He entered the Parliament of Navarre in 2014, replacing Román Felones, and was re-elected in the 2015 election. Cerdán did not join national politics until Pedro Sánchez nominated him at the 2017 congress for election as Secretary-General against Susana Díaz and Patxi López. He was elected to the Congress of Deputies for Navarre at the April 2019 election, which was won by the PSOE. He was re-elected in November that year.
In 2020, Cerdán was elected as the head of the Pablo Iglesias Foundation, a socialist cultural institution. In 2021, Cerdán was elected Secretary-General of the PSOE, replacing José Luis Ábalos. He was replaced as head of the Pablo Iglesias Foundation in 2022 by María Luisa Carcedo.
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