Juan Antonio Delgado

Juan Antonio Delgado Ramos (born 18 March 1971)[1] is a Spanish politician of the party Podemos. Formerly a civil guard, he was a member of the Congress of Deputies (2015–2019; 2021–2022), and was elected to the Parliament of Andalusia in 2022.

Early life and police career

Born in Cádiz, Delgado was the youngest of seven children of a builder and a housewife.[2] He was a member of the Civil Guard from 1992 to 2015.[1] In 1997, he was named spokesperson of the Unified Association of Civil Guards (AUGC), their largest trade union.[1] He was stationed in Barcelona until being transferred to Barbate in his native Province of Cádiz, where his patrols on the beach included saving lives of migrants.[2] In 2007, he was suspended without pay for six months for organising an AUGC demonstration in Madrid.[2]

Political career

Delgado took leave from the police to be the second candidate on the list of Podemos in the Cádiz constituency for the 2015 Spanish general election.[3] He was elected as the party took two seats in the constituency.[4] He kept his seat for three more legislatures of the Congress of Deputies.[1] He was not elected in the November 2019 election, but returned to Congress when Noelia Vera retired in September 2021.[5]

In May 2022, Delgado ran unopposed, albeit with 71% of the vote, to lead Podemos in the 2022 Andalusian regional election.[1] His party joined up to make Por Andalucía alongside the United Left (IU), Más País, Greens Equo and the Andalusian People's Initiative, and he led their candidacy in the Cádiz constituency.[6] The party ran against another left-wing list, Adelante Andalucía of Teresa Rodríguez, and Por Andalucía tried unsuccessfully to unite the lists.[7] Por Andalucía won five seats including Delgado's, and Adelante Andalucía won two, which combined was less than they won in 2018 as the first Adelante Andalucía.[8]

In September 2025, Por Andalucía was renewed as the IU and Sumar, without Podemos, thereby leaving three electoral lists in the 2026 Andalusian regional election that would be to the left of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).[9] At the end of November, he was confirmed as Podemos's lead candidate in those elections, with 87.29% of the vote.[2] On 3 April 2026, Podemos was integrated back into Por Andalucía for the upcoming elections.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Maestre, R. (6 May 2022). "Podemos elige al guardia civil Juan Antonio Delgado como cabeza de lista para las autonómicas" [Podemos chooses civil guard Juan Antonio Delgado as list leader for the autonomous elections]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Podemos Andalucía ratifica a Juan Antonio Delgado como su candidato con el 87,29 % de los votos" [Podemos Andalusia confirms Juan Antonio Delgado as its candidate with 87.29% of the vote] (in Spanish). Canal Sur. Europa Press. 30 November 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  3. ↑ "Un guardia civil 'en excedencia', número dos de Podemos al Congreso" [A civil guard 'on leave', Podemos's number two for Congress]. Diario de Cádiz (in Spanish). Europa Press. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  4. ↑ "En Cádiz, PSOE y PP logran 3 escaños en las elecciones con el 100% escrutado" [In Cádiz, PSOE and PP achieve 3 seats in the elections with 100% counted] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "La secretaria de Estado de Igualdad, Noelia Vera, deja la política" [Secretary of State for Equality, Noelia Vera, leaves politics]. ABC (in Spanish). 4 October 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Lista de Por Andalucía en Cádiz para las elecciones de Andalucía del 19J" [Por Andalucía list in Cádiz for the Andalusian elections on 19 June]. ABC (in Spanish). 19 May 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  7. ↑ Aduriz, Iñigo (23 May 2022). "Juan Antonio Delgado: "Estamos centrados en que no se divida el voto de izquierdas, lo que nos pedía la gente"" [Juan Antonio Delgado: "We are focused on the left-wing vote not being divided, which is what the people are asking from us"]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  8. ↑ Moreno, Silvia (21 June 2022). "La coalición de Por Andalucía, mejor negocio político para Podemos que para IU" [Por Andalucía coalition, a better political deal for Podemos than for the IU]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  9. ↑ Cabanillas, Ana (30 September 2025). "Podemos irá con sus siglas a las elecciones de Andalucía y abre un escenario con tres papeletas a la izquierda del PSOE" [Podemos will go it alone in the elections in Andalusia and opens up a scenario with three lists to the left of the PSOE]. El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  10. ↑ Moreno, Silvia (3 April 2026). "Podemos se integra en Por Andalucía tras una negociación contrarreloj y concurrirá junto a IU y Sumar en las elecciones andaluzas del 17-M" [Podemos integrates into Por Andalucía in a negotiation against the clock and will run alongside IU and Sumar in the Andalusian elections on 17 May]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 April 2026.
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