Eduardo Rubiño


Eduardo Fernández Rubiño is a Spanish activist, politician and a member of the Senate of Spain and the Assembly of Madrid.

Early life

Rubiño was born on 13 September 1991 in Madrid. He is the son of philosopher and academic Carlos Fernández Liria. He has a degree in philosophy from the Complutense University of Madrid. He was a member of the Central Delegation of Students at UCM. He was a LGBT student and Youthless Future activist. He was one of the leaders of the 15-M anti-austerity movement at UCM.

Career

Rubiño worked as a community manager. He was responsible for social networking for Podemos from 2014 to 2017. He was an online communication advisor to MEP Pablo Iglesias Turrión. He contributed to Iglesias' 2014 book Ganar o Morir: Lecciones Políticas en Juego de Tronos.
Rubiño contested the 2015 regional election as a Podemos candidate in the Community of Madrid and was elected to the Assembly of Madrid. Following the schism between Iglesias and Íñigo Errejón, Rubiño joined Errejón's Más Madrid. He was re-elected at the 2019 regional election.
In July 2019 Rubiño was appointed to the Senate of Spain by the Assembly of Madrid.

Personal life

Rubiño is openly gay. In June 2018 he was subject to homophobic abuse at Lavapiés Metro station when, whilst hugging his boyfriend, someone shouted "fucking fag".

Electoral history