Tomás Valeriano Gómez Sánchez (born 15 December 1957) is a Spanish socialist politician and economist. From 21 October 2010 to 22 December 2011 was the Minister of Labor and Immigration in the ninth legislature under the presidency of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.

Valeriano Gómez
Minister of Labour and Migrations
In office
21 October 2010 – 22 December 2011
MonarchJuan Carlos I
Prime MinisterJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded byCelestino Corbacho
Succeeded byFátima Báñez
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
13 December 2011 – 1 January 2015
ConstituencyMadrid
Personal details
Born
Tomás Valeriano Gómez Sánchez

(1957-12-15) 15 December 1957 (age 66)
Arroyo del Ojanco, Spain
Alma materComplutense University of Madrid

Political career

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Bachelor of Economics and Business Administration, he specializes in Labor Economics from the Complutense University of Madrid. Member of the General Union of Workers (UGT) and the Spanish Socialist Worker's Party (PSOE), worked as an economist in the Technical Cabinet of the Confederal Executive Committee of UGT. He has been an executive advisor in the Ministry of Labor and Social Security from 1988 to 1994 and State Secretary of Employment from 2004 to 2006. He was advisor to the Economic and Social Council of Spain.

The day of the general strike of 2010, was present at the head of the demonstration in Madrid against the labor reform.[1]

Minister of Labor

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On 20 October 2010, he was appointed Minister of Labor by Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero,[2] and took possession before the king Juan Carlos the same day.[3]

Deputy

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He participated in the general elections of 20 November 2011 as number three of the PSOE list for Madrid, being elected deputy. After leaving the ministerial portfolio, he focused on his work as a deputy, serving as spokesperson for the Socialist Group in the Economy Committee of the Congress of Deputies, a position he left 1 January 2015 after discrepancies with Pedro Sánchez.[4][5]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Valeriano Gómez se manifestó en la Huelga General del 29-S". www.publico.es (in Spanish). 2010-10-20. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  2. ^ "Valeriano Gómez, nuevo ministro de Trabajo, gran defensor del diálogo social". Cinco Días (in Spanish). 2010-10-20. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  3. ^ Entre el recuerdo a De la Vega, la emoción de Moratinos y los consejos de Aído (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Gómez Sánchez, Tomás Valeriano (in Spanish)
  5. ^ El exministro Gómez anuncia su adiós y «revienta» a Sánchez el debate sobre la corrupción (in Spanish)