Emilio Sáez

Emilio Sáez Cruz (born 1969)[1] is a Spanish politician and former para-athlete.

Having been disabled by polio at age 3, he took part in the 1992 Summer Paralympics. As a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), he was a member of the council in Albacete from 2011 to 2015 and 2019 to 2023, as well as mayor from 2021. Between his two terms in the council, he was a member of the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha. In 2023, he was elected to the Congress of Deputies.

Biography

Sáez was born in Macael in the Province of Almería.[2] At age 3, he contracted polio.[3] Aged 9, he moved to Seville, then to Albacete at 16 due to a girlfriend.[2] He competed at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona.[1]

Sáez was elected to Albacete's city council in 2011. In the 2015 Castilian-Manchegan regional election, he was elected to the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha by the Albacete constituency after a recount awarded the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) another seat at the expense of Podemos.[4]

In the 2019 Spanish local elections, Sáez was his party's candidate for mayor, receiving the most votes but drawing with nine seats alongside the People's Party (PP).[5] He formed a pact with the five councillors from Citizens (Cs) in which their leader Vicente Casañ would be mayor for two years and then him for the remaining two years; a mirror agreement was made for Ciudad Real, also in Castilla–La Mancha.[6] The municipal vote for mayor on 9 June 2021 fell one short of a majority for Sáez due to a blank vote, but he was installed as mayor due to having led the most-voted list in the previous election.[7]

Sáez was the leader of the PSOE list in the Albacete constituency for the Congress of Deputies in the 2023 election.[8] The PP received 12,000 more votes than the PSOE, but the two shared the constituency's four seats.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Ramírez, Francisca (12 June 2021). "Emilio Sáez: «Quiero que Albacete sea ese lugar amable, en el que vivir mejor»" [Emilio Sáez: "I want Albacete to be a nice place, where you can live better"]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  2. ^ a b Toboso, Beatriz (6 May 2023). "Paralímpico en Barcelona 92, amante de la lectura y la música y patoso en la cocina, así es Emilio Sáez en 10 respuestas" [Paralympian in Barcelona 92, lover of reading and music and clumsy in the kitchen, this is Emilio Sáez in 10 answers] (in Spanish). En Castilla-La Mancha. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Un diputado del PSOE: "El Estado me denominó subnormal en los 70 y se me llamó minusválido el año que fui subcampeón del mundo"" [PSOE deputy: "The State classed me as subnormal in the 70s and called me disabled in the year I was world champion"]. El País (in Spanish). 16 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  4. ^ Gómez, Aldo (26 May 2015). "El PSOE gana un diputado por la provincia de Albacete" [PSOE gains a deputy for the Province of Albacete] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  5. ^ "El PP y el PSOE empatan en Albacete" [PP and PSOE draw in Albacete]. Última Hora (in Spanish). 27 May 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  6. ^ Sánchez Garzón, Teresa; Cifuentes, Lourdes (13 June 2019). "PSOE y Ciudadanos pactan turnarse dos años cada uno en las Alcaldías de Albacete y Ciudad Real" [PSOE and Citizens pact to rotate after two years the mayors' offices of Albacete and Ciudad Real]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  7. ^ Calzado, Diana (9 June 2021). "El socialista Emilio Sáez es el nuevo alcalde de Albacete aunque sin mayoría absoluta por un voto 'vacío'" [Socialist Emilio Sáez is the new mayor of Albacete though without an absolute majority due to a 'blank' vote]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  8. ^ Roldán, Teresa (7 June 2023). "Emilio Sáez encabeza lista al Congreso del PSOE por Albacete" [Emilio Sáez leads list for Congress for PSOE in Albacete]. La Tribuna de Albacete (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  9. ^ Aznar, Kiko (23 July 2024). "El voto útil se impone en Albacete" [Tactical voting employed in Albacete] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
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