Francisco Garrido Peña
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, 25 March 1958) is a Spanish politician and member of the Green Party
Confederation of The Greens
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, which has previously supported the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...
(PSOE) in the Spanish Congress of Deputies
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.
Garrido received a Doctorate in philosophy
Philosophy
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from the University of Granada
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, and became a University professor in Jaen. He sat in the Parliament of Andalusia
Parliament of Andalusia
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from 1994 to 1996 after being elected in the lists of the United Left
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. In 2004, following a pact between the PSOE and the Greens, he was elected to the Spanish Congress in the PSOE lists representing Seville Province
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and served until 2008.