In politics, positions usually change over the years. Just as you are sometimes in government and sometimes in opposition (depending on the votes), you are also sometimes in the independent sphere, and sometimes in the national sphere. … And others in the local. They also play on many occasions Personal circumstances of the character That makes it be in one forum or another.
This is the case with two old, well-known faces of Andalusian politics, who had gone to other forums, and are now reappearing on the Andalusian scene. We are Two heavyweights, a man and a woman, Who already know regional politics, which they left for various circumstances, and who will return to this field because they will be candidates in the next Andalusian elections which, if there is no progress, will take place in the spring of 2026, most likely in June. These are two candidates from the left, Antonio Mailo and María Jesús Montero.
This is a return that may also have been influenced by the truth There is no generational change. Or the same thing, it seems that the left has not found a new wisdom that allows it to choose its candidates for membership in the Andalusian Council.
Everything indicates that there were no options to choose from among the current parliamentarians, or at least it did not seem so for the leftist formations. That’s why they look He had to resort to names from the past Those that bring them back into the headlines to confront Juanma Moreno, whose leadership remains unquestioned. That’s why they have to turn to old acquaintances before making room for a new generation.
Among these returning veterans is Antonio Maillo, federal coordinator of Izquierda Unida, who will return to the front page in the coming weeks as he will be at the top of the list of veterans. For Andalusia in the upcoming regional elections. Announced just a few days ago in Seville, it will mark his return to regional politics as he will once again be a candidate for the presidency of the Andalusian Junta.
This would not be his first time since Milo (Lucena, 1966) knew well the Andalusian Parliament, where, in addition to being president, he was also a regional deputy. Profession teacherThe politician graduated in classical philology from the University of Seville and subsequently devoted himself to teaching for many years.
teaching
In fact, the curriculum taught by Milo highlights his time at two institutes in Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz) and also in Aracena (Helva). In this last city he was responsible for the management of the San Blas Institute for several years, where he was responsible for adapting the Latin curriculum to the basic law of education for the whole of Andalusia.
Then, after going through municipal politics Communist Party Advisor of Aracena, Jump into the realm of autonomy. Initially he was a Senator for Huelva since 2011, then as of June 2012, following the Government Agreement in Andalusia between the PSOE and IULV-CA, he was appointed Director General of the Local Administration of the Department of Local Administration and Institutional Relations of the Andalusian Junta.
Later, it was in June 2013 when Milo took over the leadership of Izquierda Unida in Andalusia andHe was appointed candidate of this formation to the Andalusian Junta in 2015. Therefore, he was the parliamentary spokesman for this formation since that year and was present in the committees of the presidency and local administration, education and legal development, appointments, relations with the Department of Political Affairs, and the advisory committees for petitions.
Therefore, his time in the Andalusian Parliament was fruitful, at a stage when the PSOE was under the leadership of Susana Díaz (then President of the Junta), and the Popular Party was in the hands of Juanma Moreno who was still in the opposition but later became President of the Andalusian Junta. The thing is that Milo, who will be a candidate again in the 2018 elections jointly with Teresa Rodríguez under the brand Adelante Andalucía, stayed at Cinco Llagas until June 2019, the date on which he decided to step back, leave politics and return to teaching.
His retirement was also affected by the cancer he suffered from, which forced him to do so Retirement time receiving chemotherapy. Then in May 2024, Mailu will return to the national sphere after the resignation of Alberto Garzón, becoming the federal coordinator of the Izquierda Unida Party. Now his return to Andalusia will mean his reunification with regional politics, a topic that is not new to him.
In fact, Milo knows very well the issues he will have to address in his new phase. Health, education or regional finance are issues that will not be new to him. He will not face the opponents he should face. It actually coincided with the current president of the Andalusian Junta, Juanma Moreno.
candidate
But he also did so with another candidate, socialist María Jesús Montero, who was then a member of the Andalusian government. Vice President and Minister of Finance And he will star in another great comeback For the upcoming regional elections.
Montero jumped to Madrid only a few months before the Socialists lost the junta in Andalusia after nearly thirty years of successive governments. In June 2018 Montero (Seville, 1966) He went with Pedro Sanchez to Madrid To take over the Ministry of Finance. Only a few months before the catastrophe that would oust the Socialists from the Palace of San Telmo.
This march marks the end of a wide-ranging political career in the Andalusian military junta, in which he has been part of the government without interruption since 2004. Montero, a doctor by training, She went through the ministries of health, then the treasury, and was an advisor to all the socialist presidents. That was with Manuel Chavez, José Antonio Grenán, and finally with Susana Díaz.
It is now returning to the regional scene since Pedro Sánchez was appointed Secretary General of the PSOE-A and candidate for the Andalusian Junta. Montero, who has been making weekend trips to Andalusia for several months, will have to leave In the coming months, the ministry will focus on regional policy.
Those who know her say that she was forced to take on the task due to national politics It seemed to excite him even more They realize that the options for assuming the position of head of the Andalusian Military Council are not encouraging at all. However, he will have to return to the Andalusian Parliament for regional politics and talk about the issues he has already discussed.
Health, education or regional finance will certainly be issues that need to be addressed again. And in Las Cinco Lagas a kind of “deja vu” will occur.