José Antonio Pérez Tapias

José Antonio Pérez Tapias (born 1955) is a Spanish politician, author and university professor. He was a member of the 8th and 9th terms of the Congress of Deputies.

Biography Born on 3 June 1955 in Seville, he has however been based most of his life in Granada, earning a licentiate degree in Theology in 1978, a licentiate degree in Philosophy and Arts in 1981 and a PhD in Philosophy at the University of Granada (UGR), reading a dissertation titled El pensamiento humanista de Erich Fromm. Crítica y utopía desde Marx y Freud in 1990.

He was elected Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts of the UGR on 16 October 2013.

A prominent member of Izquierda Socialista ("Socialist Left"), a left-wing faction within the PSOE, he contested the July 2014 PSOE primary election, drawing the support of 15% of the voting affiliates, ending up last after winner Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón (49%) and runner-up Eduardo Madina (36%).

In January 2018 he left the PSOE, putting an end to a 25-year long membership.

A prolific writer for press and specialized journals, he is also the author of several books dealing with political concepts such as "democratic education", "intercultural citizenship" and social democracy. He endorses the idea of a "plurinational federal state" in Spain.

Electoral history + Electoral history of José Antonio Pérez Tapias Election List Constituency List position Result 2004 Congress of Deputies election PSOE Granada 5th (out of 7) Not elected 2008 Congress of Deputies election PSOE Granada 4th (out of 7) Elected

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