Juan Francisco Martínez-Aldama

Juan Francisco Martínez-Aldama Sáenz (born 4 October 1965) is a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician. He was a councillor in his hometown of Herce from 1995 to 2003. In 2000, he was elected secretary general of the PSOE in La Rioja, and led them in elections to the Parliament of La Rioja in 2003, 2007 and 2011, losing each time. In 2011, he was elected to the Senate of Spain, remaining there until 2019.

Biography Aldama was born in Herce in La Rioja. While his father was a supporter of the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD), Aldama preferred the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) of Felipe González, having seen him on the television when he was 10.

Aldama studied a philosophy degree at the University of Zaragoza, where he began his political activism in the youth sector of the PSOE. Upon returning home, he joined regional chapter of the PSOE in November 1988, in Arnedo. From 1991–1994 he was a member of the regional party executive, and then vice secretary-general of the group in Arnedo. During Aldama's 12 years in charge of the regional party, his followers were known as "Kikistas", after his nickname, Kiko. He was re-elected in December 2015 and June 2016. He was not included on the PSOE list for the senate in the constituency in April 2019.

Personal life Aldama is married and has two children.