Salvador Bangueses, originally from Orense in north-west Spain, is an economist and teacher and has worked in both the private sector and in state-funded education.
He was a member of the secretariat of the CC.OO. trade union’s Teaching Federation from 1984 to 1991. He was later elected Confederate Secretary of Finance at the 5th Confederate Congress, a position he maintained until 1996.
He has chaired FIES, the foundation of CC.OO.’s Teaching Federation, and the University Council of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
He is a member of the Social Council of the Universidad de Alcalá de Henares and has been a member of the Executive Commission of CC.OO.’s Teaching Federation since 1981, as well as a member of the Confederate Executive Commission between 1987 and 1991. Since the 7th Confederate Congress in 2000, he has been part of José MarÃa Fidalgo’s team.
He has been in charge of the Secretariats for Studies and Programmes and Institutional Politics since 2002.