Juan Moreno Yagüe

Born on 29 May 1973 in Salamanca to a family with a tradition in law, his mother a teacher and his father a judge,[2] he is married with two children. He was raised in Villafranca de los Barros, Plasencia and Montijo before moving at age nine to Seville.[2][3][4] After earning a Licentiate degree in Law, he unsuccessfully tried to pass the competitive public examinations in order to become a judge; he desisted and founded a law firm instead.[3]

He took part in the 15-M Movement through ¡Democracia Real YA!.[5] He also participated in the anti-eviction movement.[6] Keen of the online alias hackabogado, Moreno Yagüe, promoter of initiatives such as Democracia 4.0, and #Opeuribor. He has been (2012-2014) one of the lawyers hired by 15MpaRato movement, the citizen platform that uncovered the Bankia Case that brought Rodrigo Rato to trial.[7] He has taken part in the X Party since its inception,[8] he ran 6th in the party list for the 2014 European Parliament election in Spain.[9] The party failed to obtain representation. Moreno Yagüe ran 2nd in the Podemos list for Seville vis-à-vis the 2015 Andalusian regional election,[10] and, elected, became a member of the 10th term of the Parliament of Andalusia, where he served as 3rd Vice-President of the governing board of the legislature.[2]

In February 2017, he contested the Podemos leadership voting to determine the party's Secretary-General in the 2nd Citizen Assembly ("Vistalegre II"), presenting himself as the single alternative to the leadership of Pablo Iglesias. Running in a platform vouching for direct democracy, energy transition and free knowledge,[4] he commanded the support of 15,700 members (10.9%) vs the 128,700 votes (89%) commanded by Iglesias.[1] His policy manifesto was focussed on electronic voting and eliminating the bank payment system, replacing banks with a mobile application where each person manages his or her own money without having to rely on a bank to manage it.

In August and October 2017, he published two legal analyses on the unconstitutionality of the Spanish State Government's intervention of the Autonomy of Catalonia,[6] in particular of the agreements relating to the application of Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution.[11]