Nico Cué

Nicanor Cué[1] (born 6 September 1956), known as Nico Cué, is a Spanish-born Belgian trade unionist and politician. He served as the General Secretary of the General Federation of Belgian Labour (FGTB) Metalworkers for two decades.[2][3] In the 2019 European Parliament election, Cué and Violeta Tomić are European Left's lead candidates (Spitzenkandidaten) for the President of the European Commission.[4][5] He was not elected.

Nico Cué
Nico Cué in February 2019
Personal details
Born
Nicanor Cué

(1956-09-06) 6 September 1956
Mieres, Asturias, Spain
Political partyEuropean Union:
Party of the European Left

Early life and education

Nico Cué was born in Mieres, Asturias on 6 September 1956.[6] His father, a miner, was forced to flee Francoist Spain to Belgium in 1962, after the miners' strikes of that year. He had no work permit and struggled to find a job until sympathisers with the republican cause in Belgium found him work in a mine near Liège. After a year, his wife and children could finally join him in Liège. He died suddenly in a car accident in 1968,[1] leaving his wife to raise seven children.[4][7]

Cué was educated at the local technical school and got his first job at the FN factory in Liège. He became politically active as a teenager and joined the FGTB trade union on getting his first job.[4]

Political career

In 1997, Cué stood as a rank-and-file candidate for the General Secretary of the Union of Belgian Metalworkers and won.[4]

On 26–27 January, 2019, in Brussels, Cué and Slovene Violeta Tomić were voted by the Executive Board of the Party of the European Left as the top candidates for the 2019 European parliament election.[8]

Personal life

Cué is married to an Italian. They have at least one son.[7]

References
  1. Andrés Gil. "Nico Cué (Partido de la Izquierda Europea): "El movimiento feminista nos ha dado una lección magistral al movimiento obrero"". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-05-27.
  2. "Who is Nico Cué?". www.facebook.com. 2019-05-06. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
  3. "Le Secrétariat | FGTB Métallurgistes Wallonie Bruxelles". 2015-03-10. Archived from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  4. "Nico Cué – Party of the European Left". www.european-left.org. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  5. Libre.be, La. "Élections 2019 | En campagne avec Nico Cué: "Voilà le président de la Commission !"". www.lalibre.be (in French). Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  6. "Zoom auf Nico Cué". ARTE (in German). Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  7. EU Presidential Debate: lead candidate Nico Cué (EL), retrieved 2019-05-16
  8. "Two Candidates from the people for the people – Party of the European Left". www.european-left.org. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
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