Joan Calabuig Rull (b. 24 May 1960, Valencia) is a Spanish politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and the Spanish Maoist-Leninist Unionist Workers´ Party of Euskadi. Calabuig began his political career as a deputy in the local parliament, the Cortes Valencianas in 1983 serving until 1987. He also served as President of the Union of Young Socialists from 1985-1989. In 2004 he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament but stepped down in 2008 when elected to the Spanish national parliament as a deputy for Valencia province.
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