Ismael Álvarez (politician)

Ismael Álvarez Rodríguez (born 13 July 1950) is a Spanish former politician. As a member of the People's Party, he was a councillor in Ponferrada between 1991 and 2002, and the city's mayor from 1995. He was also a member of the Cortes of Castile and León from 1999 to 2002, and of the Senate of Spain from 1993 to 1996.

In 2002, Álvarez was convicted of the sexual harassment of Nevenka Fernández, a councillor in his local government. He was the first Spanish politician to be convicted of the offence, and resigned his offices. He returned to politics as the leader of a localist party and was re-elected to the council in 2011, resigning in 2013 per a pact with the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.

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