Editing Alejandro Lopez (section)

=== Cabinet Minister (2014-2019) ===
When the Workers' Party formed a Broad Left coalition government with the People's Party, Alliance for a Green Future, and the Social Justice Party, Lopez was selected by Chief Minister Miquel Hernández as Minister of Welfare on the 8th of March 2014. Lopez impressed in the office through his work to expand the welfare state and make the system more humanizing and became one of the most popular active politicians in Aredoa, according to opinion polling. 

Lopez was rewarded for his work with the post of Minister of Labor and Employment on the 24th of October 2015. In this office, he was known to clash with Miquel Hernández who was  a much more moderate figure than Lopez, limiting Lopez' impact in the office.

On the 19th of July 2018, Hernández announced his intention to resign as leader of the Workers' Party and Chief Minister. Lopez launched a leadership campaign and, with unprecedented grassroots support, won by a large margin over Mariana Tabilo, the candidate endorsed by Hernández and many in the moderate wing of the party. Lopez assumed leadership of the Workers' Party on the 2nd of September 2018.