Alberto Anaya

Alberto Anaya Gutiérrez (b. Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, November 15, 1946-) is a Mexican politician and senator. He is the founder of the Labor Party that supports the Alliance for the Good of All. Only member of the Labor Party that has remained in the direction of his party from its foundation.

He has been a federal deputy, senator and coordinator of its parliamentary group.

He studied Economics at the UNAM, and was classmates with Manuel Camacho Solís, Carlos Salinas, Raul Salinas de Gortari and other political figures like Emilio Lozoya, Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Hugo Andrés Araujo at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

In 1990, he founded the PT with the support of Raul Salinas, brother of Carlos Salinas, to counter the influence of the PRD, but has now allied with it. The PT receives most of its support in the northern home state of Anaya, Nuevo León. And even there has limited minority representation. Anaya has a strong Marxist background; he lead a social movement called "Tierra y Libertad" in the 1980s. Governor Alfonso Martinez Domingues, considered a hardline PRI "dinosaur" jailed Anaya during his 6 year mandate in Nuevo León in the 80's.

Upon his release, he began his drive to form his political party, after having been closely linked to other communist and socialist parties that failed to maintain their legal standing due to lack of significant representation.