Born in
Madrid, Lobato graduated in Business Management and Administration, and Law, from the
Autonomous University of Madrid. He was the mayor of
Soto del Real from 2015 to 2021, having first been elected to the city council in 2003 when he was 18, and a deputy in the
Assembly of Madrid from 2015 to 2019. From 2010, he worked as a State Treasury Technician for the State Tax Administration Agency. In 2017, he was a candidate for secretary general of the
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in the
Community of Madrid. He came second, with 19.74% of the vote, behind
José Manuel Franco. Lobato was put in fourth place on the PSOE's list for the
2021 Madrilenian regional election, led by
Ángel Gabilondo. He resigned as mayor of Soto del Real in April, In September 2021, Lobato put himself forward again as a candidate for secretary general. He was elected in October, with 61.23% of the votes, ahead of the mayor of
Fuenlabrada,
Francisco Javier Ayala. Also becoming spokesman of the party in the Assembly of Madrid, he offered to pact with
regional president Isabel Díaz Ayuso (
PP) so that the budget could be passed without compromises towards
Vox. In July 2023, Lobato was named by the Assembly of Madrid as one of its seven designated seats in the
Senate of Spain. He said that it was necessary to build up his profile ahead of the
next regional elections possibly in 2027, as a poll had showed that only 65% of the regional public recognised him. Lobato resigned from the party leadership on 27 November 2024. His resignation was due to a controversy about the alleged leaking of Ayuso's partner's emails. Lobato maintained that neither he nor the PSOE leadership had seen the emails before they were mentioned in the media. In 2024, Lobato took part in a politicians' special of
El rival más débil, the Spanish version of
Weakest Link. He came third behind fellow PSOE members
Susana Díaz and
Víctor Gutiérrez, joking that he was like prime minister
Pedro Sánchez as he had been
betrayed by Díaz. ==References==