Pablo Iglesias Turrión
Pablo Iglesias Turrión | |
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| Secretary General of Podemos | |
| Assumed office 15 November 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 13 January 2016 | |
| Constituency | Madrid |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 1 July 2014 – 27 October 2015 | |
| Constituency | Spain |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 October 1978 Madrid, Spain |
| Political party | Podemos (2014–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Unidos Podemos (2016–present) Communist Youth Union of Spain (1992-1999) |
| Alma mater | Complutense University Charles III University European Graduate School |
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Pablo Manuel Iglesias Turrión, known as either Pablo Iglesias or Pablo Iglesias Turrión (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaβlo iˈɣlesjas tuˈrjon]; born 17 October 1978) is a Spanish politician. He was the Secretary-General of political party Podemos from 2014 to 2021.
He was a lecturer in political science at the Complutense University of Madrid. He was elected to the European Parliament in the 2014 elections as the leading candidate of the newly formed party Podemos, along with four other members of his party.[1]
Iglesias hosts the internet programs La Tuerka and Fort Apache, and appears in Spanish political TV shows.
On 27 October 2015 he resigned his seat in the European Parliament in order to focus on the campaign for the 2015 Spanish general election and Spanish general election, 2016.[2]
He was vicepresident of Spanish government from January, 2020[3] to March, 2021. He resigned to be candidate in the 2021 elections of Madrid.[4] He had bad results in said elections and he resigned from all political charges.[5]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Iglesias Turrión, Pablo. "Pablo Iglesias Turrión's CV" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.[unreliable source?]
- ↑ Francesco, Manetto (27 October 2015). "Iglesias deja el Parlamento Europeo con un duro ataque a la gran coalición". El País. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ↑ Pablo Iglesias Turrión in lamoncloa.gob.es (in Spanish)
- ↑ Spain’s deputy PM Pablo Iglesias steps down to run in Madrid election in Politico
- ↑ Pablo Iglesias from Politics in theolivepress.es
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