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For his father, also a politician, see Santiago Abascal Escuza.
Santiago Abascal Conde (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo aβasˈkal ˈkonde]; born 14 April 1976) is a Spanish politician and since September 2014 the leader of the right-wing political party Vox. Abascal is a member of the Congress of Deputies representing Madrid since 2019. Before the creation of Vox, Abascal was long a member of the People's Party, served as legislator in the Basque Parliament, founded the Spanish nationalist Foundation for the Defense of the Spanish Nation (Spanish: Fundación para la Defensa de la Nación Española, or DENAES) and exerted the role of director of publicly funded entities of the Community of Madrid.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Abascal and the second or maternal family name is Conde.
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Santiago Abascal | |
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President of Vox | |
Assumed office 20 September 2014 | |
Vice President | Jorge Buxadé |
Preceded by | José Luis González Quirós |
Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
Assumed office 21 May 2019 | |
Constituency | Madrid |
Director of the Data Protection Agency of the Community of Madrid | |
In office 4 February 2010 – 28 December 2012 | |
President | Esperanza Aguirre |
Preceded by | Antonio Troncoso |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Member of the Basque Parliament | |
In office 4 October 2005 – 6 January 2009 | |
Constituency | Álava |
In office 16 January 2004 – 22 February 2005 | |
Constituency | Álava |
Member of the General Assembly of Álava | |
In office 13 June 2003 – 3 February 2005 | |
Constituency | Vitoria |
Member of the City Council of Llodio | |
In office 13 June 1999 – 16 June 2007 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Santiago Abascal Conde (1976-04-14) 14 April 1976 (age 48) Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain |
Political party | Vox (since 2014) |
Other political affiliations | People's Party (1994–2013) |
Spouse(s) |
Ana Belén Sánchez Cenador
(m. 2002; div. 2010)Lidia Bedman (m. 2018) |
Children | 4 |
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Alma mater | University of Deusto |
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