Santiago Abascal

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.

Santiago Abascal
Abascal in 2023
President of Vox
Assumed office
20 September 2014
Vice PresidentJorge Buxadé
Preceded byJosé Luis González Quirós
Member of the Congress of Deputies
Assumed office
21 May 2019
ConstituencyMadrid
Director of the Data Protection Agency of the Community of Madrid
In office
4 February 2010  28 December 2012
PresidentEsperanza Aguirre
Preceded byAntonio Troncoso
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of the Basque Parliament
In office
4 October 2005  6 January 2009
ConstituencyÁlava
In office
16 January 2004  22 February 2005
ConstituencyÁlava
Member of the General Assembly of Álava
In office
13 June 2003  3 February 2005
ConstituencyVitoria
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
Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
Political partyVox (since 2014)
Other political
affiliations
People's Party (1994–2013)
Spouse(s)
Ana Belén Sánchez Cenador
(m. 2002; div. 2010)

Lidia Bedman
(m. 2018)
Children4
Parent
Alma materUniversity of Deusto
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