Imanol Pradales | |||||||||||
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_(cropped).jpg) Pradales in 2024 | |||||||||||
| Lehendakari of the Basque Government | |||||||||||
| Assumed office 22 June 2024 | |||||||||||
| Monarch | Felipe VI | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Iñigo Urkullu | ||||||||||
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| Member of the Basque Parliament | |||||||||||
| Assumed office 14 May 2024 | |||||||||||
| Constituency | Biscay | ||||||||||
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| Born | Imanol Pradales Gil 21 April 1975 Santurtzi, Basque Country, Spain | ||||||||||
| Political party | Basque Nationalist Party (since 2005) | ||||||||||
| Spouse | Laura Sáez | ||||||||||
| Children | 1 | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | Asti Leku Ikastola University of Deusto (Lic.) University of Deusto (PhD) | ||||||||||
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Imanol Pradales Gil (born 21 April 1975) is a Basque politician and sociologist from Spain, member of the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV). After leading his party in the 2024 regional election, he became the next Lehendakari.[1]
He served as Foral Deputy (regional minister) of Infrastructure and Territorial Development of the Foral Council of Bizkaia from 2023 to 2024, upon stepping down to contest the 2024 Basque regional election. He has held the position of Foral Deputy for Economic Promotion (2011-2015), for Economic and Territorial Development (2015-2019) and for Infrastructure and Territorial Development (2019-2023).[2][3][4][5]
Previously, he held the position of managing director of the public talent recruitment agency Bizkaia Talent, attached to the economic promotion department of the Foral Council of Bizkaia between 2007 and 2011.[citation needed]
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