Santiago Abascal | |
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.jpg) Abascal in 2024 | |
| President of Vox | |
| Assumed office 20 September 2014 | |
| Vice President | Jorge Buxadé |
| Preceded by | José Luis González Quirós |
| President of Patriots.eu | |
| Assumed office 16 November 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Gerolf Annemans |
| 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 14 April 1976 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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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. Since November 2024 he is also the president of the European right-wing political party Patriots.eu.
Before the creation of Vox, Abascal was long a member of the centre-right 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.