Manu Ayerdi

In this Basque name, the first surname is Ayerdi and the second is Olaizola.
Manu Ayerdi
Aierdi in April 2016
Minister of Economic Development and Business of Navarre[a]
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 July 2015
PresidentUxue Barkos
María Chivite
First Vice President of Navarre
In office
23 July 2015 – 6 August 2019
PresidentUxue Barkos
Preceded byLourdes Goicoechea
Succeeded byJavier Remírez
Member of the Parliament of Navarre
In office
15 June 2011 – 27 July 2015
Succeeded byConsuelo Satrustegi
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 June 2019
Personal details
Born
Manuel Ayerdi Olaizola

(1967-01-13) 13 January 1967 (age 57)
San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain
Political partyBasque Nationalist Party
Other political
affiliations		Geroa Bai
Alma materUniversity of Deusto
OccupationEconomist, Politician
  1. ^ Minister for Economic Development from July 2015 to August 2019. Minister of Economic Development and Business since August 2019.

Manuel Ayerdi Olaizola (born 13 January 1967) is a Basque economist, politician, Minister of Economic Development and Business of Navarre and a member of the Parliament of Navarre. He was previously First Vice President of Navarre.

Early life

Aierdi was born on 13 January 1967 in San Sebastián (Donostia), Basque Country, Spain.[1] In 1989, he received a degree in economics and business administration from the San Sebastián campus of the University of Deusto.[1][2][3] He has a post-graduate degree (1996) in financial management in SMEs.[4]

Career

Aierdi joined the marketing department of information and communications technology company Ibermática in 1989.[2][5] He was economic and financial director of Alcer, a construction company, from 1991 to 2001,as well as director of quality systems, prevention and environment at Alcer.[2][5] Between 2001 and 2012, he was director of economic-financial and corporate services at Arian[2][6] and the company's legal representative in China between 2004 and 2011.[2][5]

In the 1990s, Aierdi taught human resources management models at the University of Deusto's Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences.[2][7]

Aierdi has been affiliated with the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ) since 2003 and was an executive member of its Navarrese branch, the Napar Buru Batzarra (NBB), from 2008 to 2012.[1][7] He was president of NBB from 2012 to 2015.[8][9]

Aierdi contested the 2011 regional election in Navarre as an Nafarroa Bai electoral alliance candidate and was elected to the Parliament of Navarre.[10][11] He was re-elected at the 2015 regional election as a Geroa Bai candidate.[12][13]

In July 2015, he was appointed First Vice President of Navarre and Minister of Economic Development by President Uxue Barkos.[14][15][16] He resigned from parliament on 27 July 2015.[17] In his ministerial role, Aierdi has been president of various state-owned companies including Sodena, Cener and Naitec.[4] He came under criticism after Sodena loaned €3 million to Davalor Salud, a company that was in financial difficulties and subsequently went into administration.[18]

Aierdi was re-elected at the 2019 regional election.[19][20] In August 2019, he was appointed Minister of Economic Development and Business by President María Chivite.[21][22][23]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Manu Aierdi
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
2011 regional[10][11] Navarre Basque Nationalist Party Nafarroa Bai 4 Elected
2015 regional[12][13] Navarre Basque Nationalist Party Geroa Bai 2 Elected
2019 regional[19][20] Navarre Basque Nationalist Party Geroa Bai 5 Elected

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ayerdi Olaizola, Manuel" (in Basque). Pamplona, Spain: Parliament of Navarre. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Biografía: Vicepresidente de Desarrollo Económico - Manu Ayerdi Olaizola" (PDF) (in Spanish). Pamplona, Spain: Government of Navarre. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Javier Remírez (PSN) y José María Aierdi (Geroa Bai) serán los vicepresidentes del Gobierno de Navarra". Europa Press (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Garapen Ekonomiko eta Enpresarialeko kontseilaria - Manu Ayerdi Olaizola" (in Basque). Pamplona, Spain: Government of Navarre. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "Este es el nuevo gobierno de María Chivite: los trece consejeros que acompañarán a la socialista esta legislatura". Navarra.com (in Spanish). Pamplona, Spain. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  6. ^ Ondarra, Marcos (7 August 2019). "Un "anticarcelario", la exbatasuna y un 'moroso': las 'perlas' que aportan los socios de Chivite". El Español (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Manu Ayerdi, vicepresidente económico". Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). Pamplona, Spain. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Gobernu parekidea izango da". Berria (in Basque). Andoain, Spain. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Osatu da Nafarroako Gobernua". euskalerriairratia.eus (in Basque). Pamplona, Spain. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Hauteskunde Prozedura: Nafarroako Hauteskunde Batzordea - Aldarrikatutako hautagai-zerrendak" (PDF). Nafarroako Aldizkari Ofiziala (in Basque). Vol. 2011, no. 78. Pamplona, Spain: Government of Navarre. 26 April 2011. pp. 6591–6595. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  11. ^ a b "Hauteskunde Prozedura: Lehendakaritza, Justizia eta Barne Departamentua - Nafarroako Parlamenturako Hauteskundeak 2011" (PDF). Nafarroako Aldizkari Ofiziala (in Basque). Vol. 2015, no. 147. Pamplona, Spain: Government of Navarre. 26 July 2011. pp. 11310–11311. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  12. ^ a b "Hauteskunde Prozedura: Nafarroako Hauteskunde Batzordea - Aldarrikatutako hautagai-zerrendak" (PDF). Nafarroako Aldizkari Ofiziala (in Basque). Vol. 2015, no. 81. Pamplona, Spain: Government of Navarre. 28 April 2015. pp. 5248–5252. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  13. ^ a b "Hauteskunde Prozedura: Lehendakaritza, Justizia eta Barne Departamentua - Nafarroako Parlamenturako Hauteskundeak 2015" (PDF). Nafarroako Aldizkari Ofiziala (in Basque). Vol. 2015, no. 116. Pamplona, Spain: Government of Navarre. 17 June 2015. p. 7380. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  14. ^ "Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea: Agintariak eta Langileak - Kargu-uzteak, Izendapenak eta Bestelako Egoerak". Nafarroako Aldizkari Ofiziala (in Basque). Vol. 2015, no. 142. Pamplona, Spain: Government of Navarre. 23 July 2015. pp. 8318–8319. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  15. ^ "Toma posesión el Gobierno de Navarra presidido por Uxue Barkos". EFE (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  16. ^ "Ainhoa Aznárez asiste a la toma de posesión de los nueve consejeros del Gobierno de Navarra" (in Spanish). Pamplona, Spain: Parliament of Navarre. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  17. ^ "Serie G: Informes, Convocatorias e Información Parlamentaria - Renuncia de D. Manu Ayerdi Olaizola a su condición de ParlamentarioForal" (PDF). Boletín del Parlamento de Navarra (in Spanish). Vol. IX, no. 5. Pamplona, Spain: Parliament of Navarre. 4 August 2015. p. 10. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  18. ^ "Ayerdi sigue en el Gobierno después de que Chivite y el PSN pidieran su dimisión por el escándalo Davalor". Navarra.com (in Spanish). Pamplona, Spain. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  19. ^ a b "Hauteskunde Prozedura: Nafarroako Hauteskunde Batzordea - Aldarrikatutako hautagai-zerrendak" (PDF). Nafarroako Aldizkari Ofiziala (in Basque). Vol. 2019, no. 83. Pamplona, Spain: Government of Navarre. 30 April 2019. pp. 5326–5330. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  20. ^ a b "Hauteskunde Prozedura: Lehendakaritzako, Funtzio Publikoko, Barneko eta Justiziako Departamentua - Nafarroako Parlamenturako Hauteskundeak 2019" (PDF). Nafarroako Aldizkari Ofiziala (in Basque). Vol. 2019, no. 106. Pamplona, Spain: Government of Navarre. 3 June 2019. p. 6886. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  21. ^ "Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea: Agintariak eta Langileak - Kargu-uzteak, Izendapenak eta Bestelako Egoerak" (PDF). Nafarroako Aldizkari Ofiziala (in Basque). Vol. 2019, no. 153. Pamplona, Spain: Government of Navarre. 7 August 2019. pp. 9852–9854. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  22. ^ "Txibiteren 13 kontseilariek kargua hartu dute, eta osatu da Nafarroako Gobernu berria". Berria (in Basque). Andoain, Spain. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  23. ^ "Chivitek 'pazientzia' eskatu die 13 kontseilariei, 'une gogorrak' izango direlako". EITB (in Basque). Bilbao, Spain. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

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