Pablo Manuel Iglesias Turrión, known as either Pablo Iglesias or Pablo Iglesias Turrión (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaβlo iˈɣlesjas tuˈrjon]; born 17 October 1978) is a Spanish politician. He was the Secretary-General of political party Podemos from 2014 to 2021.
He was a lecturer in political science at the Complutense University of Madrid. He was elected to the European Parliament in the 2014 elections as the leading candidate of the newly formed party Podemos, along with four other members of his party.[1]
Iglesias hosts the internet programs La Tuerka and Fort Apache, and appears in Spanish political TV shows.
On 27 October 2015 he resigned his seat in the European Parliament in order to focus on the campaign for the 2015 Spanish general election and Spanish general election, 2016.[2]
He was vicepresident of Spanish government from January, 2020[3] to March, 2021. He resigned to be candidate in the 2021 elections of Madrid.[4] He had bad results in said elections and he resigned from all political charges.[5]
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