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Pablo Iglesias Turrión
MEP
Secretary General of Podemos
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 15, 2014
Preceded byOffice established
Member of the European Parliament
for Spain
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 13, 2014
Personal details
Born (1978-10-17) October 17, 1978 (age 45)
Madrid, Spain
Political partyPodemos
Domestic partnerTania Sánchez Melero
Alma materComplutense University of Madrid

Pablo Iglesias Turrión (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaβlo iˈɣlesjas tuˈrjon]; born November 17, 1978) is a Spanish politician, spokesman and General Secretary of the party Podemos.

Iglesias is by background a writer, a lecturer of Political Science at the Complutense University of Madrid and a television presenter. He was elected to the European Parliament in the 2014 elections as the leading candidate of Podemos, along with four other members of his party. He also presents the television programmes La Tuerka and Fort Apache and is a frequent appearance in Spanish TV political shows.

Academic activity

Pablo Iglesias Turrión has a law degree (2001) and political science degree (2004, with extraordinary prize) from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid,[1] where he also got his doctorate in 2008, with a thesis about postnational collective action,[2] his Master of Advanced Studies in Political Science and his teaching certificate, with an outstanding grade.[1] Other studies include a Master in Humanities (2010) from the Universidad Carlos III with a thesis regarding a political analysis of cinema, and a Master of Arts in Communication (2011) from the European Graduate School (Switzerland), where he studied political theory, cinema and psychoanalysis[3] He was the acting head teacher of political science in the Universidad Complutense de Madrid,[4] where he was named honorary professor in September 2014.[5]

Iglesias presents the political debate TV shows Fort Apache (Hispan TV) and La Tuerka and is the director of programming at the production company Con Mano Izquierda (With the Left Hand).[6] Since 2002, he has published more than 30 articles in academic journals.[7]

Political activity

Pablo Iglesias in one campaigning act of Podemos for the 2014 European elections.

Pablo Iglesias Turrión positions himself on the left-wing and was a youth member of the Communist Party of Spain and Anti globalisation movement.[8][9] He also admired the policies of Hugo Chávez and was part of a board with other Podemos members that allegedly received $4.6 million from Chávez's government for 10 years until 2012.[10]

On January 2014 he presented, along with other persons and groups, the Podemos movement,[11] looking to participate in the 2014 European elections. He was elected to the head of Podemos' party list in open primary elections.[12] He was elected as a Member of the European Parliament.

He was sworn in as a MEP:

Yes, I swear to until the citizens of my country change it in order to recover sovereignty and social rights.[13]

— Pablo Iglesias, being sworn in as a MEP

On 25 June 2014, GUE/NGL, the European Parliament group which Podemos joined, elected him as their candidate for the presidency of the European Parliament.[14][15]

Activity in the media

He has written articles in the press, in publications such as Público,[16] Kaosenlared,[17] Diagonal[18] and Rebelion.org.[19]

On October 2013, he was given the "Enfocados" prize by the Department of Journalism and Audiovisual Communication of the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid[20] for his contribution to social change, which he shared with Ignacio Escolar and Jordi Évole in the individual category.

In 2003, he started a TV programme in Tele K, La Tuerka[21] (produced by Producciones CMI).

On November 2012 he appeared as an analyst in an episode of news show La Sexta Columna titled «Rajoy año I: La realidad era esto»,[22] which analyzed the first government year of Mariano Rajoy. In May 2013, Pablo Iglesias was invited to political talk show El Gato al Agua,[23] broadcast by Intereconomía, to talk about the political demonstration Rodea el Congreso.[24][25] After this participation, he started to receive requests from other media and became a frequent guest to political talk shows like El Gato al Agua, El cascabel al gato (13 TV), La Sexta Noche (La Sexta), Las Mañanas de Cuatro (Cuatro) and La Noche en 24 Horas (24 Horas).

Personal life

Pablo Iglesias Turrión was named after the 19th Century father of Spanish socialism, Pablo Iglesias.[8] His girlfriend is Tania Sánchez Melero,[26] a United Left deputy in the Assembly of Madrid. He is son to Luisa Turrión, a lawyer of trade union CCOO, and to Javier Iglesias, a labor inspector and retired history professor, and, according to Pablo Iglesias, former member of the FRAP.[27] Pablo's grandfather Manuel Iglesias was given the death penalty in Francoist Spain, though this was not carried out because the accusations against him were proven wrong.[28]

Bibliography

  • Iglesias Turrión, Pablo; Espasandín, Jesús (coordinadores) (2007). Bolivia en Movimiento. Acción colectiva y poder político. Madrid: El Viejo Topo. p. 376. ISBN 978-84-96831-25-4.
  • Iglesias Turrión, Pablo (2009). Multitud y acción colectiva postnacional. Madrid: Complutense de Madrid, Servicio de Publicaciones. p. 574. ISBN 978-84-692-1016-1.
  • Iglesias Turrión, Pablo (2011). Desobedientes. Madrid: Popular. p. 249. ISBN 978-84-7884-498-2.
  • Iglesias Turrión, Pablo; Monedero, Juan Carlos (2011). ¡Que no nos representan!: El debate sobre el sistema electoral español. Madrid: Popular. p. 127. ISBN 9788478845156.
  • Iglesias Turrión, Pablo (2013) Cuando las películas votan. Lecciones de ciencias sociales a través del cine,Catarata
  • Iglesias Turrión, Pablo (2013) Maquiavelo frente a la gran pantalla. Cine y política, Akal
  • Iglesias Turrión, Pablo; Nega (2013). Abajo el Régimen. Conversación entre Pablo Iglesias y Nega LCDM. Icaria, colección Más Madera a dos voces

References

  1. ^ a b Iglesias Turrión, Pablo. "Pablo Iglesias Turrión's CV" (PDF). Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  2. ^ Iglesias Turrión, Pablo (2009). Multitud y acción colectiva postnacional: un estudio comparado de los desobedientes: de Italia a Madrid (2000-2005). Universidad Complutense de Madrid. ISBN 978-84-692-1016-1. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  3. ^ Profesorado-Pablo Iglesias Turrión UCM's website, 3rd Department of Political Science. Access date 23 May 2014.
  4. ^ Pacho, Nacho (12 July 2014). "La Complutense quiere que Pablo Iglesias sea profesor honorífico". El Mundo. El rector explica que Iglesias ya no pertenece a la UCM desde el pasado 1 de julio, cuando perdió su condición de profesor titular interino
  5. ^ "La Complutense nombra profesor honorífico a Pablo Iglesias". eldiario.es. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  6. ^ Producciones Con Mano Izquierda. "Pablo Iglesias Turrión. Director de contenidos y creatividad". Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  7. ^ Pablo Iglesias Turrión in Google Scholar. Access date 23 May 2014.
  8. ^ a b Minder, Raphael (29 May 2014). "Spanish Upstart Party Said It Could, and Did. Now the Hard Part Begins". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Iglesias to head Spain's leftist Podemos party". The Local. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  10. ^ Ames, Paul (15 November 2014). "Europe looks left". Global Post. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  11. ^ Europa Press (13 March 2014). "Podemos formaliza su inscripción como partido político". eldiario.es. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  12. ^ "Pablo Iglesias, elegido cabeza de lista por Podemos en las primarias con más participación para las europeas". Público. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |newspaper= (help)
  13. ^ «Pablo Iglesias promete acatar la Constitución "hasta que los ciudadanos la cambien para recuperar soberanía"», Europa Press, 13 June 2014. Access date 27 October 2014.
  14. ^ Fariza, Ignacio (25 June 2014). "Pablo Iglesias, candidato de la Izquierda Unitaria a la presidencia de la Eurocámara". El País.
  15. ^ Europa Press (25 June 2014). "Pablo Iglesias, elegido candidato a presidir el Parlamento Europeo por la Izquierda Unitaria Europea". El Mundo.
  16. ^ "Otra vuelta de Tuerka". Público. Retrieved 13 July 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
  17. ^ "Artículos de Pablo Iglesias". Kaosenlared. Retrieved 13 July 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
  18. ^ Iglesias Turrión, Pablo (22 July 2006). "Asamblea constituyente y revolución". Diagonal. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  19. ^ "Artículos de Pablo Iglesias". Rebelión.org. Retrieved 13 July 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
  20. ^ Celebrada la primera edición de los Premios de Periodismo para el Cambio Social. entreculturas.org. 13 November 2013. Access date 24 May 2014.
  21. ^ Rozas, Daniel (3 July 2012). "I am not a crock! "A la izquierda le falta imaginación"". Diagonal. Retrieved 13 July 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |newspaper= (help)
  22. ^ Rajoy año I: La realidad era esto, atresplayer.com, 16 November 2012.
  23. ^ "Pablo Iglesias en El Gato al Agua". 24 April 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  24. ^ Europa Press (31 March 2013). "El 25S llama a "asediar" el Congreso el 25 de abril y a no abandonar hasta que dimita el Gobierno". Europa Press. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  25. ^ Efe (16 April 2013). "El Congreso no celebrará pleno durante el intento de "asedio" del 25S". La Razón. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  26. ^ Machuca, Pablo (26 February 2014). "Entrevista a Pablo Iglesias: "No es izquierda o derecha, es dictadura o democracia"". El Huffington Post.
  27. ^ El último secretario general, Público, 18 September 2012.
  28. ^ "El abuelo de Pablo Iglesias fue represaliado por el franquismo". elplural.com. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.

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