Imanol Pradales
Imanol Pradales | |||||||||||
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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.) Technical University of Madrid (MA) University of Deusto (PhD) IE Business School (PgD) | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Sociologist, university teacher, politician | ||||||||||
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Imanol Pradales Gil (born in Santurtzi on 21 April 1975) is a Basque sociologist, university teacher and politician from Spain, member of the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV). He serves as Lehendakari of the Basque Government from 2024.
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).
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.
Among the achievements during his time at the Foral Council of Bizkaia, the following stand out, in particular: the creation of the Bizkaia Talent agency in 2007 and the creation of the Talentia Network in 2013.