Pablo Iglesias Turrión
Pablo Iglesias | |
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Iglesias in 2020 | |
| Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain | |
| In office 13 January 2020 – 31 March 2021 | |
| Monarch | Felipe VI |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
| Preceded by | Manuel Chaves (2011) |
| Succeeded by | Nadia Calviño |
| Minister of Social Rights and 2030 Agenda | |
| In office 13 January 2020 – 31 March 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
| Preceded by | María Luisa Carcedo (Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Welfare) |
| Succeeded by | Ione Belarra |
| Secretary General of Podemos | |
| In office 15 November 2014 – 4 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Ione Belarra |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 13 January 2016 – 26 March 2021 | |
| Constituency | Madrid |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 1 July 2014 – 27 October 2015 | |
| Constituency | Spain |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 October 1978 Madrid, Spain |
| Political party | Podemos (since 2014) |
| Other political affiliations | Communist Youth Union of Spain (1992–1999) |
| Domestic partner(s) | Tania Sánchez (2008–2015) Irene Montero (since 2017) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Complutense University Charles III University European Graduate School |
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Pablo Iglesias Turrión (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaβlojˈɣlesjas tuˈrjon]; born 17 October 1978) is a Spanish political scientist and former politician. During his political career, he served as Second Deputy Prime Minister and as Minister of Social Rights and 2030 Agenda of the Government of Spain from 2020 to 2021. He also served as Member of the Congress of Deputies from 2016 to 2021, representing Madrid. Iglesias is a co-founder of Podemos, a left-wing political party that he led from 2014 until his resignation in 2021.
Before then, he was a lecturer in political science at the Complutense University of Madrid and TV host. He was elected to the European Parliament in the 2014 elections as the leading candidate of the newly created Podemos. On 15 March, he announced that he would be stepping down from the government to run in the Unidas Podemos list for the 2021 Madrilenian regional election, leaving politics shortly after Unidas Podemos' poor performance at the ballots.