Pablo Iglesias Turrión

Not to be confused with Pablo Iglesias Posse, Spanish politician born in 1850.
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Iglesias and the second or maternal family name is Turrión.
Pablo Iglesias Turrión
MEP
Secretary General of Podemos
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 November 2014
Preceded by office established
Member of the European Parliament
for Spain
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 June 2014
Personal details
Born 17 October 1978
Madrid, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Political party Podemos
Other political
affiliations		 Communist Youth Union of Spain (1992-1999)
Alma mater Complutense University of Madrid
Religion None[1]

Pablo Iglesias Turrión (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaβlo iˈɣlesjas tuˈrjon]; born 17 October 1978) is a Spanish politician who has been the Secretary-General of Podemos since 2014.

Iglesias was previously a lecturer in political science at the Complutense University of Madrid, and a television presenter. He was first 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. He presents the television programmes La Tuerka and Fort Apache, and frequently appears in Spanish political TV shows.

Academic activity

Iglesias has a law degree and political science degree from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid,[2] where he also got his doctorate in 2008, with a thesis about postnational collective action,[3] his Master of Advanced Studies in Political Science and his teaching certificate, with high honors.[2] 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[4] He was the acting head teacher of political science in the Universidad Complutense de Madrid,[5] where he was named honorary professor in September 2014.[6]

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).[7] Since 2002, he has published more than 30 articles in academic journals.[8]

Journalism

He has written articles in publications such as Público,[9] Kaosenlared,[10] Diagonal[11] and Rebelion.org.[12]

On October 2013, he was given the "Enfocados" prize by the Department of Journalism and Audiovisual Communication of the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid[13] 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 on Tele K, La Tuerka[14] (produced by Producciones CMI).

On November 2012 he appeared as an analyst in an episode of the news show La Sexta Columna titled Rajoy año I: La realidad era esto,[15] which analyzed the first government year of Mariano Rajoy. In May 2013, Iglesias was invited to the political talk show El Gato al Agua,[16] broadcast by Intereconomía, to talk about the political demonstration Rodea el Congreso.[17][18] 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).

Political activity

Iglesias positions himself on the left-wing and was a member of the Communist Youth Union of Spain and part of the anti-globalisation movement.[19][20][21]

Since the early-2000s, Iglesias has been involved with the Center for Political and Social Studies Foundation (CEPS) and is currently on the executive board of the organization.[22][23] During the 2000s, Iglesias was involved in Latin American politics for the CEPS Foundation where he monitored elections in Paraguay and Bolivia while also acting as an advisor of strategic analysis for the Government of Venezuela as well as a consultant for the Government of Bolivia.[23][24] Iglesias has stated that he admired the policies of Hugo Chávez.[21][25]

Podemos

Iglesias campaigning for Podemos at the 2014 European elections

On January 2014 he presented, along with other people and groups, the Podemos movement,[26] looking to participate in the 2014 European elections. He was elected to the head of Podemos' party list in open primary elections.[27] He was elected as a Member of the European Parliament.

He was sworn in as a MEP:

Yes, I swear to abide by the constitution until the citizens of my country change it in order to recover sovereignty and social rights.[28]
—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.[29][30]

Personal life

Iglesias was named after the 19th century "father" of Spanish socialism, Pablo Iglesias Posse.[19] 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 Iglesias, former member of the FRAP.[31] 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.[32]

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ No, no I'm not baptized. I'm an atheist, he (Pablo Iglesias) says.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Iglesias Turrión, Pablo. "Pablo Iglesias Turrión's CV" (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Iglesias Turrión, Pablo (2009). Multitud y acción colectiva postnacional: un estudio comparado de los desobedientes: de Italia a Madrid (2000-2005) (in Spanish). Universidad Complutense de Madrid. ISBN 978-84-692-1016-1. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  4. ↑ Profesorado-Pablo Iglesias Turrión UCM's website, 3rd Department of Political Science. Access date 23 May 2014.
  5. ↑ Pacho, Nacho (12 July 2014). "La Complutense quiere que Pablo Iglesias sea profesor honorífico". El Mundo (in Spanish). 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
  6. ↑ "La Complutense nombra profesor honorífico a Pablo Iglesias". eldiario.es (in Spanish). 25 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  7. ↑ Producciones Con Mano Izquierda. "Pablo Iglesias Turrión. Director de contenidos y creatividad" (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  8. ↑ Pablo Iglesias Turrión in Google Scholar. Access date 23 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Otra vuelta de Tuerka". Público (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  10. ↑ "Artículos de Pablo Iglesias". Kaosenlared (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  11. ↑ Iglesias Turrión, Pablo (22 July 2006). "Asamblea constituyente y revolución". Diagonal (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  12. ↑ "Artículos de Pablo Iglesias". Rebelión.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  13. ↑ "Celebrada la primera edición de los Premios de Periodismo para el Cambio Social". entreculturas (in Spanish). 13 November 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  14. ↑ Rozas, Daniel (3 July 2012). "I am not a crock! "A la izquierda le falta imaginación"". Diagonal. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  15. ↑ Rajoy año I: La realidad era esto, atresplayer.com, 16 November 2012.
  16. ↑ "Pablo Iglesias en El Gato al Agua". 24 April 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  17. ↑ 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 (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  18. ↑ Efe (16 April 2013). "El Congreso no celebrará pleno durante el intento de "asedio" del 25S". La Razón (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 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.
  20. ↑ "Iglesias to head Spain's leftist Podemos party". The Local. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Ames, Paul (15 November 2014). "Europe looks left". Global Post. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  22. ↑ "¿Qué es la Fundación CEPS?". CEPS Foundation (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Mercado, Francisco (17 June 2014). "La fundación relacionada con Podemos cobró 3,7 millones de Chávez en 10 años". El Pais. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  24. ↑ Ruiz Valdivia, Antonio (11 May 2014). "25 datos que no sabías de Pablo Iglesias". Huffington Post. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  25. ↑ "Pablo Iglesias Turrión se hizo presente en un homenaje a Hugo Chávez" (in Spanish). El Propio. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  26. ↑ Europa Press (13 March 2014). "Podemos formaliza su inscripción como partido político". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  27. ↑ "Pablo Iglesias, elegido cabeza de lista por Podemos en las primarias con más participación para las europeas". Público (in Spanish). 3 April 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  28. ↑ "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.
  29. ↑ Fariza, Ignacio (25 June 2014). "Pablo Iglesias, candidato de la Izquierda Unitaria a la presidencia de la Eurocámara". El País.
  30. ↑ Europa Press (25 June 2014). "Pablo Iglesias, elegido candidato a presidir el Parlamento Europeo por la Izquierda Unitaria Europea". El Mundo.
  31. ↑ El último secretario general, Público, 18 September 2012.
  32. ↑ "El abuelo de Pablo Iglesias fue represaliado por el franquismo". elplural.com (in Spanish). 13 August 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.

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