Santiago Abascal
ABOUT SANTIAGO ABASCAL
Spanish politician who began serving as the leader of the Vox political party in 2014. He had previously served in the Basque Parliament and been a member of the People's Party.
He graduated from the University of Deusto with a sociology degree in 2003.
He is the creator of the Foundation for the Defense of the Spanish Nation.
His father and grandfather were also politicians. He married blogger Lidia Bedman , with whom has several children.
He and Javier Ignacio Maroto Aranzabal both served in the Basque Parliament.
