Ignacio Blanco | |
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| Member of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias | |
| Assumed office 26 May 2019 | |
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| Born | 17 May 1971 Gijón, Spain |
| Political party | Vox |
| Alma mater | University of Oviedo University of Wisconsin |
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Blanco is a native of Gijón and grew up in the Natahoyo district of the city. [1] He studied business management at the University of Oviedo before completing postgraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire and a law conversion at the National Distance Education University (UNED). [2]
After graduating, he worked as the managing partner for a law firm in Asturias focusing on solvency matters and is a member of the Gijón Bar Association. He also authored a book The Expert and the Economic Test. [3]
Blanco was a member and secretary of the Spanish liberal think-tank The Friday Club at university before joining the nationalist Vox at its inception in 2013. [4] In 2019, he was elected as a member of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias and subsequently became the leader of Vox in Asturias in 2020. [5]
Politically, he supports lowering taxes on rural areas to fight against depopulation. [6]
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