Manu Ayerdi

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  1. Minister for Economic Development from July 2015 to August 2019. Minister of Economic Development and Business since August 2019.
Manu Ayerdi
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Aierdi in April 2016
Minister of Economic Development and Business of Navarre [lower-alpha 1]
Assumed office
23 July 2015

Manuel Ayerdi Olaizola (born 13 January 1967) is a Basque economist, politician, Minister of Economic Development and Business of Navarre and a member of the Parliament of Navarre. He was previously First Vice President of Navarre.

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Early life

Aierdi was born on 13 January 1967 in San Sebastián (Donostia), Basque Country. [1] In 1989, he received a degree in economics and business administration from the San Sebastián campus of the University of Deusto. [1] [2] [3] He has a post-graduate degree (1996) in financial management in SMEs. [4]

Career

Aierdi joined the marketing department of information and communications technology company Ibermática in 1989. [2] [5] He was economic and financial director of Alcer, a construction company, from 1991 to 2001. [2] [5] He was also director of quality systems, prevention and environment at Alcer. [2] [5] Between 2001 and 2012, he was director of economic-financial and corporate services at Arian. [2] [6] He was Arian's legal representative in China between 2004 and 2011. [2] [5]

In the 1990s, Aierdi taught human resources management models at the University of Deusto's Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences. [2] [7]

Aierdi has been affiliated with the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ) since 2003 and was an executive member of its Navarrese branch, the Napar Buru Batzarra (NBB), from 2008 to 2012. [1] [7] He was president of NBB from 2012 to 2015. [8] [9]

Aierdi contested the 2011 regional election in Navarre as an Nafarroa Bai electoral alliance candidate and was elected to the Parliament of Navarre. [10] [11] He was re-elected at the 2015 regional election as a Geroa Bai candidate. [12] [13]

In July 2015, he was appointed First Vice President of Navarre and Minister of Economic Development by President Uxue Barkos. [14] [15] [16] He resigned from parliament on 27 July 2015. [17] In his ministerial role, Aierdi has been president of various state-owned companies including Sodena, Cener and Naitec. [4] He came under criticism after Sodena loaned €3 million to Davalor Salud, a company that was in financial difficulties and subsequently went into administration. [18]

Aierdi was re-elected at the 2019 regional election. [19] [20] In August 2019, he was appointed Minister of Economic Development and Business by President María Chivite. [21] [22] [23]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Manu Aierdi
ElectionConstituencyPartyAllianceNo.Result
2011 regional [10] [11] Navarre Basque Nationalist Party Nafarroa Bai 4Elected
2015 regional [12] [13] Navarre Basque Nationalist Party Geroa Bai 2Elected
2019 regional [19] [20] Navarre Basque Nationalist Party Geroa Bai 5Elected

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