What is Santiago Abascal?
[[File:Santiago Abascal-2018.jpg|thumb|200px|Abascal in 2018]] '''Santiago Abascal Conde''' (born 14 April 1976) is a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] politician. He has been president of the [[far-right]] [[Vox]] party since 2014. Since 2019, he has served as a member of the [[Congress of Deputies]]. He is a former member of the [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]] and served two terms in the [[Basque Parliament]] (2004–2005, 2005–2009). He was born in [[Bilbao]]. On 12 March 2020, during the [[2019–20 coronavirus pandemic]], it was made clear that Abascal had tested positive to [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.publico.es/sociedad/santiago-abascal-y-macarena-olona-nuevos-positivos-coronavirus-vox.html|lang=es|title=Santiago Abascal y Macarena Olona, nuevos positivos por coronavirus en Vox|work=Público|date=12 March 2020|access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Abascal, Santiago}} [[Category:1976 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Bilbao]] [[Category:Spanish politicians]] [[Category:Leaders of political parties]] [[Category:Spanish Roman Catholics]] [[Category:Spanish essayists]] {{Biography-stub}}