Andrés Gustavo Herzog Sánchez (born 21 January 1974) is a Spanish lawyer and politician who is the spokesperson of the

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party

Union, Progress and Democracy Union, Progress and Democracy ( es, link=no, Unión, Progreso y Democracia , UPyD ) was a Spanish political party founded in September 2007 and dissolved in December 2020. It was a social-liberal party that rejected any form of nationalism, espec ...

(UPyD).

Background

Herzog was born in

San Sebastián San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Basque Country (autonomous community), B ...

, Basque Country, and is the son of Carlos Herzog, a fur merchant of

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descent. His household observed neither Basque nor Jewish traditions. He graduated in Law from the

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, and trialled for representing Spain at

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Career

Herzog worked for the law firm Garrigues. Upon reading their initial manifesto in 2007, he joined UPyD. In July 2015, he was voted as the party's new spokesperson after the resignation of

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. He refused an electoral pact with fellow centrists

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Personal life

Herzog is married to an Argentine woman. His favourite television series is political drama ''

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'', and his favourite film is ''

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''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Herzog, Andres 1974 births Living people Spanish people of Polish descent Spanish people of Jewish descent University of Navarra alumni 20th-century Spanish lawyers Union, Progress and Democracy politicians Spanish male judoka Politicians from San Sebastián 21st-century Spanish lawyers