Beatriz Isabel Álvarez Fanjul (born 23 August 1991) is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. She was elected to the

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to represent

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in November 2019, and was voted president of the New Generations of the People's Party (NNGG) in 2021.

Biography

Fanjul was born in

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in the Basque Country as one of six children, including a twin sister. She studied Business Administration and Management from the

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; as of November 2019 she had not graduated. She began playing chess at the age of four and played it competitively until she was 25. Having been a candidate in the

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, 28-year-old Fanjul was elected by the

constituency in the November election, after the addition of gave the People's Party (PP) a seat at the expense of the

Basque Nationalist Party The Basque Nationalist Party (, EAJ ; es, Partido Nacionalista Vasco, PNV; french: Parti Nationaliste Basque, PNB; EAJ-PNV), officially Basque National Party in English,) was rejected by party members in November 2011. Nonetheless, the party did ...

(EAJ-PNV). She was her party's only deputy elected in the Basque Country. Endorsed by PP leader

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, she was elected president of the New Generations of the People's Party (NNGG) in April 2021, with 96% of the vote. Fanjul named as her political heroes two Basque members of the PP, Gregorio Ordóñez (assassinated by

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in 1995) and Antón Damborenea. She has publicly stated that she has a "magnificent relationship" with Vox leader

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as a fellow Basque and former NNGG activist, despite holding opposing opinions on

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and the

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. Fanjul has described herself as

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and

socially conservative Social conservatism is a political philosophy and variety of conservatism which places emphasis on traditional power structures over social pluralism. Social conservatives organize in favor of duty, traditional values and social institution ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fanjul, Beatriz 1991 births Living people University of Deusto alumni Politicians from Bilbao People's Party (Spain) politicians Members of the 14th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Women members of the Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 15th Congress of Deputies (Spain)