Pablo Bustinduy Amador (; born 1983) is a Spanish political scientist and politician, formerly a member of Podemos, he is now linked with Sumar. He has been member of the 11th and 12th

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, representing

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Biography

Born in

on 19 March 1983, he is son of

Ángeles Amador Ángeles Amador Millán (born 10 October 1949) is a Spanish politician and lawyer. She served as Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs from July 1993 to May 1996. She has a son, Pablo Bustinduy, who went on to become a prominent figure as a ...

, minister of Health during the

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, and Javier Bustinduy, former director of RENFE and

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. He graduated in Political and Administration Sciences at the

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. He finished his PhD in Philosophy at the

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. He lived 8 years in

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, where he taught Philosophy at

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and the

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between 2010 and 2013, he returned to Spain in order to help in the Podemos campaign for the

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. He became responsible for the International Relations of the party. He ran as candidate in the Podemos list in Madrid for the 2015 general election, and was elected member of the

. He was re-elected in the 2016 general election. He has served as spokesman of his parliamentary group in the Commission of Foreign Affairs of the Congress of Deputies. In November 2018, Bustinduy won the primaries to lead his party list in the

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, pending later mergings with other parties notwithstanding. In March 2019 Bustinduy renounced to heading the list of

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vis-à-vis the 2019 European Parliament election. Bustinduy and Podemos announced María Eugenia Rodríguez Palop—described as a "political and moral mainstay" by Bustinduy—would assume his place.

Political positions

A convinced

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, Bustinduy supports both the

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and the

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. He is opposed to the TTIP. He sided with

Íñigo Errejón Íñigo Errejón Galván (; born 14 December 1983) is a Spanish political scientist and politician, serving as member of the 14th Congress of Deputies. Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science, he was the secretary for policy and strategy and ...

in the context of the candidacy of the latter during the 2017 Podemos primaries in the 2nd Congress of the party.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bustinduy, Pablo 1983 births Living people Members of the 11th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 12th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Podemos (Spanish political party) politicians Complutense University of Madrid alumni