Ángel Alda

Ángel Alda Pérez (born 12 April 1991)[1] is a Spanish politician of the party Vox. He was elected to the Parliament of La Rioja in 2023, as his party's leader.

Biography

Born in Logroño in La Rioja, Alda graduated in 2014 from the Comillas Pontifical University in 2014 with a degree in law and political sciences. He then obtained a master's degree in law from the International University of La Rioja.[2][3] He moved to Madrid in 2016 to lead the legal department of the Spanish Association of Peugeot Dealers, returning to his hometown the following year to co-manage the lottery that his grandmother had founded in 1973.[2]

In December 2022, Alda was named Vox's president in La Rioja, as well as its lead candidate in the 2023 Riojan regional election.[4] While People's Party (PP) candidate Gonzalo Capellán said that Vox would never enter his government, Alda said that he would support any outcome that would remove Concha Andreu of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) from the regional presidency.[3] Vox came third, taking its first two of 33 seats in the Parliament of La Rioja. He congratulated the PP for ending the PSOE-led and Unidas Podemos-assisted government by winning a majority of seats, and said that Vox's role would be to ensure that the new government stayed on the right.[5]

Personal life

In 2023, Alda listed his hobbies as golf, running and travel.[2] He attended school and university with Juan García-Gallardo, who led Vox in Castile and León, and considered the PP-Vox government there as a model for La Rioja.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Ángel Alda Pérez" (in Spanish). Parliament of La Rioja. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "El Abogado Ángel Alda confía en que VoX [sic] entre por primera vez en el Parlamento de La Rioja" [Lawyer Ángel Alda believes that Vox will enter the Parliament of La Rioja for the first time] (in Spanish). Onda Cero. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  3. ^ a b c Félez, María (16 May 2023). "Gildas y vino con Ángel Alda (Vox): «Mi premio gordo sería desalojar a Andreu»" [Snacks and wine with Ángel Alda (Vox): "My top prize would be to dislodge Andreu"] (in Spanish). Nueve Cuatro Uno. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  4. ^ Berdonces, Juan Carlos (27 December 2022). "Ángel Alda, candidato de VOX al Gobierno de La Rioja" [Ángel Alda, Vox candidate for Government of La Rioja]. La Rioja (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Ángel Alda (Vox): »Hemos echado a la izquierda, los números están ahí»" [Ángel Alda (Vox): "We have ousted the left, the numbers are there"] (in Spanish). Nueve Cuatro Uno. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
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