Ignacio Garriga Vaz de Conceicao was born on 4 February 1987 and is a Spanish politician as well as a former dentist and professor.
13 Facts About Ignacio Garriga
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Ignacio Garriga is known in the Spanish media for being the first notable Afro-Spaniard elected politician within the far-right Vox party.
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Ignacio Garriga's mother is of Portuguese descent through her father.
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Ignacio Garriga's cousin is Juan Ignacio Garriga Domenech who has since become active in Vox.
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Ignacio Garriga is one of five children and grew up speaking Catalan as his first language.
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Ignacio Garriga is married and has one daughter and three sons.
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Ignacio Garriga has worked as a professor at the Faculty of Dentistry of the International University of Catalonia.
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Ignacio Garriga was previously a member of the People's Party, but left in 2010 after disagreements on the party's stance on gay marriage, abortion, Spanish unity, and immigration.
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Ignacio Garriga has stated that Vox is Christian humanist, and the most accepting political party in Spain.
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Ignacio Garriga identifies as Catalan but is strongly opposed to the Catalan independence movement.
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Ignacio Garriga was elected to the 13th Congress of Deputies in the April 2019 Spanish general election.
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Ignacio Garriga was re-elected to the 14th Congress of Deputies in the November 2019 Spanish general election.
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Since August 2020, Ignacio Garriga is the leader of Vox in Catalonia.