1. Abascal was born in Bilbao but grew up in the Province of Alava: his father Santiago Abascal Escuza was a politician and a member of the People's Party, and his grandfather Manuel Abascal Pardo was obliged to be the mayor of Amurrio from 1963 to 1979, during the dictatorship of Franco and Spanish transition to democracy.
Santiago Abascal became a member of the People's Party when he was 18, in 1994.
Santiago Abascal was city councillor of Llodio for two terms.
Santiago Abascal served in the Basque Parliament from January 2004 to February 2005 representing Alava.
Santiago Abascal later served again in the regional legislature from October 2005 to January 2009.
Santiago Abascal was later appointed to another post as Director of the Foundation for Patronage and Social Sponsorship, a publicly funded entity without known activity during Santiago Abascal's spell.
Santiago Abascal left the PP in 2013 and helped found a new party, Vox, which was formed on the same day that the Foundation for Patronage and Social Sponsorship dissolved.
The moderate faction became estranged from the party, and Santiago Abascal became the new president on 20 September 2014.
Santiago Abascal is a member of the Congreso de los Diputados representing Madrid since May 2019.
Santiago Abascal's party came third in the election for the 14th Congreso, characterised by the BBC as a "far-right surge".
Santiago Abascal used anti-Muslim rhetoric in 2019 and called for a new Reconquista of Spain.
Santiago Abascal has expressed disappointment towards Morocco and how it handles the border by allowing illegal immigrants to cross.
Santiago Abascal has expressed a different way to handle it ; that the people of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic have the right to self-determination, with the hopeful outcome of choosing to remain and integrate as the Spanish Sahara.
Santiago Abascal says if Spain is to have immigration, it needs to be legal and to favour countries from Latin America which already speak Spanish, and share common values.
Santiago Abascal has stated that an immigrant from Latin America is not the same as an immigrant from a Muslim country.
Santiago Abascal believes that global warming is the "greatest scam in history".
Santiago Abascal further criticised Sanchez for knowing "nothing of Israel's history".
Santiago Abascal first married Ana Belen Sanchez, who was herself a PP candidate in local elections in Llodio and Zuia; they had two children.
Santiago Abascal is a longtime member of the Spanish Ornithological Society.
Santiago Abascal is an affiliate of the ultraconservative association HazteOir and was the recipient of a HO Award in 2012.