Ignacio Prendes Explained

Ignacio Prendes
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office4:Member of Asturian General Council
Term Start4:26 March 2012
Term End4:13 January 2016
Constituency4:Central
Office:Fourth Vice President of the Congress of Deputies
President:Meritxell Batet
Term Start:21 May 2019
Term End:3 December 2019
Predecessor:Gloria Elizo
Successor:Ignacio Gil
Office2:First Vice President of the Congress of Deputies
President2:Ana Pastor Julián
Term Start2:19 July 2016
Term End2:20 May 2019
Predecessor2:Celia Villalobos
Successor2:Gloria Elizo
Office3:Member of Congress of Deputies
Term Start3:13 January 2016
Constituency3:Asturias
Birth Date:22 February 1965
Birth Place:Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Occupation:Lawyer

José Ignacio Prendes Prendes (born 22 February 1965 in Gijón) is a Spanish politician and member of Congress of the Deputies with the Citizens-Party of the Citizenry party (C's). Since 21 May 2019, he has been the Fourth Vice President of the Congress of Deputies.

He studied law at Oviedo University.[1] In 1998, he obtained a master's degree in law and taxation in Madrid, after which he started his own practice in Gijón, focussing on real estate law.

For a time he was a member of the Citizens-Party of the Citizenry political party. Later, he joined Plataforma Pro which was created to offer an alternative to the established parties. Out of Plataforma Pro emerged the new UPyD party, of which he has been a member since its foundation. He is currently a member of the Direction Council of the party, as coordinator of Institutional Action. In the 2012 Asturian election he headed the UPyD candidate list for the central Asturias constituency. His party received 3.75% of the vote in Asturias as a whole and 4.3% of the vote in his constituency.

On 2015, he came back to C's after being expelled from UPyD.[2] He was elected firstly as member of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias in the Regional election and later as Deputy in the General election.

Notes and References

  1. News: El semillero gijonés no descansa . 25 March 2012 . La Nueva España. es .
  2. News: Prendes será el candidato de Ciudadanos tras renunciar a su escaño por UPyD. 10 April 2015 . es . La Nueva España.