Pello Otxandiano Explained

Pello Otxandiano
Office:Member of the Basque Parliament
Term Start:14 May 2024
Constituency:Álava
Office1:Member of the Otxandio City Council
Term Start1:11 June 2011
Term End1:13 June 2015
Birth Date:20 August 1983
Birth Place:Otxandio, Basque Country, Spain
Party:EH Bildu
Alma Mater:Mondragon University
Chalmers University of Technology
Birth Name:Pello Otxandiano Kanpo
Children:2
Otherparty:Sortu (until 2021)

Pello Otxandiano Kanpo (born 20 August 1983) is a Basque engineer, university professor and politician.

He is EH Bildu's programme director. He is also the EH Bildu's candidate for head of the Basque Government in the 2024 Basque regional election.[1]

Biography

Pello Otxandiano was born in 1983 in Otxandio (Basque Country) to an abertzale family. He studied primary education at his hometown school, and secondary and Baccalaureate studies in Iurreta, at Juan Oriobiogoitia BHI and Iurreta LHI schools respectively.

He studied a licenciate degree in telecommunications engineering at Mondragon University. He later obtained a PhD in telecommunications engineering also at Mondragon University. During his PhD, he served an internship at the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg (Sweden).[2] [3] [4]

Political career

He entered politics in 2011, when he was elected a councillor of the Otxandio City Council.[2]

In 2023, the Political Bureau of EH Bildu proposed him as a candidate to become the Basque Government's Lehendakari for the 2024 regional election.[2]

Personal life

Otxandiano is a father to two daughters.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Rioja Andueza . Iker . 11 December 2023 . Pello Otxandiano será el candidato de EH Bildu en las elecciones vascas de 2024 . es . . Vitoria . 24 December 2023.
  2. News: Sola . Ramon. Intziarte . Imanol . 11 December 2023 . Pello Otxandiano, apuesta joven y a la vez experta de EH Bildu para lehendakari . es . naiz.eus . 24 December 2023.
  3. Web site: Research Team . Wymeersch . Henk . 2023-12-28.
  4. Ochandiano . Pello . 2012 . Factor Graph Based Detection Schemes for Mobile Terrestrial DVB Systems with Long OFDM Blocks . PhD . 2023-12-28.