Pablo Echenique Robba

Pablo Echenique Robba
Pablo Echenique Robba in 2018.
Member of the Aragonese Corts
Assumed office
18 June 2015
Constituency Zaragoza
Member of the European Parliament
In office
1 July 2014  14 March 2015
Constituency Spain
Personal details
Born

(1978-08-28) August 28, 1978
Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

Height: 1'56 m
Political party Podemos
Spouse(s) María Alejandra Nelo Bazán
Education Doctorate in Physics
Alma mater Universidad de Zaragoza
Occupation Physicist and politician

Pablo Echenique Robba[1] (born 28 August 1978 in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina) is an Argentine-born Spanish physicist and politician. He was one of the five MEPs elected by Podemos in the 2014 European Parliament election, and is currently a member of the Aragonese Corts.[2][3][4]

As a scientist, he holds a position at the Spanish National Research Council in Zaragoza (CSIC). Since infancy, he has suffered from spinal muscular atrophy and this being the main reason his family emigrated to Spain in order for him to obtain free schooling, medical care, social services and "rights" [5]

References

  1. Pablo in Podemos page Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. López Alonso, Eduardo (26 May 2014). "Podemos, el partido revelación de Pablo Iglesias". El Periódico de Catalunya. Retrieved 3 July 2014. (in Spanish)
  3. Giménez San Miguel, Luis (28 May 2014). "Los otros diputados de Podemos". Público. Retrieved 3 July 2014. (in Spanish)
  4. "Echenique Robba, Pablo". Aragonese Corts. Retrieved 29 October 2016. (in Spanish)
  5. Mucha, Martín (1 June 2014). "El otro Pablo de Podemos". Crónica de El Mundo. Retrieved 26 June 2014. (in Spanish)


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