Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca
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Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca | |
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First Vice-President of the European Parliament | |
In office 30 July 2004 – 16 January 2007 | |
President | Josep Borrell |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou |
Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca (born 20 May 1945 in Barcelona) is a Spanish politician and radiation physicist who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2014 and served as First Vice President of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2007.
He was elected on the People's Party ticket and sat with the European People's Party group. In 2014, he announced that he was leaving the People's Party for a new party, Vox. He was the frontrunner for Vox in the 2014 European election, but the party failed to win a seat.
It was through his contacts in the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) that the party received about one million euros to bootstrap its campaign. After its 2014 failure, Vidal-Quadras operated pro bono the International Committee in Search of Justice, a Brussels-based lobby supporting the NCRI against the Iranian government.[1][2] He currently lives off his pensions as a former university professor and a former member of the European Parliament.[1]
In addition to serving in the European Parliament, he has occupied several elected positions in Spain: he was a member of the Barcelona City Council (1987–1991), member of the Parliament of Catalonia (1988–1996) and Senator in the Spanish Senate (1996–1999).
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Suanzes, Pablo R. (23 January 2019). "Alejo Vidal-Quadras, fundador de Vox: "Abascal sabía que el dinero era iraní y le parecía muy bien"". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "The Committee". International Committee In Search of Justice. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
PRESIDENT Alejo Vidal Quadras
- 1945 births
- Living people
- People from Barcelona
- Members of the Parliament of Catalonia
- Members of the Senate of Spain
- MEPs for Spain 1999–2004
- MEPs for Spain 2004–2009
- MEPs for Spain 2009–2014
- Vox (political party) politicians
- Members of the 5th Parliament of Catalonia
- Spanish MEP stubs