Alejandro Nolasco

Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Nolasco completed his secondary education at St Mary's Springs High School in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.^[2] He graduated in law from the Complutense University of Madrid and in philosophy from the National University of Distance Education, as well as earning a doctorate in history from the Universidad CEU San Pablo.^[1] In 2022, he published a book of the memories of the last fifty members of the Blue Division, the Spanish volunteers in the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.^[3]

In 2017, Nolasco moved to Teruel in Aragon, where he set up a law firm. He was Vox's candidate for mayor of his adopted city in the 2019 Spanish local elections, being the only member of the party voted onto the city council; he was also an unsuccessful candidate for the Congress of Deputies in the April and November 2019 general elections, running in the Teruel constituency.^[1]

Nolasco became president of Vox in the Province of Teruel in 2020. He ran simultaneously for mayor of Teruel and President of the Government of Aragon in May 2023.^[1] In the local election, his party increased to two councillors,^[4] while in the regional election his list came third, increasing its seats in the Cortes of Aragon from three to seven.^[5]

Jorge Azcón, leader of the People's Party (PP) wished to govern alone in a minority government, but ended up forming a coalition government with Vox. Vox received two ministries, including Nolasco as vice president.^[6] Nolasco was also Minister of Territorial Development, Depopulation and Justice, while Ángel Samper Secorún [an], an independent nominated by Vox, was Minister of Agriculture.^[7]

In July 2024, Nolasco resigned from the government due to a dispute with the PP's decision to accommodate 20 unaccompanied migrant children (known in Spain by the acronym mena for Menor extranjero no acompañado [es]). He said "Now they are 20 but tomorrow they could be 40, 100 or 1,000. If they rape, murder or rob it won't be on my conscience".^[8]

Vox opposed Azcón's budget for Aragon in December 2025, following which the regional president dissolved the legislature and called a snap election for February.^[9] While the three biggest parties were again the PP, Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and Vox, the first two lost seats while Vox doubled its seats to 14.^[10] The 17.9% vote share surpassed the 2023 Murcian regional election as Vox's best percentage in a regional election.^[11] Vox surpassed the PSOE in 26% of municipalities, including the third-biggest, Teruel.^[12]