Manu Ayerdi
Basque politician (born 1967)
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Manuel Ayerdi Olaizola (born 13 January 1967) is a Spanish economist, politician, Minister of Economic Development and Business of Navarre and a member of the Parliament of Navarre. He was previously First Vice President of Navarre.
María Chivite
Manu Ayerdi | |
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Aierdi in April 2016 | |
| Minister of Economic Development and Business of Navarre[a] | |
| In office 23 July 2015 – 4 February 2021 | |
| President | Uxue Barkos María Chivite |
| Succeeded by | Mikel Irujo |
| First Vice President of Navarre | |
| In office 23 July 2015 – 6 August 2019 | |
| President | Uxue Barkos |
| Preceded by | Lourdes Goicoechea |
| Succeeded by | Javier Remírez |
| Member of the Parliament of Navarre | |
| In office 15 June 2011 – 27 July 2015 | |
| Succeeded by | Consuelo Satrustegi |
| Assumed office 19 June 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Manuel Ayerdi Olaizola 13 January 1967 |
| Party | Basque Nationalist Party |
Other political affiliations | Geroa Bai |
| Education | University of Deusto |
| Occupation | Economist, Politician |
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Early life
Aierdi was born on 13 January 1967 in San Sebastián (Donostia), Basque Country, Spain.[1] In 1989, he received a degree in economics and business administration from the San Sebastián campus of the University of Deusto.[1][2][3] He has a post-graduate degree (1996) in financial management in SMEs.[4]
Career
Aierdi joined the marketing department of information and communications technology company Ibermática in 1989.[2][5] He was economic and financial director of Alcer, a construction company, from 1991 to 2001, as well as director of quality systems, prevention and environment at Alcer.[2][5] Between 2001 and 2012, he was director of economic-financial and corporate services at Arian[2][6] and the company's legal representative in China between 2004 and 2011.[2][5]
In the 1990s, Aierdi taught human resources management models at the University of Deusto's Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences.[2][7]
Aierdi has been affiliated with the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ) since 2003 and was an executive member of its Navarrese branch, the Napar Buru Batzarra (NBB), from 2008 to 2012.[1][7] He was president of NBB from 2012 to 2015.[8][9]
Aierdi contested the 2011 regional election in Navarre as an Nafarroa Bai electoral alliance candidate and was elected to the Parliament of Navarre.[10][11] He was re-elected at the 2015 regional election as a Geroa Bai candidate.[12][13]
In July 2015, he was appointed First Vice President of Navarre and Minister of Economic Development by President Uxue Barkos.[14][15][16] He resigned from parliament on 27 July 2015.[17] In his ministerial role, Aierdi has been president of various state-owned companies including Sodena, Cener and Naitec.[4] He came under criticism after Sodena loaned €3 million to Davalor Salud, a company that was in financial difficulties and subsequently went into administration.[18]
Aierdi was re-elected at the 2019 regional election.[19][20] In August 2019, he was appointed Minister of Economic Development and Business by President María Chivite.[21][22][23]
Electoral history
| Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | No. | Result | ||
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| 2011 regional[10][11] | Navarre | Basque Nationalist Party | Nafarroa Bai | 4 | Elected | ||
| 2015 regional[12][13] | Navarre | Basque Nationalist Party | Geroa Bai | 2 | Elected | ||
| 2019 regional[19][20] | Navarre | Basque Nationalist Party | Geroa Bai | 5 | Elected | ||