Manuel Ayerdi Olaizola (born 13 January 1967) is a

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economist, politician, Minister of Economic Development and Business of

Navarre Navarre ( ; ; ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre, is a landlocked foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Autonomous Community, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and New Aquitaine in France. ...

and a member of the

Parliament of Navarre The Parliament of Navarre ( Spanish ''Parlamento de Navarra'', Basque ''Nafarroako Parlamentua'') or also known as ''Cortes de Navarra'' (in Spanish) or ''Nafarroako Gorteak'' (in Basque) is the Navarre autonomous unicameral parliament. Functi ...

. He was previously First Vice President of Navarre.

Early life

Aierdi was born on 13 January 1967 in

San Sebastián San Sebastián, officially known by the bilingual name Donostia / San Sebastián (, ), is a city and municipality located in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. It lies on the coast of the Bay of Biscay, from the France–Spain border ...

(Donostia), Basque Country, Spain. In 1989, he received a degree in economics and business administration from the San Sebastián campus of the

University of Deusto The University of Deusto (; ) is a Spanish private university owned by the Society of Jesus, with campuses in Bilbao and San Sebastián, and the Deusto Business School branch in Madrid. The University of Deusto is the oldest private university ...

. He has a post-graduate degree (1996) in financial management in SMEs.

Career

Aierdi joined the marketing department of

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company Ibermática in 1989. 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. Between 2001 and 2012, he was director of economic-financial and corporate services at Arian and the company's legal representative in China between 2004 and 2011. In the 1990s, Aierdi taught human resources management models at the University of Deusto's Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences. Aierdi has been affiliated with the

Basque Nationalist Party The Basque Nationalist Party ( , EAJ; , PNV; , PNB; EAJ-PNV), officially the Basque National Party in English, is a Basque nationalist and regionalist political party. The party is located in the centre of the political spectrum. It has been de ...

(EAJ) since 2003 and was an executive member of its Navarrese branch, the Napar Buru Batzarra (NBB), from 2008 to 2012. He was president of NBB from 2012 to 2015. Aierdi contested the 2011 regional election in Navarre as an

Nafarroa Bai ''Nafarroa Bai'' () was a Navarrese coalition in Spain of Basque nationalist and regional left-wing parties created in 2004 for the Spanish General election. History The coalition comprised Aralar, the Basque Nationalist Party, Eusko Alkartasu ...

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candidate and was elected to the

. He was re-elected at the 2015 regional election as a

Geroa Bai Geroa Bai () is a regional political coalition in the Chartered Community of Navarre, created for the 2011 election to the Cortes Generales. It includes the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV), Atarrabia Taldea, and the Geroa Socialverdes partne ...

candidate. In July 2015, he was appointed First Vice President of Navarre and Minister of Economic Development by

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Uxue Barkos Miren Uxue Barkos Berruezo (born 5 July 1964), simply known as Uxue Barkos, is a Spanish journalist and politician who served as the President of Navarre from 2015 to 2019. She previously represented the Basque nationalist coalition Geroa Bai ...

. He resigned from parliament on 27 July 2015. In his ministerial role, Aierdi has been president of various state-owned companies including Sodena, Cener and Naitec. He came under criticism after Sodena loaned €3 million to Davalor Salud, a company that was in financial difficulties and subsequently went into

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. Aierdi was re-elected at the 2019 regional election. In August 2019, he was appointed Minister of Economic Development and Business by President

María Chivite María Victoria Chivite Navascués (born 5 June 1978) is a Spanish politician who serves as the President of the Government of Navarre. She has been the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of Navarre (PSN–PSOE) since December 2014. A mem ...

Electoral history

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