Pablo Echenique Robba (born 28 August 1978 in

Rosario, Santa Fe Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city, located northwest of Buenos Aires on the west bank of the Paraná River, is the third-most populous city in the ...

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) is an Argentine-born Spanish physicist and politician. As a scientist, he holds a position at the

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(CSIC). He came to Spain aged 13 to live in

. He had

Spinal muscular atrophy Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare neuromuscular disorder that results in the loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle wasting. It is usually diagnosed in infancy or early childhood and if left untreated it is the most common geneti ...

. "En la izquierda a veces la gente se vuelve anticientífica"
Published by Materia on 30 May 2014 Consulted 26 June 2014 Echenique was elected a member of the

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in the

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along with the left-wing political party Podemos. Previously, Echenique was one of the five MEPs elected by Podemos in the

2014 European Parliament election The 2014 European Parliament election was held in the European Union (EU) between 22 and 25 May 2014. It was the 8th parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979, and the first in which the European political parties field ...

, and was a member of the

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between 2015 and 2017. In October 2020, he was fined €11,040 for the irregular employment of his assistant. In November 2020, he was fined €80,000 for saying that a man who was murdered in 1985 was a rapist. The Supreme Court subsequently annulled this conviction after concluding that he did not make a direct accusation against the plaintiff's brother, but rather expressed a show of solidarity with his political colleague.

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1978 births Argentine emigrants to Spain Living people Members of the 13th Congress of Deputies (Spain) MEPs for Spain 2014–2019 Politicians from Rosario, Santa Fe People with spinal muscular atrophy Scientists with disabilities Podemos (Spanish political party) MEPs Spanish politicians with disabilities Spanish physicists Spanish people of Italian descent Spanish people of Argentine descent Members of the 14th Congress of Deputies (Spain) University of Zaragoza alumni Spanish wheelchair users Argentine wheelchair users {{Aragon-politician-stub