Vox is a national conservative political party in Spain. Founded in 2013, it is currently led by party president Santiago Abascal, vice presidents Jorge Buxadé, Javier Ortega Smith, Reyes Romero, and secretary-general Ignacio Garriga. Vox identifies itself as right-wing but has been described as far-right by academics and journalists.
Javier Ortega Smith giving a speech in 2018
Santiago Abascal during a rally in 2021
Abascal and Chega leader André Ventura in Lisbon, 2021
Santiago Abascal Conde is a Spanish politician and since September 2014 the leader of the right-wing political party Vox. Abascal is a member of the Congress of Deputies representing Madrid since 2019. Before the creation of Vox, Abascal was long a member of the People's Party, served as legislator in the Basque Parliament, founded the Spanish nationalist Foundation for the Defense of the Spanish Nation and exerted the role of director of publicly funded entities of the Community of Madrid.
Abascal in 2024
Abascal giving a speech in 2018 in Vistalegre