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Manu Ayerdi
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Aierdi in April 2016
Minister of Economic Development and Business of Navarre
Assumed office
23 July 2015
President Uxue Barkos
María Chivite
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

(1967-01-13) 13 January 1967 (age 57)
San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain
Political party Basque Nationalist Party
Other political
affiliations
Geroa Bai
Alma mater University of Deusto
Occupation Economist, Politician

Manuel Ayerdi Olaizola (born 13 January 1967) is a Basque 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.

Early life

Aierdi was born on 13 January 1967 in San Sebastián (Donostia), Basque Country. In 1989, he received a degree in economics and business administration from the San Sebastián campus of the University of Deusto. He has a post-graduate degree (1996) in financial management in SMEs.

Career

Aierdi joined the marketing department of information and communications technology company Ibermática in 1989. He was economic and financial director of Alcer, a construction company, from 1991 to 2001. He was also director of quality systems, prevention and environment at Alcer. Between 2001 and 2012, he was director of economic-financial and corporate services at Arian. He was Arian'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 (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 electoral alliance candidate and was elected to the Parliament of Navarre. He was re-elected at the 2015 regional election as a Geroa Bai candidate.

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

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.

Electoral history

Electoral history of Manu Aierdi
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
2011 regional Navarre Basque Nationalist Party Nafarroa Bai 4 Elected
2015 regional Navarre Basque Nationalist Party Geroa Bai 2 Elected
2019 regional Navarre Basque Nationalist Party Geroa Bai 5 Elected

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