Pello Otxandiano Kanpo (born 20 August 1983) is a Basque engineer, university professor and politician.
Pello Otxandiano | |
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.jpg) Otxandiano in 2024 | |
| Member of the Basque Parliament | |
| Assumed office 14 May 2024 | |
| Constituency | Álava |
| Member of the Otxandio City Council | |
| In office 11 June 2011 – 13 June 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pello Otxandiano Kanpo 20 August 1983 Otxandio, Basque Country, Spain |
| Political party | EH Bildu |
| Other political affiliations | Sortu (until 2021) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Mondragon University Chalmers University of Technology |
He is EH Bildu's programme director. He is also the EH Bildu's candidate for head of the Basque Government in the 2024 Basque regional election.[1]
Biography
editPello Otxandiano was born in 1983 in Otxandio (Basque Country) to an abertzale family. He studied primary education at his hometown school, and secondary and Baccalaureate studies in Iurreta, at Juan Oriobiogoitia BHI and Iurreta LHI schools respectively.
He studied a licenciate degree in telecommunications engineering at Mondragon University. He later obtained a PhD in telecommunications engineering also at Mondragon University. During his PhD, he served an internship at the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg (Sweden).[2][3][4]
Political career
editHe entered politics in 2011, when he was elected a councillor of the Otxandio City Council.[2]
In 2023, the Political Bureau of EH Bildu proposed him as a candidate to become the Basque Government's Lehendakari for the 2024 regional election.[2]
Personal life
editOtxandiano is a father to two daughters.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Rioja Andueza, Iker (11 December 2023). "Pello Otxandiano será el candidato de EH Bildu en las elecciones vascas de 2024". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Vitoria. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ a b c Sola, Ramon; Intziarte, Imanol (11 December 2023). "Pello Otxandiano, apuesta joven y a la vez experta de EH Bildu para lehendakari". naiz.eus (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ Wymeersch, Henk. "Research Team". Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ Ochandiano, Pello (2012). Factor Graph Based Detection Schemes for Mobile Terrestrial DVB Systems with Long OFDM Blocks (PhD thesis). Retrieved 2023-12-28.
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