The Basque Nationalist Party,officially Basque National Party in English,is a Basque nationalist and regionalist political party. The party is located in the centre of the political spectrum.
Xabier Arzalluz Antia was a Basque politician,leader of the Basque Nationalist Party from 1979 until 2004. He was a nationalist and a Christian Democrat,considered during the period one of the most powerful politicians in the Basque Autonomous Community,making also all strategic decisions in the party he led from 1986 onwards.
Basque Workers' Solidarity is the most influential trade union in Basque Country,having been created,as Solidaridad de Obreros Vascos,by members of the Basque Nationalist Party on June 10,1911,in Bilbao.
JoséAntonio Aguirre y Lecube was a Basque politician and activist in the Basque Nationalist Party. He was the first president of the Provisional Government of the Basque Country and the executive defense advisor during the Spanish Civil War. Under his mandate,the Provisional Government formed the Basque Army and fought for the Second Spanish Republic.
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 in Spain.
The Basque Country,also called Basque Autonomous Community,is an autonomous community in northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava,Biscay,and Gipuzkoa.
Izaskun Bilbao Barandica is a politician from the Basque Country,a region in Spain. She was the President of the Basque Parliament from 2005 to 2009,being the first woman to hold the position. She has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2009. She is affiliated with the Basque National Party,which belongs to the European Democratic Party,and sits in the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament.
Juan María Atutxa Mendiola is a politician from the Basque Country with a nationalist ideology. A member of the Basque Nationalist Party,he was Head of the Department of Interior (1991–98) and President of the Basque Parliament (1998–2005). He currently heads the Sabino Arana foundation.
Íñigo Urkullu Renteria is a Basque politician,and the Lehendakari (President) of the Basque Government since 2012.
Javier Ignacio Maroto Aranzábal is a Spanish politician serving as senator from Castile and León since 24 July 2019 and Spokesperson of the Popular Group in the Senate since 30 July.
Pedro María Azpiazu Uriarte is a Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) politician who represents Biscay Province in the Spanish Congress of Deputies,where he serves as a PNV spokesman. Azpiazu was first elected at the 2000 general election.
Women in the Basque Nationalist Party in Francoist Spain were involved in leadership positions from an early period. The Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) was founded prior to the Second Spanish Republic in Bilbao,as a conservative Roman Catholic organization. They initially tried to be neutral during the Civil War,but later more openly opposed Nationalist forces. This led to repression and investigation after the war of women PNV members,and wives and daughters of male PNV members. Emakume Abertzale Batza,PNV's women political section,was operated in exile in this early period.
Jon Iñarritu Gartzia is a Basque politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was previously a member of the Senate of Spain.
Oskar Matute García de Jalón is a Spanish politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was previously a member of the Basque Parliament.
Concepción "Cuca" Gamarra Ruiz-Clavijo is a Spanish politician who is Secretary-General of the People's Party
Gotzone Sagardui is a Spanish politician affiliated with the Basque National Party. As of 8 September 2020,she serves as Minister of Health in the Third Urkullu Government led by Iñigo Urkullu. She previously served as city councillor in Bilbao from 2017 to 2020,also serving as deputy mayor from 2019. She was a Member of the Basque Parliament from 2016 to 2017. She holds a degree in Medicine from the University of the Basque Country.
Juan María Aburto Rike is a Spanish politician of the Basque Nationalist Party. He was elected mayor of Bilbao in 2015.
The 12th Basque Parliament is the current meeting of the Basque Parliament. Its membership was determined by the results of the 2020 regional election held on 12 July 2020. It met for the first time on 3 August 2020.
Emilio Guevara Saleta is a Spanish politician. He served as Deputy General of Álava from 1979 to 1983,the first officeholder since the abolition of the post in 1877. Originally a member of the Basque Nationalist Party,he was expelled from the party in 2002. Since then,he has been an independent politician linked to the Socialist Party of the Basque Country.
