In Spain,an autonomous community is the first sub-national level of political and administrative division,created in accordance with the Spanish Constitution of 1978,with the aim of guaranteeing limited autonomy of the nationalities and regions that make up Spain.
Fernando Buesa Blanco was a Spanish politician in the Basque Christian Democracy and in the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE-EE) branch of the social democratic Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He was assassinated by ETA.
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.
Francisco Javier "Patxi" López Álvarez is a Spanish politician serving as Member of the Congress of Deputies and chair of the Constitutional Committee.
Spain is a diverse country integrated by contrasting entities with varying economic and social structures,languages,and historical,political and cultural traditions. The Spanish constitution responds ambiguously to the claims of historic nationalities while proclaiming a common and indivisible homeland of all Spaniards.
The 2009 Basque regional election was held on Sunday,1 March 2009,to elect the 9th Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with a regional election in Galicia. It would be the first time that the elections for two of the Spanish "historical regions"—namely,those comprising Andalusia,Catalonia,Galicia and the Basque Country itself—were held simultaneously. This would evolve into an unwritten convention in subsequent years,with Basque and Galician elections being held concurrently in 2012,2016 and 2020.
The Basque Country,also called the Basque Autonomous Community,is an autonomous community in northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava,Biscay,and Gipuzkoa. It also surrounds an enclave called Treviño,which belongs to the neighboring autonomous community of Castile and León.
The 1986 Basque regional election was held on Sunday,30 November 1986,to elect the 3rd Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.
JoséMaría "Txiki" Benegas Haddad was a Spanish politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). His nickname "Txiki" is Basque for "small".
A referendum on the approval of the Basque Statute of Autonomy was held in the Basque Country on Thursday,25 October 1979. Voters were asked whether they ratified a proposed Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country bill organizing the historical territories of Álava,Biscay and Gipuzkoa into an autonomous community of Spain. The final draft of the bill had been approved by the Basque parliamentary assembly on 29 December 1978,but it required ratification through a binding referendum and its subsequent approval by the Spanish Cortes Generales,as established by Article 151 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978.
EH Bildu,short for Euskal Herria Bildu,is a left-wing,Basque nationalist and pro-independence political party and a federation of political parties in Spain. It is the main political force of the abertzale left in Spain. EH Bildu is active in the Southern Basque Country,that is,in the Basque Autonomous Community and Chartered Community of Navarre,as well as in the Treviño enclave of the Burgos Province. In the Northern Basque Country,it has an alliance with the party Euskal Herria Bai,with the goal of establishing a state for the Basque Country across the Spanish-French border.
The 2016 Basque regional election was held on Sunday,25 September 2016,to elect the 11th Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with a regional election in Galicia. Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu announced that the election would be held one month ahead of schedule,on 25 September 2016,based on the "climate of ungovernability" affecting national politics as a result of the ongoing Spanish government formation negotiations,intending to move the regional election as far away as possible from a possible new general election. This prompted Galician president Alberto Núñez Feijóo to hold the Galician regional election in the same date.
A referendum on the approval of the Catalan Statute of Autonomy was held in Catalonia on Thursday,25 October 1979. Voters were asked whether they ratified a proposed Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia bill organizing the provinces of Barcelona,Gerona,Lérida and Tarragona into an autonomous community of Spain. The final draft of the bill had been approved by the Catalan Assembly of Parliamentarians on 29 December 1978,and by the Congress of Deputies on 13 August 1979,but it required ratification through a binding referendum and its subsequent approval by the Spanish Cortes Generales,as established by Article 151 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978. The referendum was held simultaneously with a similar vote in the Basque Country.
A referendum on the approval of the Galician Statute of Autonomy was held in Galicia on Sunday,21 December 1980. Voters were asked whether they ratified a proposed Statute of Autonomy of Galicia bill organizing the provinces of La Coruña,Lugo,Orense and Pontevedra into an autonomous community of Spain. The final draft of the bill had been approved following an inter-party agreement on 26 September 1980,but it required ratification through a binding referendum and its subsequent approval by the Spanish Cortes Generales,as established under Article 151 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978.
Coalition for a Solidary Europe is an electoral list of regionalist parties that was formed to contest the 2019 and 2024 European Parliament election in Spain. The list is the de facto successor of the Coalition for Europe that ran in the 2014 and 2009 elections. Is formed by the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV),Canarian Coalition–Canarian Nationalist Party (CCa–PNC),Proposal for the Isles,Geroa Socialverdes and Atarrabia Taldea.
Vicente Fatrás Neira was a Spanish politician. In his younger years he was also one of Spain's first racing cyclists.
In Spain,a president of an Autonomous Community serves as the chief executive officer in each of the seventeen Autonomous communities and in the two Autonomous cities,where they receive the name of "Mayor-Presidents". As such,regional presidents are responsible for implementing regional laws and overseeing the operation of the state executive branch. As regional leaders,governors advance and pursue new and revised policies and programs using a variety of tools,among them executive laws,executive budgets,and legislative proposals.
Joseba Arregui Aramburu was a Spanish politician,theologian,and academic.
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.
Miren Edurne Gorrotxategi Azurmendi is a Basque lawyer,jurist,university teacher and former politician from Spain. She is a university teacher of Constitucional Law at the University of the Basque Country.
