Andoni Monforte | |
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| Official portrait as MEP | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 1 January 1986 –5 July 1987 | |
| Constituency | Spain |
| Minister of Health of the Basque General Council | |
| In office 24 February 1978 –9 April 1980 | |
| President |
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| Succeeded by | Jesús Javier Aguirre |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 15 June 1977 –23 April 1986 | |
| Constituency | Gipuzkoa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Antonio Monforte Arregui 12 June 1946 Mallabia,Spain |
| Party | EAJ/PNV |
Andoni Monforte Arregui (born 12 June 1946) is a Spanish politician and lawyer from the Basque Country. He served in the Congress of Deputies and the European Parliament as a member of the Basque Nationalist Party.
Monforte was born in Mallabia,in the province of Biscay. He studied law at the University of Valencia and from 1972 to 1977 worked as a lawyer for the Mondragon Corporation. [1] A member of the Basque Nationalist Party,Monforte was elected to the Congress of Deputies in 1977,1979 and 1982. [2] In the run-up to the 1986 NATO membership referendum he stated that the origins of the organization were closely linked to democracy,and advocated for a common European defense policy. [3]
He also served as Minister of Health of the Basque General Council (the predecessor of the current Basque Government) from 1978 to 1980. [4] In December 1985 he was elected by the Cortes Generales as one of the sixty members of the European Parliament for Spain until an election could be held. [5] He served from January 1986 to July 1987. [6]