Andoni Ortuzar | |
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President of the Basque Nationalist Party | |
Assumed office 12 January 2013 | |
Preceded by | Iñigo Urkullu |
Personal details | |
Born | Andoni Ortuzar Arruabarrena 13 July 1962 Abanto y Ciérbana-Abanto Zierbena (Biscay),Basque Country,Spain |
Political party | Basque Nationalist Party |
Occupation | Journalist |
Andoni Ortuzar Arruabarrena (born 13 July 1962) is a Spanish Basque politician and journalist,and the president of the Basque Nationalist Party. [1]
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In 1981,the newspaper Deia where he remained until 1987. At Deia,he was head of the Labor and Euskadi-Politics sections. The ELA activist belonged to the works council.
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