Maiorga Ramirez (born 20 July 1976) is a Basque nationalist politician. He is a leading member of the Eusko Alkartasuna (EA) in the province of Navarre [1] and, since 2015, one of three just EA members of the Parliament of Navarre, where the EA sits as part of the EHB left-wing nationalist coalition. [2]
Maiorga Ramirez Erro was born in Tafalla, a small town along the valley to the south of Pamplona. [1]
He gained a degree in Philosophy from the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU), and in 1995 joined Eusko Alkartasuna (EA) embarking on his political career as a member of the executive of the party's youth wing (Gazte Abertzaleak /GA). [3]
In 2000 he was nominated regional party secretary for Navarre and appointed a member of the party national executive, placed in charge of education for the region in 2004. [4] He has been a member of the Parliament of Navarre and a local councillor for Tafalla since 2003, originally for EA and more recently for the Nafarroa Bai coalition of nationalist and regional parties. The Nafarroa Bai was dissolved in 2011, but a new left-wing nationalist coalition, EHB was formed, and in the 2011 Navarrese election Ramirez, whose name was at the top of the new grouping's candidate list, was re-elected to the Parliament.
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