The Basque Government ( eu, Eusko Jaurlaritza, es, Gobierno Vasco) is the governing body of the

Basque Autonomous Community The Basque Country (; eu, Euskadi ; es, País Vasco ), also called Basque Autonomous Community ( eu, Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoa, links=no, EAE; es, Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco, links=no, CAPV), is an autonomous community of Spain. It ...

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. The head of the Basque government is known as the ''

Lehendakari The President of the Basque Government ( eu, Eusko Jaurlaritzako lehendakaria, es, presidente del Gobierno Vasco), usually known in the Basque language as the Lehendakari ( eu, lehendakari, es, lendakari), is the head of government of the Basq ...

''. The Lehendakari is appointed by the

Basque Parliament The Basque Parliament ( Basque: ''Eusko Legebiltzarra'', Spanish: ''Parlamento Vasco'') is the legislative body of the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain and the elected assembly to which the Basque Government is responsible. The Parliament ...

every four years, after a regional election. Its headquarters are located in the Lakua district of

Vitoria-Gasteiz Vitoria-Gasteiz (; ), also alternatively spelled as Vittoria in old English-language sources, is the seat of government and the capital city of the Basque Country and of the province of Álava in northern Spain. It holds the autonomous community' ...

Álava Álava ( in Spanish) or Araba (), officially Araba/Álava, is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lordship of Álava, former medieval Catholic bishopric and now Latin titular see. Its c ...

. The first Basque Government was created after the approval of the first Basque Statute of Autonomy on 1 October 1936, in the midst of the

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. It was headed by José Antonio Aguirre (

EAJ-PNV The Basque Nationalist Party (, EAJ ; es, Partido Nacionalista Vasco, PNV; french: Parti Nationaliste Basque, PNB; EAJ-PNV), officially Basque National Party in English,) was rejected by party members in November 2011. Nonetheless, the party did ...

) and was supported by a coalition of all the parties that fought the Nationalist forces in the Civil War: those comprising the

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(

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, PCE, Basque Nationalist Action, EAE-ANV and other parties that sided with the Second Spanish Republic). After the defeat of the Republic, the Basque Government survived in exile, chaired by Jesús María Leizaola after the death of Aguirre in 1960. This first Basque Government was formally disbanded after the approval of the current Statute of Autonomy in 1979, after the death of caudillo Francisco Franco. Upon approval of the new Statute, the new Basque Government was created (1980), superseding the Basque General Council. Carlos Garaikoetxea was the first ''lehendakari'' of the new Government.

Current composition

During the current legislative term, the Basque Government is chaired by Iñigo Urkullu, member of the Partido Nacionalista Vasco, Basque Nationalist Party, thanks to a government agreement with the Partido Socialista de Euskadi, Basque Socialist Party-Basque Left Party (PSE-EE). Urkullu got the back up of 41 parliamentarians (30 from the PNV and 11 from the PSE-EE) in his inauguration speech that took place in September 2020. The composition of the Basque Government is established by the President of the Basque Country, also referred in Euskera as

, who selects the counselors that will lead each of the Government departments. During the current legislative term the Government is compounded by eleven departments: Security; Labour and Employment; Public Governance and Self-Government; Economic Development, Sustainability and Environment; Economy and Treasury; Education; Territorial Planning, Housing and Transport; Health; Equality, Justice and Social Policies; Culture and Language Policy; and Tourism, Commerce and Consumption.

Historic administrations

* Garaikoetxea I (1980-1984) * Garaikoetxea II (1984-1985) * Ardanza I (1985-1987) * Ardanza II (1987-1991) * Ardanza III (1991-1995) * (1995-1999) * (1999-2001) * (2001-2005) * (2005-2009) * (2009-2012) * First Urkullu Government, Urkullu I (2012-2016) * Second Urkullu Government, Urkullu II (2016-2020)

References

External links

Official website of the Basque Government
Basque Government, {{gov-stub

Current composition

Historic administrations

See also

References

External links