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Ibon Areso
Ibon Areso Mendiguren (born May 20, 1944) is a Spanish politician and architect. He was the mayor of Bilbao between March 2014 and June 2015. He became mayor upon the death of Iñaki Azkuna. ilbao.net Before Azkuna's death, he was the Councillor of Urbanism in Bilbao. In June 1991 he was elected councillor of the city of Bilbao for the and the then mayor Josu Ortuondo appointed him head of the Department of Urbanism and Environment while also performing as second may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of Bilbao
The Mayor of Bilbao (, ) is the head of the municipal government of Bilbao, Spain. He presides over the Bilbao City Council. The current mayor of Bilbao is Juan Mari Aburto since 2015. Mayors of Bilbao since 1979 This is a list of the mayors of Bilbao since the restoration of democracy in Spain. Since the Spanish transition to democracy, seven individuals have served as mayors of Bilbao. The longest term was that of Iñaki Azkuna, who served for almost 15 years as mayor until his death. All modern mayors of Bilbao have been members of the Basque Nationalist Party. {{Mayors of Bilbao Mayors of Bilbao, * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iñaki Azkuna
Iñaki Azkuna Urreta (14 February 1943 – 20 March 2014) was a Spanish politician of the Basque Nationalist Party. He was mayor of the city of Bilbao, Biscay in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, from 1999 until his death. In 2012, Azkuna won the World Mayor, World Mayor Prize, honoring the most outstanding mayors in the world, for his transformation of industrial Bilbao into a cultural centre. Azkuna died from prostate cancer on 20 March 2014 in Bilbao, Biscay. He was 71 years old. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Azkuna, Inaki Mayors of Bilbao 2014 deaths 1943 births People from Durango, Biscay Basque Nationalist Party politicians Deaths from prostate cancer University of Salamanca alumni Deaths from cancer in Spain 20th-century Spanish physicians Academic staff of the University of the Basque Country Knights of the Legion of Honour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan María Aburto
Juan María Aburto Rike (born 28 March 1961) is a Spanish politician of the Basque Nationalist Party. He was elected mayor of Bilbao in 2015. Biography Born in Bilbao, Aburto graduated in law from the University of Deusto in 1984, and became a civil servant for the Provincial Deputation of Biscay in 1986. In the early 1990s, he worked in the Basque Government under Interior Minister Juan María Atutxa. Returning to provincial politics, he was a deputy to provincial leader from 2011 to 2012. In December that year he went back to the regional government, to be Minister of Employment and Social Policy. In October 2014, he was chosen as the PNV candidate for Bilbao's mayoral election in 2015. He resigned from his ministry in February. His party won 13 out of 29 seats and achieved a majority by forming a coalition with the Socialist Party (PSE-EE). Aburto won re-election in June 2019, forming the same coalition with 14 and 5 seats respectively and delegating four specific areas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lazkao
:''See Lazcano (other) (a variant form) for people with this surname.'' Lazkao () is a town and municipality located in the Goierri region of the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country. Location Lazkao is located in the Southern Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa, Spain. Lazkao lies in a lush valley. To its north are Beasain and Ordizia; to the south are Idiazabal and Ataun; to the east Zaldibia and to the west Olaberria. Distances to important places * Donostia-San Sebastián: 45 km *Madrid: 428 km *Barcelona: 507 km Transport *Nearest train station: In Beasain to 2 km *Communicated with roads to these towns: Olaberria, Ataun, Ordizia, Beasain. *Bus stations through all the town with these lines: **Ataun-Lazkao- Beasain **Ataun-Lazkao- Ordizia- Zaldibia **San Sebastián-Logroño **San Sebastián-Pamplona *Airports: **Airport of Hondarribia (Donostia-San Sebastián): 58 km **Airport of Loiu (Bilbao): 86 km **Airport of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilbao
Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the Provinces of Spain, province of Biscay and in the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country as a whole. It is also the largest city proper in northern Spain. Bilbao is the List of cities in Spain by population, tenth largest city in Spain, with a population of more than 347,000 as of 2023. The Bilbao metropolitan area has 1,037,847 inhabitants,Proyecto Audes making it the most populous metropolitan area in northern Spain. The Comarcas of the Basque Country, comarca of Greater Bilbao is the fifth-largest urban area in Spain. Bilbao is also the main urban area in what is defined as the Basque Country (greater region), Greater Basque region. Bilbao is located in the north-central part of Spain, some south of the Bay of Biscay, where the economic s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basque Nationalist Party
The Basque Nationalist Party ( , EAJ; , PNV; , PNB; EAJ-PNV), officially the Basque National Party in English, is a Basque nationalist and regionalist political party. The party is located in the centre of the political spectrum. It has been described as Christian democratic, with social democratic and conservative-liberal factions. The EAJ-PNV was founded by Sabino Arana in 1895, which makes it the second oldest extant political party in Spain, after the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). The EAJ-PNV is the largest Basque nationalist party, having led the Basque Government uninterruptedly since 1979, except for a brief period between 2009 and 2012. In Navarre, it is part of the coalition Geroa Bai, which is currently a junior partner of the PSOE in the Navarrese regional government. In Spain at large, the party has been supporting current Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, a member of the PSOE, since 2019. Currently a member of the European Democratic Party, EAJ-PNV was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josu Ortuondo Larrea
Josu Ortuondo Larrea (born 13 February 1948 in Bilbao) is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Basque Nationalist Party, Member of the Bureau of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism. He is a substitute for the Committee on Fisheries and the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. He is also a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America. Education * 1975: Graduate in business studies * M.A * 1982: in business administration Career * 1969–1987: Banking executive * 1993–1999: President of Bilbogás * 2000 1993–1999: President of Bilbao Ria * 1995–1999: Member of the executive committee and board of directors of Caja de Ahorros (bank) * 1991–1999: President of the Bilbao International Fair * 1979–1981: Member of the EAJ-PNV Regional Executive Committee * 1983–1987: Member of the National Executive Committee, responsibl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944 Births
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech. * Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basque Nationalist Party Politicians
Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous community), an autonomous region of Spain * Northern Basque Country, in the western part of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques of France * Southern Basque Country, both the Basque Autonomous Community and Navarre Other uses * Basque (clothing), or old basque, an item of women's apparel * Basque (grape), a white wine grape See also * Basque cuisine, the cuisine of the Basque people * Basque music, the music of the Basque people * Basque conflict * List of people from the Basque Country * Port aux Basques (Port Basque), Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; a town district * * * Bask (other) * BASC (other) BASC may refer to: * Berkeley APEC Study Center * Berlin Air Safety Centre * British Association for Shooting and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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People From Goierri
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politicians From Bilbao
A politician is a person who participates in policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles or duties that politicians must perform vary depending on the level of government they serve, whether local, national, or international. The ideological orientation that politicians adopt often stems from their previous experience, education, beliefs, the political parties they belong to, or public opinion. Politicians sometimes face many challenges and mistakes that may affect their credibility and ability to persuade. These mistakes include political corruption resulting from their misuse and exploitation of power to achieve their interests, which requires them to prioritize the public interest and develop long-term strategies. Challenges include how to keep up with the development of social media and confronting biased media, in addition to discrim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
