Fernando Buesa Blanco (29 May 1946 – 22 February 2000) was a

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politician in the Basque Christian Democracy and in the

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(PSE-EE) branch of the

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(PSOE). He was assassinated by

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Biography

Born in 1946 in

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, Spain, Buesa studied

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and

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and practiced from 1970 to 1986 in

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. He served in the Vitoria-Gasteiz city council from 1983 to 1997, in the

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from 1984 to 2000 and as

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from 1987 to 1991. Buesa was also vice ''

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'' (president of the Basque government) and

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in a coalition PSE-

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from 1991 to 1994. From this position, he steered the process that moved the Basque-language schools (''

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k'') into either the Basque public education network or the Basque chartered private education sector. Fernando Buesa was married and had three children.

Death and legacy

On February 22, 2000, Buesa was killed by the separatist group ETA while he was walking through the university campus in Vitoria-Gasteiz. The

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ing also killed his bodyguard, the '' ertzaina'' (member of the Basque police) Jorge Díez Elorza. At the time of his death, Buesa was the leader of the PSE-EE in Álava and the PSE-EE spokesman in the Basque Parliament. His assassination inspired a well received documentary by the Basque filmmaker titled '. The home arena of the Vitoria-Gasteiz

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team, formerly known as ''Araba Arena'', was renamed

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after his death.

Honours

Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise, Grand Cross, 25 February 2005 (posthumous)

References

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