Maiorga Ramirez (born 20 July 1976) is a

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politician. He is a leading member of the Eusko Alkartasuna (EA) in the province of

Navarre Navarre ( ; ; ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre, is a landlocked foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Autonomous Community, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and New Aquitaine in France. ...

in northern Spain and, since

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, one of three just EA members of the

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, where the EA sits as part of the EHB left-wing nationalist coalition.

Life

Maiorga Ramirez Erro was born in

Tafalla Tafalla is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain. Tafalla lies 30 km south of Pamplona, in the valley of the Zidacos river, which is a tributary of the Aragón. The population in Janua ...

, a small town along the valley to the south of

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. He gained a degree in

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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). In 2000 he was nominated regional

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secretary for

and appointed a member of the party national executive, placed in charge of education for the region in 2004. He has been a member of the

and a local councillor for

since 2003, originally for EA and more recently for the

Nafarroa Bai ''Nafarroa Bai'' () was a Navarrese coalition in Spain of Basque nationalist and regional left-wing parties created in 2004 for the Spanish General election. History The coalition comprised Aralar, the Basque Nationalist Party, Eusko Alkartasu ...

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

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramírez, Maiorga 1976 births EH Bildu politicians Eusko Alkartasuna Party politicians Living people Members of the 6th Parliament of Navarre Members of the 7th Parliament of Navarre Members of the 8th Parliament of Navarre Members of the 9th Parliament of Navarre Members of the 10th Parliament of Navarre Municipal councillors in Navarre Nafarroa Bai politicians Politicians from Navarre People from Tafalla (comarca) University of the Basque Country alumni