Íñigo Lamarca Iturbe (born 13 July 1959) is a Spanish lawyer and served as Ararteko (Ombudsman), of the Basque Country between 2004 and 2014.[1] He previously served as president of GEHITU,[2] and is the first gay man to hold the office.
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| Born | Íñigo Lamarca Iturbe July 13, 1959 San Sebastián, Euskadi, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
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Life edit
He was professor of Constitutional Law of the University of the Basque Country, from 1984 to 1994. He specialized in subjects of Basque public law. In May 1994, he joined the Guipúzcoa General Meeting, where he was in the position of special services.
He has been a prominent activist of the LGTB movement, both in the Basque Country and as founder and president of the Basque Country Gay and Lesbian Association (GEHITU, unite) and the State Federation of Lesbian, Gay, Transsexual and Bisexual (FELGTB).
He was professor of Basque in AEK, of the Basque language Rikardo Arregi and of the School of Magisterium of the Diocese of San Sebastián . He was a member of the Euskal Kultur Mintegia (EKM) of the University of Deusto and the Commission for the Basque university district. He was a member of the ESEI (Euskal Sozialistak Elkartzeko Indarra) political party . Collaborated in the magazine Zeruko Argia .
He was elected on 18 July 2004, after a long period in which the post remained vacant, and was re-elected on 8 October 2009, being the first to be re-elected to the post. His mandate expired on 15 October 2014 and, after a period of vacancy during which Julia Hernando served as Ararteko, on 28 of May 2015, she was replaced in office by the Bilbao jurist Manu Lezertua.[3]
References edit
- ^ "¿Quién es el ararteko?". Archived from the original on 2013-07-13. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ "HOMOSEXUALITY NO OBSTACLE IN OBTAINING POSITION: The President of the Gay and Lesbian Association GEHITU, named OMBUDSMAN of the Basque Country". Archived from the original on 2009-07-04. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ EiTB. "Manu Lezertua, elegido Ararteko para los próximos cinco años". www.eitb.eus (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2017-07-11.