Iñaki Azkuna | |
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![]() Iñaki Azkuna in 2005 | |
Mayor of Bilbao | |
In office July 4, 1999 – March 20, 2014 | |
Preceded by | Josu Ortuondo |
Succeeded by | Ibon Areso |
Personal details | |
Born | Iñaki Azkuna Urreta February 14, 1943 Durango, Spain |
Died | March 20, 2014 Bilbao, Spain | (aged 71)
Political party | Basque Nationalist Party |
Basque Nationalist Party Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea | |
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Spanish name | Partido Nacionalista Vasco |
French name | Parti Nationaliste Basque |
President | Andoni Ortuzar |
Founder | Sabino Arana |
Founded | 1895 |
Headquarters | Sabin Etxea, Ibáñez de Bilbao, 16 Bilbao |
Youth wing | Euzko Gaztedi |
Membership | 32,000 |
Ideology | Basque nationalism[1][2][3] Regionalism[4] Christian democracy[5][6][7] Conservatism[8][9][10] Conservative liberalism[11] |
Political position | Centre-right[12][13][14][15] to Centre[1][2][3] |
European affiliation | European Democratic Party |
European Parliament group | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
International affiliation | None, previously Alliance of Democrats[16][17] |
Colors | Red, Green, White |
Congress of Deputies | 5 / 350
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Spanish Senate | 5 / 264
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European Parliament | 1 / 54
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Basque Parliament | 27 / 75
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Website | |
www.eaj-pnv.eus | |
Bilbao
Bilbo (in Basque) | |
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![]() Clockwise from top: Panorama from mount Artxanda, Church of San Antón, Bilbao Guggenheim Museum, a fosterito, and the Euskalduna Palace | |
Nickname: El botxo | |
Coordinates: 43°15′25″N 2°55′25″W / 43.25694°N 2.92361°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Autonomous community | ![]() |
Province | Biscay |
Comarca | Greater Bilbao |
Founded | 15 June 1300 |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor-Council |
• Mayor | Ibon Areso (PNV) |
Area | |
• Municipality | 41.50 km2 (16.02 sq mi) |
• Urban | 18.22 km2 (7.03 sq mi) |
• Rural | 23.30 km2 (9.00 sq mi) |
Elevation | 19 m (62 ft) |
Highest elevation | 689 m (2,260 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2014)[18] | |
• Municipality | 348,574 |
• Density | 8,400/km2 (22,000/sq mi) |
• Metro | 950,155 |
Demonym(s) | English: Bilbaine Basque: Bilbotarra Spanish: Bilbaíno, Bilbaína |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 48001 – 48015 |
Dialing code | +34 94 |
Official language(s) | Spanish, Basque |
Website | Official website |
Ibon Areso | |
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Mayor of Bilbao | |
Assumed office March 21, 2014 | |
Preceded by | Iñaki Azkuna |
Personal details | |
Born | Ibon Areso Mendiguren May 20, 1944 Lazkao, Spain[19] |
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Specialty | Oncology |
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edit- ^ a b Ahedo, Igor (2005), "Political parties in the Basque autonomous community", Basque Society: Structures, Institutions, And Contemporary Life, Center for Basque Studies, p. 177
- ^ a b Ramiro, Luis; Morales, Laura (2007), "European integration and Spanish parties: Elite empowerment amidst limited adaptation", The Europeanization of National Political Parties: Power and organizational adaptation, Routledge, p. 145
- ^ a b Pallarés, Francesc; Keating, Michael (2006), "Multi-level electoral competition: sub-state elections and party systems in Spain", Devolution and electoral politics, Manchester University Press, p. 101
- ^ Magone, José M. (2009), Contemporary Spanish Politics (Second ed.), Routledge, p. 170
- ^ Papini, Roberto (2010), "The Identity of the Christian Democratic Movement and Theory of Democracy", Religion, the Enlightenment, and the New Global Order, Columbia University Press, p. 259
- ^ Keating, Michael (2009), "Nationalist Movements in Comparative Perspective", The Modern SNP: From Protest to Power, Edinburgh University Press, p. 208
- ^ Gibbons, John (1999), Spanish Politics Today, Manchester University Press, p. 25
- ^ Basabe Lloréns, Felipe (2003), "Spain: the emergence of a new major actor in the European arena", Fifteen Into One?: The European Union and Its Member States, Manchester University Press, p. 207
- ^ Irvin, Cynthia L. (2000), "Negotiating End Games: A Comparative Analysis of the IRA and ETA", Reconcilable Differences: Turning Points in Ethnopolitical Conflict, Kumarian Press, p. 191
- ^ Newton, Michael T. (1997), Institutions of Modern Spain: A Political and Economic Guide, Cambridge University Press, p. 207
- ^ Hans Slomp (26 September 2011). Europe, A Political Profile: An American Companion to European Politics [2 volumes]: An American Companion to European Politics. ABC-CLIO. p. 519. ISBN 978-0-313-39182-8.
- ^ Gibbons 1999, p. 135: «and PP, PNV and CiU on the centre-right»
- ^ Hepburn 2013, p. 38: «EA, besides adopting a more radical stance on the centre-periphery dimension, has targeted the regionalist electorate distributed between the centre-right PNV and extreme-left HB-Ba».
- ^ Anttiroiko & Mälkiä 2007, p. 394.
- ^ Verney 2013: «PNV is a centre-right party, which controlled a majority government in the Basque Country until 1986, and subsequently kept office through coalitions until the last regional elections in 2009»
- ^ Nuñez, Xosé-Manoel (2003), "A State of Many Nations: The Construction of a Plural Spanish Society since 1976", The Social Construction of Diversity, Berghahn Books, p. 287
- ^ Keating, Michael; Loughlin, John; Deschouwer, Kris (2003), Culture, Institutions, and Economic Development: A Study of Eight European Regions, Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 55
- ^ "Tabla158". Ine.es. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ http://www.deia.com/2014/03/23/bizkaia/bilbao/ibon-areso-un-arquitecto-casado-con-bilbao
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