Eneko Andueza
Eneko Andueza | |
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_2.jpg) Eneko Andueza in 2024 | |
| Secretary General of the PSE–EE | |
| Assumed office 30 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Idoia Mendia |
| Member of the Basque Parliament | |
| Assumed office 21 October 2016 | |
| Constituency | Gipuzkoa |
| Member of the Eibar City Council | |
| In office 7 June 2008 – 20 October 2016 | |
| Member of the Ordizia City Council | |
| In office 2004–2006 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eneko Andueza Lorenzo 11 June 1979 Eibar, Basque Country, Spain |
| Political party | PSE–EE (1996–present) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University of the Basque Country |
| Occupation | Political scientist • Politician |
Eneko Andueza Lorenzo (born 11 June 1979)[1] is a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician. He has served in the Basque Parliament since 2016 and led the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE-EE) since 2021.
Biography
[edit]Born in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, Andueza joined the Socialist Youth of Spain at the age of 17. He graduated in Political Sciences and Administration from the University of the Basque Country.[2]
Andueza's early political years were marked by assassinations of members of Basque anti-separatist parties by ETA, such as Isaías Carrasco in Mondragón in 2008. Andueza wrote a book on the subject, Jóvenes sin juventud ("Youths without Youth"). Having been a councillor in Ordizia and in his hometown, he was elected to the Juntas Generales of Gipuzkoa in 2011; he succeeded Denis Itxaso as the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE-EE) spokesman in the legislature.[2]
Andueza left the provincial assembly when he was elected to the Basque Parliament in the 2016 elections.[3] In August 2020, he succeeded José Antonio Pastor as his party's spokesman in the parliament.[4]
In October 2021, when Idoia Mendia chose not to seek another term as secretary general of the PSE-EE, Andueza, by then leader of the party in his home province, ran for the role. He took 95.3% of the vote, running against former Basauri councillor Soraya Morla.[5] He was the first Gipuzkoan to lead the party since Ramón Jáuregui resigned in 1997.[2]
Andueza supports bullfighting, a rare position on the Spanish left. He wrote a book Los toros, desde la izquierda ("Bullfighting, as seen from the left"), which led to insults and threats against him.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ ""La línea roja para gobernar con EH Bildu es el soberanismo"" ["The red line for governing with EH Bildu is sovereignty"] (in Spanish). Naiz. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ a b c López Izquierdo, Carlos (21 November 2021). "Eneko Andueza, nuevo líder del PSE-EE: vasquista, pactista y euskaldun" [Eneko Andueza, new leader of the PSE-EE: pro-Basque, pro-pact and Basque speaker]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ "Arritxu Marañón, nueva procuradora del PSE en las Juntas de Gipuzkoa en sustitución de Eneko Andueza" [Arritxu Marañón, new PSE deputy in the Juntas de Gipuzkoa in place of Eneko Andueza] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ Ferreras, Belén (28 July 2020). "Eneko Andueza será el portavoz del grupo socialista en el Parlamento Vasco" [Eneko Andueza will be the spokesman of the Socialist group in the Basque Parliament]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ Rioja Andueza, Iker (30 October 2021). "Eneko Andueza arrasa con un 95% de los votos en las primarias y será el nuevo líder de los socialistas vascos" [Eneko Andueza steamrolls the primaries with 95% of the votes and will be the new leader of the Basque Socialists]. ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ "«Los toros, desde la izquierda», el libro de un socialista que ha desatado la polémica" ["Bullfighting, as seen from the left", the book by a Socialist that has set off a controversy]. ABC (in Spanish). EFE. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2022.