Iñigo Urkullu Renteria (born 18 September 1961) is a Basque politician from Alonsotegi

Alonsotegi

Alonsotegi is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. It has a population of 2,835 people.-Notable people:* Fray Martín de Coscojales, monk* Fray Miguel de Alonsótegui , monk...

 (Biscay

Biscay

Biscay is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lord of Biscay. Its capital city is Bilbao...

, Basque Country). Titulated by University of Deusto

University of Deusto

The University of Deusto is a Spanish Jesuit University, with campuses in Bilbao and San Sebastián, Spain.-History:The University of Deusto first opened in 1886, having been founded because of the Basque Country's desire to have its own university and the Society of Jesus's wish to move its School...

 (Bilbao

Bilbao

Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain...

) in Basque filology

Basque language

Basque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...

. He is the Basque Nationalist Party

Basque Nationalist Party

The Basque National Party is the largest and oldest Basque nationalist party. It is currently the largest political party in the Basque Autonomous Community also with a minor presence in Navarre and a marginal one in the French Basque Country...

 chairman since 2008 (re elected in 2012). He was the Biscay leader of the party (EAJ / PNV) from 2004 to 2008 (member since 1996). He was the director of the Biscay foral

Juntas Generales

The Juntas Generales are representative assemblies in the Southern Basque Country that go back to the 14th century. The three main Juntas Generals in the Basque Country were - and are - the Juntas Generales of Biscay, the Juntas Generales of Gipuzkoa and the Juntas Generales of Álava.They were...

 department for youth and social services from 1987 to 1994 and served in the Basque Parliament

Basque Parliament

The Basque Parliament is the legislative body of the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain and the elected assembly to which the Basque Government is responsible....

from 1984 to 1987 and 1994 to 2005 (II, III, V, VI, VII and VIII legislatures).