List of Presidents of the Basque Parliament
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Below is a list the people who have held the title of President (Speaker) of the Basque Parliament
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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....
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| Term | Name | Entered office | Left office | Party |
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| 1st (1980–84) | Juan José Pujana Arza | March 31, 1980 | March 22, 1984 | PNV-EAJ 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... |
| 2nd (1984–87) | March 22, 1984 | January 8, 1987 | ||
| 3rd (1987–90) | Jesús Eguiguren Imaz | January 8, 1987 | December 18, 1990 | PSE-EE |
| 4th (1990–94) | Joseba Andoni Leizaola Azpiazu | December 18, 1990 | November 30, 1994 | PNV-EAJ |
| 5th (1994–98) | November 30, 1994 | November 25, 1998 | ||
| 6th (1999–2001) | Juan María Atutxa Mendiola Juan María Atutxa Mendiola Juan María Atutxa Mendiola is a politician from the Basque Country with a nationalist ideology. A member of the Basque Nationalist Party, he has been Head of the Department of Interior and President of the Basque Parliament... |
November 25, 1998 | June 8, 2001 | PNV-EAJ |
| 7th (2001–05) | June 8, 2001 | May 16, 2005 | ||
| 8th (2005–09) | Izaskun Bilbao Barandica Izaskun Bilbao Barandica Izaskun Bilbao Barandica is a politician from the Basque Country, a region in Spain. A member of the Basque Nationalist Party, she was the President of the Basque Parliament in the 2005-2009 term, being elected to the office as a "consensus candidate" among the nationalist majority in the... |
May 23, 2005 | April 3, 2009 | PNV-EAJ |
| 9th (2009-) | Arantza Quiroga Cía Arantza Quiroga Cía Arantza Quiroga Cía is the current President of the Basque Parliament, an office commonly known in the Anglophone world by the name of "Speaker of the Parliament". Mrs... |
April 3, 2009 | Incumbent | PP People's Party (Spain) The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship... |
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- Basque Parliament: Current and historic Presidents