Patxi López
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Patxi López Alava | |
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| In office 15 March 1991 – 20 November 2012 | |
| Constituency | Biscay |
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| Born | Francisco Javier López Álvarez 4 October 1959 Portugalete, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Political party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
| Spouse | Begoña Gil |
| Website | Official website |
Francisco Javier "Patxi" López Álvarez (Spanish pronunciation: Member of the Congress of Deputies and chair of the Constitutional Committee.
Previously, he has served as
Socialist Party of Euskadi – Euskadiko Ezkerra (PSE-EE), the Basque affiliate of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
(PSOE), from 2002 to 2014.
Political career
López, born into a socialist family, was influenced early in life by the political stance of his father,
Vizcaya Province. In the PSE he rose steadily to prominence before being elected Secretary-General in 1997, having become a Member of the Basque Parliament
in 1991.
He is known for his opposition to Basque independence. In 2005, he was the PSE-EE's candidate for the presidency of the
2009 election, the Nationalist Party was the party with the most votes with 30 seats, followed by the Socialist Party, with 25 seats. The illegalisation of a party representing a sizeable voting segment, the Left Basque Nationalist Party Batasuna, enabled the socialists to reach an agreement with the People's Party for López to be elected as Lehendakari (Basque president). He was elected to the position on 5 May 2009 in the Basque Parliament, effectively ending thirty years of Basque nationalist rule in the Basque Country, in what was perceived as a controversial election due to the absence of any party representing the secessionist Left Basque Nationalist spectrum.[1]
On 13 January 2016, he was elected President of the Congress of Deputies for the short eleventh legislature, with 130 votes (the deputies of PSOE and Citizens) out of 350.[2]
References
- ^ David Guadilla (5 May 2009). "El lehendakari López certifica el adiós de Ibarretxe. El Correo". Elcorreodigital.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ Mariano Calleja (13 January 2016). "Patxi López, elegido presidente del Congreso por mayoría simple y con el aplauso de Rajoy". Abc.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2016.
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