Eneko Andueza

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

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
  1. ""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.
  2. 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.
  3. "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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. "«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.
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