Basque Country (autonomous community)

This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Basque Country (autonomous community) Capital Vitoria-Gasteiz Official languages Basque and Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 14th  7 234 km²  1,4% Population  â€“ Total (2005)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 7th  2 124 846  4,9%  293,73/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Spanish  â€“ Basque  Basque  vasco/a euskal herritar, euskaldun GDP GDP/Cápita 30. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Basque_Country. ...

Autonomous communities of Spain Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country Politics of Spain Ibarretxe Plan President Juan José Ibarretxe Basque Autonomous Parliament Elections Spanish General Elections: 1977 - 1979 - 1982 - 1986 - 1989 1993 - 1996 - 2000 - 2004 Basque Regional Elections: 2001 2005 Referenda: Autonomy Statute (1979) - NATO (1986) European Constitution (2005) Political parties: Aralar Basque Nationalist Party Batasuna Communist Movement of Euskadi Communist Party of the Basque Territories (EHAK) Communist Party of Euskadi Eusko Alkartasuna Socialist Party of Euskadi Zutik Former political parties: Basque Nationalist Republican Party Democracia Cristiana Vasca Euskadiko Ezkerra Euskal Ezkerra Euskal Iraultzarako Alderdia HASI Herritarren Zerrenda

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The Basque Parliament (Basque: Eusko Legebiltzarra – Castillian Spanish: Parlamento Vasco) is the legislative body of the Basque Country autonomous community of Spain and the elected assembly to which the Basque Government is responsible. Autonomous communities of Spain. ... The Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country is the legal document organizing the political system of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country (Basque: Euzkadi) which includes the provinces of Alava, Vizcaya and Guipuzcoa. ... Politics of Spain takes place in a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, whereby the President of the Government is the head of government and of a pluriform multi-party system. ... The President of the Basque Country is referred to as Lehendakari (literally, firstlier) in Basque, or Eusko Jaurlaritzako Lehendakari (President of the Basque Government); the Spanish title is Presidente del Gobierno Vasco. ... Juan José Ibarretxe Juan José Ibarretxe Markuartu (born May 15, 1957) is a Basque politician. ... Won by a Mr Martin J Hollerwatch of 34 Clackton Road, Cumberbatch-On-Sea (El Partido Malvado - The Evil Party) through a sliding majority poll of fifty to something. ... Results for the 1979 Spanish general election Reference El País official webpage (spanish) Congreso de españa official webpage (spanish) ... PSOE and PSC presented two different candidatures: PSOE in Spain and PSC (Catalan Social Party) only in Catalunya. ... References El País official webpage (spanish) http://www. ... External links Official results Categories: Elections in Spain ... External links Official results Categories: | ... External links Official results Categories: Elections in Spain ... Legislative elections were held in Spain on March 12, 2000. ... Map of Spains electoral circumscriptions, and the parties leading in each circumscription in the election for the Congress of Deputies Legislative elections were held in Spain on March 14, 2004. ... The Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country is the legal document organizing the political system of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country (Basque: Euzkadi) which includes the provinces of Alava, Vizcaya and Guipuzcoa. ... On 20 February 2005 a consultative referendum was held in Spain to ask whether the country should ratify the proposed Constitution of the European Union. ... Aralar is a Basque nationalist political group in Spain. ... The Basque Nationalist Party is a political party in the Basque region of Spain. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Communist Movement of Euskadi (in Basque: Euskadi Mugimendu Komunista, in Spanish: Movimiento Comunista de Euskadi) was originally the branch of the Communist Movement (MC) in Basque Country, Spain. ... The Communist Party of the Basque Homelands (Spanish: Partido Comunista de las Tierras Vascas, Euskera: Euskal Herrialdeetako Alderdi Komunista, acronym: EHAK-PCTV) is a communist nationalist party in the Basque Country, that had limited electoral activities prior to 2005, but rose to national prominence when its leadership adopted the program... Communist Party of Euskadi - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Eusko Alkartasuna, Basque and Spanish regional political party, translated as Basque Solidarity and abbreviated as EA, is a party which describes itself as a Basque national, democratic, popular, progressive and non-denominational party. ... Zutik symbol Zutik is a political party in Basque Country, Spain. ... Euskadiko Ezkerra (Basque Country Left, in Basque) or EE was a Spanish Basque socialist political organisation. ... Euskal Ezkerra (Basque Left) was a political party in Euskadi, Spain. ... The Herritarren Zerrenda is a Basque political party in Spain and France. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Basque (in Basque: Euskara) is the language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain and the adjoining region of South-Western France. ... This article is about the international language known as Spanish. ... Capital Vitoria-Gasteiz Official languages Basque and Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 14th  7 234 km²  1,4% Population  â€“ Total (2005)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 7th  2 124 846  4,9%  293,73/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Spanish  â€“ Basque  Basque  vasco/a euskal herritar, euskaldun GDP GDP/Cápita 30. ... Spains fifty provinces (provincias) are grouped into seventeen autonomous communities (comunidades aut nomas), in addition to two African autonomous cities (ciudades aut nomas) (Ceuta and Melilla). ... Capital Vitoria-Gasteiz Official languages Basque and Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 14th  7 234 km²  1,4% Population  â€“ Total (2005)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 7th  2 124 846  4,9%  293,73/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Spanish  â€“ Basque  Basque  Vasco/a Euskal Herritar, Euskaldun GDP GDP/Cápita 30. ...

The Parliament meets in the Basque capital, Vitoria-Gasteiz, although the first session of the modern assembly, as constituted by the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country, was held in Guernica – the symbolic centre of Basque freedoms – on 31 March 1980^[1]. Later in 1980 it started meeting at the premises of the Alavese government. In 1982, it got its own site in a former high school. The symbol of the Parliament is an oaken sculpture by Nestor Basterretxea representing a stylized tree, an allusion to the tradition of Basque political assemblies meeting under a tree, as in Guernica. Haec est Victoria quae vincit (This is Victoria which triumphed) Location Location of Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain Coordinates : 42°51′ N 2°41′ O Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spanish) Spanish name Vitoria-Gasteiz Founded 1181 Postal code 01001-01080... The Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country is the legal document organizing the political system of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country (Basque: Euzkadi) which includes the provinces of Alava, Vizcaya and Guipuzcoa. ... The Gernika oak. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Species See List of Quercus species The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of several hundred species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus, and some related genera, notably Cyclobalanopsis and Lithocarpus. ... The tree with the temple in the back and the hermitage to the left. ...

It is composed of seventy-five deputies representing citizens from the three provinces of the Basque autonomous community. Each province – Álava, Guipúzcoa and Vizcaya – elects the same number of deputies, despite their having very different levels of population. This was chosen to earn support from Alava and Navarre, less populated territories where Basque nationalism has less followers. Navarre did not join the autonomous community though. Sessions of the Basque Parliament are conducted in both Basque and Spanish, with translation services. Álava province Álava (Basque: Araba) is a province of northern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ... Guipúzcoa province Guipúzcoa (Basque Gipuzkoa, in English sometimes as Guipuscoa) is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ... Vizcaya province Vizcaya (Basque Bizkaia) is a province of northern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ... Navarre (Spanish Navarra, Basque Nafarroa) is an autonomous community in Spain. ... The Gernika oak is a symbol of Basque freedoms. ...

The current Speaker of the Basque Parliament is Maria Izaskun Bilbao Barandica. Thanks to an electoral norm aimed at promoting gender equality within the parliament, the members of parliament today include forty women and thirty-five men. The term Speaker is usually the title given to the presiding officer of a countrys lower house of parliament or congress. ...

See also

• List of Basque Presidents (known as Lehendakari), heads of the Basque government

The President of the Basque Country is referred to as Lehendakari (literally, firstlier) in Basque, or Eusko Jaurlaritzako Lehendakari (President of the Basque Government); the Spanish title is Presidente del Gobierno Vasco. ...

Reference

1. ^ Parlamento Vasco - Servicios > Conócenos > La sede

External link

• Official website of the Basque Parliament (in Spanish and Basque)