The 12th Basque Parliament is the current meeting of the

Basque Parliament The Basque Parliament (Basque: ''Eusko Legebiltzarra'', Spanish: ''Parlamento Vasco'') is the legislative body of the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain and the elected assembly to which the Basque Government is responsible. The Parliament mee ...

. Its membership was determined by the results of the 2020 regional election held on 12 July 2020. It met for the first time on 3 August 2020.

Election

The 12th Basque regional election was held on 12 July 2020. The governing coalition, composed of the

Basque Nationalist Party The Basque Nationalist Party (, EAJ ; es, Partido Nacionalista Vasco, PNV; french: Parti Nationaliste Basque, PNB; EAJ-PNV), officially Basque National Party in English,) was rejected by party members in November 2011. Nonetheless, the party did ...

and the

Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left The Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left ( eu, Euskadiko Alderdi Sozialista – Euskadiko Ezkerra, es, Partido Socialista de Euskadi – Euskadiko Ezkerra, PSE-EE) is a Social democracy, social-democratic List of political ...

, increased its number of seats and obtained a majority.

History

The new parliament met for the first time on 12 July 2020 and elected

Bakartxo Tejeria Bakartxo Tejeria Otermin (born 28 March 1971) is a Basque politician serving as speaker or President of the Basque Parliament since 2012. She is the third woman to hold the position, as well as the longest serving speaker. Tejeria has been a M ...

as president of the chamber in the first round of voting. Other members of the Bureau of the Basque Parliament were also elected on 12 July 2020: Txarli Prieto (PSE-EE), First Vice-president; Eba Blanco (EH Bildu), Second Vice-president; Iñigo Iturrate (EAJ/PNV), First Secretary; and Gustavo Angulo (EP-EA), Second Secretary. A month later, on 3 September,

Iñigo Urkullu Íñigo Urkullu Renteria (born 18 September 1961) is a Spanish politician, and the Lehendakari (President) of the Basque Government since 2012. As the President of the Basque Government, he headed the First, Second and Third Urkullu Governments ...

was re-elected

Lehendakari The President of the Basque Government ( eu, Eusko Jaurlaritzako lehendakaria, es, presidente del Gobierno Vasco), usually known in the Basque language as the Lehendakari ( eu, lehendakari, es, lendakari), is the head of government of the Basq ...

Deaths, disqualifications and resignations

The 12th parliament saw the following deaths, disqualifications and resignations: * 8 September 2020 - Iñaki Arriola (PSE-EE) resigned after being appointed Regional Minister of Territorial Planning, Housing and Transport in the

Third Urkullu Government Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute'' Places * 3rd Street (disambiguation) * Third Avenue (disambiguation) * Hig ...

. He was replaced by Miren Gallástegui (PSE-EE). * 9 September 2020 -

Idoia Mendia Idoia Mendia Cueva (born 1965 in Bilbao) is a Spanish politician and since 2014 general secretary of the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left. Since 2020, she serves as the Second Vice President and the Regional Minister o ...

(PSE-EE) resigned after being appointed Second Vice Lehendakari in the

. She was replaced by Ekain Rico (PSE-EE). * 21 September 2020 - Arantxa Tapia (EAJ/PNV) resigned after being appointed Regional Minister of Economic Development, Sustainability and Environment in the

. She was replaced by Aitor Aldasoro (EAJ/PNV). * 2 October 2020 - Jone Berrioazabal (EAJ/PNV) resigned. She was replaced by Ana Ruiz de Alegria (EAJ/PNV). * 25 April 2021 - Ander Rodriguez (EH Bildu) resigned after joinging the

University of the Basque Country The University of the Basque Country ( eu, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, ''EHU''; es, Universidad del País Vasco, ''UPV''; UPV/EHU) is a Spanish public university of the Basque Autonomous Community. Heir of the University of Bilbao, initially ...

as a pre-doctoral investigator. He was replaced by Garikoitz Mujika (EH Bildu). * 3 June 2021 - Nerea Lupardo (EAJ/PNV) resigned after being appoint director of the

Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall The Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall (''Palacio Euskalduna'' in Spanish, ''Euskalduna Jauregia'' in Basque) is located in the city of Bilbao, Basque Country (Spain), beside the Estuary of Bilbao, built in part of the area that was fo ...

. She was replaced by Ainara Zelaia (EAJ/PNV). * 8 July 2021 - Aitor Aldasoro (EAJ/PNV) resigned in order to become an advisor to Arantxa Tapia. He was replaced by Elena Lete (EAJ/PNV). * 31 January 2022 - Kerman Orbegozo (EAJ/PNV) resigned after becoming a member of the

San Sebastián San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Basque Country (autonomous community), B ...

city council. He was replaced by Garikoitz Mendizabal (EAJ/PNV).

Members

References

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