Eneko Andueza Lorenzo (born 11 June 1979) 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

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at the age of 17. He graduated in Political Sciences and Administration from the University of the Basque Country. Andueza's early political years were marked by assassinations of members of Basque anti-separatist parties by ETA, such as

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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. Andueza left the provincial assembly when he was elected to the Basque Parliament in the

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. In August 2020, he succeeded

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as his party's spokesman in the parliament. In October 2021, when

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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. He was the first Gipuzkoan to lead the party since Ramón Jáuregui resigned in 1997. Andueza supports

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, 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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Andueza, Eneko 1979 births Living people People from Eibar University of the Basque Country alumni Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians Members of the 11th Basque Parliament Members of the 12th Basque Parliament