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José Ángel Cuerda Montoya (born 17 March 1934) is a Spanish politician 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 ...
(EAJ-PNV). He was the first democratically elected mayor of
Vitoria-Gasteiz es, vitoriano, vitoriana, , population_density_km2 = auto , blank_name_sec1 = Official language(s) , blank_info_sec1 = Spanish, Basque , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...
, serving from 1979 to 1999. Cuerda was known for his promotion of the environment and green space in his city as well as championing sustainable city planning for the wellbeing of residents. Though officially a member of the right-wing PNV, he said in 2019 "I never received instructions from the PNV, nor did I stop being a member of left-wing movements in the Basque Country, Spain, or around the world".


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cuerda, Jose Angel 1934 births Living people Basque Nationalist Party politicians Eusko Alkartasuna Party politicians Mayors of Vitoria-Gasteiz People from Vitoria-Gasteiz Basque academics University of Valladolid alumni Members of the 2nd Basque Parliament Members of the 3rd Basque Parliament Members of the 1st Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the constituent Congress of Deputies (Spain)