Koldo Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso

Koldo Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso (born 30 May 1940) is a Spanish Basque university lecturer in law and economics, and politician. He served one term in the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004 as a representative of Batasuna, a Basque nationalist party.

Law lecturer

Gorostiaga was born in BilbaoOfficial biography
from the European Parliament. and educated at the University of Valladolid and the University of Deusto, earning a law degree in 1963. He obtained a Doctor of Laws from the University of Barcelona in 1966, and later obtained a certificate of proficiency in English from Cambridge University. He has worked as a lecturer at the University of Barcelona and the University of Pau. He is also a Professor of the Basque Summer University, and a Professor and founding Director of the Cooperative Institute for Law and Social Economy at the University of the Basque Country.Candidates' biographies
(in spanish) published by the Spanish office of the European Parliament, 1999.

Politics

Living mostly in the French Basque Country, Gorostiaga began working for the European Bureau for Lesser-used Languages in 1995, and also became a member of the Basque Country's Economic and Social Council.Nick Jones,
Victories for Basque independence movement
, ''An Phoblacht/Republican News'', 17 June 1999. At the 1999 European Parliament election, Gorostiaga was nominated as Euskal Herritarrok candidate. He was elected to the last seat.Central Electoral Board
official return (in Spanish).

References

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1940 births
Spanish legal scholars
Living people
People from Bilbao
Batasuna MEPs
MEPs for Spain 1999–2004
University of the Basque Country faculty