Manex Goihenetxe Etxamendi or Manex Goienetxe (22 September 1942 in Ezterenzubi, Lower Navarre – 2 March 2004 in Biscau mountain, Bearn) was a Basque historian and cultural activist.
Biography
Born to a farmer family, he went to Great Britain to study. After completing French High School in Roazhon in 1963, he was ordained friar in the congregation of Ploermael in 1967. In 1969, he graduated in
history
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at Toulouse, and started working as a teacher. Goihenetxe also got the teacher certification (DEA) at Pau in 1981. He earned his PhD in 1984. As a teacher, he got job positions in Oloron, Lourdes, Donibane Lohizune and Kastellin (Brittany).
He was the writer of the association "Ikas" from 1972 to 1983. He assumed the chief managerial position of the UEU from 1977 to 1979. On 27 July 1975, he was named associate member by
Euskaltzaindia
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and made partner of Eusko Ikaskuntza. He was Basque school network Seaska's first worker on a payroll as an instructor (1977-1981), as well as holding other responsibilities in
French
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, Spanish, Gascon Occitan, and Aragonese. Thanks to his command of these languages, he carried out comprehensive research on the
Basque Country
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He showed a special commitment for Basque
culture
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politics
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. He got first involved in politics during the Process of Burgos (1970). He was a founder of the political parties Embata and EHAS.
Manex was registered in the census of
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On 2 May 2004, he suffered a fatal accident at Biscau, a mountain in Bearn, where he died along with his partner Anne-Marie Pargade. His ashes were spread in Errozate, near his home village of Ezterenzubi.
Works
He wrote many stories about the
Basque Country
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French
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Eusko Jaurlaritza
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