Iñaki Azkuna Urreta (14 February 1943 – 20 March 2014) was a Spanish politician of the
Basque Nationalist Party
The Basque Nationalist Party ( , EAJ; , PNV; , PNB; EAJ-PNV), officially the Basque National Party in English, is a Basque nationalist and regionalist political party. The party is located in the centre of the political spectrum. It has been de ...
. He was mayor of the city of
Bilbao
Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the Provinces of Spain, province of Biscay and in the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country as a whole. It is also the largest city proper in northern Spain. Bilbao is the List o ...
,
Biscay
Biscay ( ; ; ), is a province of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community, heir of the ancient Lordship of Biscay, lying on the south shore of the Bay of Biscay, eponymous bay. The capital and largest city is Bilb ...
in the
Basque Country, from 1999 until his death. In 2012, Azkuna won the
World Mayor Prize, honoring the most outstanding mayors in the world, for his transformation of industrial Bilbao into a cultural centre.
Azkuna died from
prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is the neoplasm, uncontrolled growth of cells in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system below the bladder. Abnormal growth of the prostate tissue is usually detected through Screening (medicine), screening tests, ...
on 20 March 2014 in Bilbao, Biscay. He was 71 years old.
References
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Mayors of Bilbao
2014 deaths
1943 births
People from Durango, Biscay
Basque Nationalist Party politicians
Deaths from prostate cancer
University of Salamanca alumni
Deaths from cancer in Spain
20th-century Spanish physicians
Academic staff of the University of the Basque Country
Knights of the Legion of Honour