Mario Fernández Pelaz (4 November 1943 – 10 December 2024) was a Spanish lawyer and politician. A member 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 ...

and

Eusko Alkartasuna Eusko Alkartasuna (; ; ; ) is a Basque nationalist and social-democratic political party operating in Spain and France. The Basque language name means ''Basque Solidarity'' and abbreviated as EA. The party describes itself as a " Basque national ...

, he served as Deputy

Lehendakari The President of the Basque Government (, ), usually known in the Basque language as the Lehendakari (, ), is the head of government of the Basque Autonomous Community. The lehendakari leads the executive branch of the regional government. T ...

from 1982 to 1985, as Basque Minister of Labour from 1980 to 1984, and was a member of the

Basque Parliament The Basque Parliament (Basque language, Basque: ''Eusko Legebiltzarra'', Spanish language, Spanish: ''Parlamento Vasco'') is the legislative body of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community of Spain and the elected ...

from 1984 to 1986. Fernández died in

Las Arenas Areeta (''Las Arenas'' in Spanish) is a neighbourhood of Getxo (Biscay, Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, Spain). It is an affluent residential area that was built over the sands of a beach where the Gobela Creek died into a di ...

on 10 December 2024, at the age of 81.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandez Pelaz, Mario 1943 births 2024 deaths Spanish lawyers Basque Nationalist Party politicians Eusko Alkartasuna Party politicians Members of the 2nd Basque Parliament Politicians from Bilbao