Ramiro González Vicente (; born 20 April 1962) is a Spanish 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 ...

, he has served as

Deputy General of Álava The deputy general of Álava (, ) is the head of the of Álava, a province of the Basque Country, Spain. The current incumbent is Ramiro González of the Basque Nationalist Party, who has held the office since 2015. The post has existed since ...

since 2015.

Biography

He was born in

Burgos Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populous municipality of the province of Burgos. Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence of th ...

, but moved to

Vitoria-Gasteiz Vitoria-Gasteiz (; ; also historically spelled Vittoria in English) is the seat of government and the capital city of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country and of the provinces of Spain, province of Álava in northern Spain. I ...

at the age of four. He studied law at the

University of the Basque Country The University of the Basque Country (, ''EHU''; , ''UPV''; officially EHU) is a Spanish public university of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community. Heir of the University of Deusto, University of Bilbao, initial ...

, and subsequently worked as a lawyer for 25 years. He is married and has two children. He has lived in Mendoza since around 2000. He became a member of the

in 2002, and in 2007 he was elected to the ''Juntas Generales'' of Álava. During his first term, he served as deputy spokesman for the party under Deputy General Xabier Agirre. When Agirre left in 2011 after the election of Javier de Andrés, he became spokesman of the party in the ''Juntas Generales''. In the 2015 election, his party became the largest in the chamber and subsequently formed a with the

Socialist Party of the Basque Country Socialism is an economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes the economic, political, and social ...

. Both coalition partners improved their results in the 2019 election, resulting in his reelection, this time heading a . He was reelected to a third term in

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, returning to a . He is the first Deputy General that has served for three terms.

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* 1962 births Living people Politicians from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Basque Nationalist Party politicians 20th-century Spanish lawyers People from Vitoria-Gasteiz Politicians from Burgos University of the Basque Country alumni Deputies general of Álava {{BasqueCountry-politician-stub