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Spanish politician
Gorka Urtaran Agirre (born 21 December 1973)
[1] is a Spanish politician of the
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV). He served as mayor of
Vitoria-Gasteiz from
2015 to
2023 .
Biography
Urtaran was born in
Vitoria-Gasteiz ,
Álava . His mother,
María Jesús Agirre , was a
Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV) politician who was deputy mayor of the city during the mandate of
José Ángel Cuerda and a member of the
Congress of Deputies from 1995 to 1997.
[2] He graduated in Sociology from the
University of the Basque Country , where he studied at its
Leioa campus and wrote a postgraduate thesis on migration.
[3]
After being a civil servant in the Vitoria-Gasteiz Department of Social Intervention, Urtaran served in his province's
Juntas Generales from 2007 to 2011.
[3] In December 2010, he was confirmed as the EAJ-PNV candidate for mayor in the
next year's elections .
[4] His party came second to the
People's Party (PP), whose leader
Javier Maroto was invested as mayor.
[5]
Four years later , the EAJ-PNV lost a seat and fell to third behind the PP and
EH Bildu , but Urtaran was invested as mayor with the votes of his party, EH Bildu and two smaller groups.
[6] In
2019 , he won a second term with the support of the
Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE-EE).
[7] He did not stand for reelection in
2023 .
[8]
References
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"Gorka Urtaran" .
El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 August 2022 .
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"Fallece María Jesús Agirre, quien fuera vicealcaldesa de Vitoria" [María Jesús Agirre, who was the deputy mayor of Vitoria-Gasteiz, dies].
El Diario Vasco (in Spanish).
EFE . 19 November 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2022 .
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b Cueto, Iosu (15 June 2019).
"Gorka Urtaran, un sociólogo con la política en los genes" [Gorka Urtaran, a sociologist with politics in his genes].
El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 August 2022 .
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"El PNV ratifica a Urtaran como candidato a alcalde de Vitoria para las elecciones de 2011" [PNV confirms Urtaran as candidate for mayor of Vitoria for the 2011 elections] (in Spanish).
Europa Press . 21 December 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2022 .
^ Cueto, Iosu (12 June 2011).
"El PP recupera la Alcaldía de Vitoria con los únicos votos a favor de su partido" [PP recovers mayoralty of Vitoria-Gasteiz with only votes in favour from its party]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 August 2022 .
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"Gorka Urtaran se compromete a ser el alcalde de "los acuerdos y los pactos" " [Gorka Urtaran promises to be themayor of "agreements and pacts"] (in Spanish). Deia. EFE. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2022 .
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"Urtaran se compromete a abrir en Vitoria una etapa de "diálogo, entendimiento y acuerdo" " [Urtaran promises to open in Vitoria a period of "dialogue, understanding and agreement"].
El Plural (in Spanish). 15 June 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2022 .
^ Ortega, David (25 October 2022).
"Beatriz Artolazabal sustituye a Urtaran como candidata del PNV al Ayuntamiento de Vitoria" [Beatriz Artolazabal replaces Urtaran as PNV candidate for Vitoria City Hall]. Noticias de Álava (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 June 2023 .