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Eneko Andueza Lorenzo (born 11 June 1979)[1] is a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician. He has served in the Basque Parliament since 2016 and led the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE-EE) since 2021.
Eneko Andueza | |
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![]() Eneko Andueza in 2024 | |
Secretary General of the PSE–EE | |
Assumed office 30 October 2021 | |
Preceded by | Idoia Mendia |
Member of the Basque Parliament | |
Assumed office 21 October 2016 | |
Constituency | Gipuzkoa |
Member of the Eibar City Council | |
In office 7 June 2008 – 20 October 2016 | |
Member of the Ordizia City Council | |
In office 2004–2006 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Eneko Andueza Lorenzo 11 June 1979 Eibar, Basque Country, Spain |
Political party | PSE–EE (1996–present) |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | University of the Basque Country |
Occupation | Political scientist • Politician |
Born in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, Andueza joined the Socialist Youth of Spain at the age of 17. He graduated in Political Sciences and Administration from the University of the Basque Country.[2]
Andueza's early political years were marked by assassinations of members of Basque anti-separatist parties by ETA, such as Isaías Carrasco in Mondragón in 2008. Andueza wrote a book on the subject, Jóvenes sin juventud ("Youths without Youth"). Having been a councillor in Ordizia and in his hometown, he was elected to the Juntas Generales of Gipuzkoa in 2011; he succeeded Denis Itxaso as the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE-EE) spokesman in the legislature.[2]
Andueza left the provincial assembly when he was elected to the Basque Parliament in the 2016 elections.[3] In August 2020, he succeeded José Antonio Pastor as his party's spokesman in the parliament.[4]
In October 2021, when Idoia Mendia chose not to seek another term as secretary general of the PSE-EE, Andueza, by then leader of the party in his home province, ran for the role. He took 95.3% of the vote, running against former Basauri councillor Soraya Morla.[5] He was the first Gipuzkoan to lead the party since Ramón Jáuregui resigned in 1997.[2]
Andueza supports bullfighting, a rare position on the Spanish left. He wrote a book Los toros, desde la izquierda ("Bullfighting, as seen from the left"), which led to insults and threats against him.[6]
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