Andoni Monforte

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Monforte and the second or maternal family name is Arregui.

Andoni Monforte Arregui (born 12 June 1946) is a Spanish politician and lawyer from the Basque Country. He served in the Congress of Deputies and the European Parliament as a member of the Basque Nationalist Party.

Andoni Monforte
Official portrait as MEP
Member of the European Parliament
In office 1 January 1986 – 5 July 1987
Constituency	Spain
Minister of Health of the Basque General Council
In office 24 February 1978 – 9 April 1980
President	Ramón Rubial (1978 – May 1979) Carlos Garaikoetxea (May 1979 – 1980)
Succeeded by	Jesús Javier Aguirre
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office 15 June 1977 – 23 April 1986
Constituency	Gipuzkoa
Personal details
Born	Antonio Monforte Arregui (1946-06-12) 12 June 1946 (age 78) Mallabia, Spain
Political party	EAJ/PNV

Biography

Monforte was born in Mallabia, in the province of Biscay. He studied law at the University of Valencia and from 1972 to 1977 worked as a lawyer for the Mondragon Corporation.^[1] A member of the Basque Nationalist Party, Monforte was elected to the Congress of Deputies in 1977, 1979 and 1982.^[2] In the run-up to the 1986 NATO membership referendum he stated that the origins of the organization were closely linked to democracy, and advocated for a common European defense policy.^[3]

He also served as Minister of Health of the Basque General Council (the predecessor of the current Basque Government) from 1978 to 1980.^[4] In December 1985 he was elected by the Cortes Generales as one of the sixty members of the European Parliament for Spain until an election could be held.^[5] He served from January 1986 to July 1987.^[6]

References

1. "Monforte Arregui, Andoni". Auñamendi Encyclopedia (in Spanish). Eusko Ikaskuntza. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
2. "Monforte Arregui, Andoni". Congress of Deputies (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
3. "El Grupo Vasco vincula el origen de la OTAN con la democracia". El País (in Spanish). 6 February 1986. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
4. Pérez Ares, Mª Isabel (2002). "El Consejo general vasco y el estatuto de autonomía: redacción y autonomía". Actas del III Simposio de Historia Actual (in Spanish). Vol. 2. pp. 613–638. ISBN 84-95747-23-5.
5. "Designación de los sesenta representantes del pueblo español en la Asamblea de las Comunidades Europeas" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales (in Spanish). 151. 31 December 1985. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
6. "Andoni MONFORTE ARREGUI". European Parliament. Retrieved 29 July 2024.