Fernando Buesa Blanco (29 May 1946 – 22 February 2000) was a Spanish politician[3] in the Basque Christian Democracy and in the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE-EE) branch of the social democratic Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He was assassinated by ETA.[4]
Fernando Buesa | |
|---|---|
| Vice Lehendakari for Social Affairs | |
| In office 4 October 1991 – 4 January 1995 | |
| Lehendakari | José Antonio Ardanza |
| Preceded by | Jon Imanol Azúa (Vice Lehendakari) |
| Succeeded by | Post abolished |
| Head of the Department of Education, Universities and Research | |
| In office 4 October 1991 – 4 January 1995 | |
| Lehendakari | José Antonio Ardanza |
| Preceded by | Inaxio Oliveri |
| Succeeded by | Inaxio Oliveri |
| Deputy General of Álava | |
| In office 17 July 1987 – 17 July 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Juan María Ollora |
| Succeeded by | Alberto Ansola |
| Member of the Basque Parliament[1] | |
| In office 22 March 1984 – 22 February 2000 | |
| Constituency | Álava |
| Member of the General Assembly of Álava[2] | |
| In office 24 May 1983 – 22 February 2000 | |
| Constituency | Vitoria-Gasteiz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Fernando Buesa Blanco May 29, 1946 Bilbao, Spain |
| Died | February 22, 2000 (aged 53) Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain |
| Manner of death | Assassination |
Biography
editBorn in 1946 in Bilbao, Spain, Buesa studied law in Madrid and Barcelona and practiced from 1970 to 1986 in Vitoria-Gasteiz. He served in the Vitoria-Gasteiz city council from 1983 to 1997, in the Basque Parliament from 1984 to 2000 and as Deputy General of Álava from 1987 to 1991. Buesa was also vice lehendakari (president of the Basque government) and minister of Education in a coalition PSE-Basque Nationalist Party Basque government from 1991 to 1994.
From this position, he steered the process that moved the Basque-language schools (ikastolak) into either the Basque public education network or the Basque chartered private education sector.[5]
Fernando Buesa was married and had three children.[6]
Death and legacy
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On February 22, 2000, Buesa was killed by the separatist group ETA while he was walking through the university campus in Vitoria-Gasteiz. The car bombing also killed his bodyguard, the ertzaina (member of the Basque police) Jorge Díez Elorza.[7]
At the time of his death, Buesa was the leader of the PSE-EE in Álava and the PSE-EE spokesman in the Basque Parliament.
His assassination inspired a well received documentary by the Basque filmmaker Eterio Ortega titled Asesinato en febrero.[8]
The home arena of the Vitoria-Gasteiz Baskonia basketball team, formerly known as Araba Arena, was renamed Fernando Buesa Arena after his death.[9]
Honours
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Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise, Grand Cross, 25 February 2005 (posthumous)[10][11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Buesa Blanco, Fernando". Parlamento Vasco (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "BUESA BLANCO, FERNANDO". www.jjggalava.eus (in Spanish). Juntas Generales de Álava. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ Goodman, Al (7 November 2011). "Former leader of Basque terrorist group sentenced to prison". CNN. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ Bryant, Tony (22 February 2019). "22 February 2000: ETA kills leader of Basque socialist party". Sur in English. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ Gorospe, Pedro (27 May 1993). "El 56% de las ikastolas vascas decide integrarse en la enseñanza pública". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "Fernando´s life". Fundación Fernando Buesa Fundazioa. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ Gorospe, Pedro (23 February 2000). "ETA asesina en Vitoria al dirigente socialista Fernando Buesa y a su escolta de la Ertzaintza". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ Silvestre, Juan (23 September 2021). "Las 32 mejores películas sobre ETA y el conflicto vasco". Fotogramas (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ Ortiz de Arri, Eduardo (1 March 2000). "El Pabellón Araba pasa a llamarse Fernando Buesa Arena". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ "El Gobierno acuerda la entrega de un argelino preso por terrorismo". El País (in Spanish). 26 February 2005. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ por el que se concede, a título póstumo, la Gran Cruz de la Orden Civil de Alfonso X el Sabio a don Fernando Buesa Blanco (Real Decreto 226/2005) (in Spanish). Vol. 49. 26 February 2005. p. 7155. Retrieved 27 July 2022 – via BOE.
External links
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Media related to Fernando Buesa at Wikimedia Commons- Fernando Buesa Foundation
