Maddalen Iriarte Okiñena (born 1963 in San Sebastián) is a journalist and politician from the Basque Country in Spain. Since 2016, she is the spokesperson for EH Bildu at the Basque Parliament.[1] She led the candidacy of EH Bildu in the 2020 Basque regional election.[2]
Maddalen Iriarte | |
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 Maddalen Iriarte in 2023 | |
| Member of the Basque Parliament | |
| In office 21 October 2016 – 23 June 2023 | |
| Constituency | Gipuzkoa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Maddalen Iriarte Okiñena 21 October 1963 San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain |
| Political party | EH Bildu |
| Alma mater | University of the Basque Country |
| Occupation | Journalist, politician |
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Biography
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Born in San Sebastián in 1963, Iriarte began a career in journalism at the local radio station Loiola Herri Irratia at the age of eighteen, while she was a Law student at the University of the Basque Country.[3]
In 1986, Iriarte joined the Basque public broadcast service EITB, where she was the presenter and editor of the ETB 1 news program Gaur Egun until 2009.[4] Iriarte was also an editor and presenter on election results programmes, and political debate programmes Ados?, Gau-on and Azpimarra.
In 2016, Iriarte entered politics as a candidate for Member of Parliament at the 2016 Basque regional election: Iriarte was placed second in EH Bildu's list of candidates for the constituency of Gipuzkoa.[5] Iriarte eventually headed the coalition's list after the Election Commission, upheld by the Constitutional Court of Spain, invalidated Arnaldo Otegi's candidature due to the Bateragune Case.[6] After Iriarte was elected Member of Parliament, she was designated spokesperson for EH Bildu, and she was the coalition's candidate for Lehendakari at the investiture session.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Iriarte será la portavoz de EH Bildu en el Parlamento" (in Spanish). Noticias de Gipuzkoa. 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Maddalen Iriarte, proclamada candidata a lehendakari por EH Bildu" (in Spanish). EITB. 3 February 2020.
- ^ Zaldua, Beñat (13 August 2016). "Maddalen Iriarte, junto a Otegi en la lista de EH Bildu por Gipuzkoa" (in Spanish). Gara.
- ^ "La nueva directora de ETB "se carga" a los rostros veteranos de sus informativos" (in Spanish). Fórmula TV. 27 September 2009.
- ^ "Maddalen Iriarte, la posible sustituta de Otegi" (in Spanish). Cambio 16. 7 September 2016.
- ^ "La Junta ratifica que Otegi no puede ser candidato y le excluye de concurrir a las elecciones vascas" (in Spanish). Europa Press. 19 August 2016.
- ^ "EH Bildu designa a Maddalen Iriarte como portavoz en el Parlamento Vasco" (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 25 October 2016.