Andoni Monforte Explained

Andoni Monforte
Office3:Member of the Congress of Deputies
Term Start3:15 June 1977
Term End3:23 April 1986
Constituency3:Gipuzkoa
Office2:Minister of Health of the Basque General Council
President2:
    Term Start2:24 February 1978
    Term End2:9 April 1980
    Successor2:Jesús Javier Aguirre
    Office1:Member of the European Parliament
    Constituency1:Spain
    Term Start1:1 January 1986
    Term End1:5 July 1987
    Birth Name:Antonio Monforte Arregui
    Birth Date:12 June 1946
    Birth Place:Mallabia, Spain
    Party:EAJ/PNV

    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.

    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]

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Monforte Arregui, Andoni . . Eusko Ikaskuntza . 29 July 2024 . es.
    2. Web site: Monforte Arregui, Andoni . . 29 July 2024 . es.
    3. News: El Grupo Vasco vincula el origen de la OTAN con la democracia . 29 July 2024 . . 6 February 1986 . es.
    4. Book: Pérez Ares . Mª Isabel . El Consejo general vasco y el estatuto de autonomía: redacción y autonomía . Actas del III Simposio de Historia Actual . 2002 . 2 . 613–638 . es . 84-95747-23-5.
    5. Designación de los sesenta representantes del pueblo español en la Asamblea de las Comunidades Europeas . Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales . 31 December 1985 . 151 . 29 July 2024 . es.
    6. Web site: Andoni MONFORTE ARREGUI . . 29 July 2024.