Emilio Guevara Explained

Emilio Guevara
Office1:Deputy General of Álava
Term Start1:7 May 1979
Term End1:29 May 1983
Successor1:Juan María Ollora
Office2:Member of the General Assembly of Álava[1]
Term Start2:13 June 2003
Term End2:18 April 2005
Term Start3:7 May 1979
Term End3:1983
Office4:Member of the Basque Parliament[2]
Term Start4:7 June 2005
Term End4:27 January 2006
Constituency4:Álava
Term Start5:8 January 1987
Term End5:6 October 1987
Constituency5:Álava
Term Start6:31 March 1980
Term End6:19 January 1984
Constituency6:Biscay
Birth Name:Emilio Guevara Saleta
Birth Date:14 September 1941
Birth Place:Vitoria, Spain
Party:Independent
Otherparty:EAJ/PNV (until 2002)

Emilio Guevara Saleta (born 14 September 1941) is a Spanish politician. He served as Deputy General of Álava from 1979 to 1983, the first officeholder since the abolition of the post in 1877. Originally a member of the Basque Nationalist Party, he was expelled from the party in 2002. Since then, he has been an independent politician linked to the Socialist Party of the Basque Country.

Biography

He was born in Vitoria in 1941. His siblings Juan Ramón and Javier have also been active in politics. He studied law, graduating in 1964, and joined the Basque Nationalist Party in the 1970s.[3]

In 1979 he was elected a member of the General Assembly of Álava and subsequently as Deputy General,[4] an office he held until 1983. In 1980 he was elected to the first Basque Parliament for Biscay, due to the law preventing him from running in Álava.[5] He served as the spokesman of the party in the Basque Parliament during its first term,[6] due to him being considered one of the key figures behind the Statute of Autonomy.[7] He didn't stand for reelection neither for Deputy General nor for member of the Basque Parliament in 1983 and 1984 respectively.[8] He was elected to the Basque Parliament again in 1986, but resigned after less than a year.[2]

In the year 2000, he wrote an opinion piece in Deia criticizing Xabier Arzalluz and the sovereigntist strategy of the Basque Nationalist Party, which caused some members to ask for his expulsion.[9] One of the most prominent party members to support him was longtime mayor of Vitoria-Gasteiz José Ángel Cuerda.[10] He was finally expelled from the party in early 2002.[11]

Later that year he announced he would stand for election to the General Assembly of Álava. Despite running in the PSE-EE list, he refused to become a party member.[12] During the campaign of the 2003 election and afterwards, he strongly criticized Lehendakari Juan José Ibarretxe and his plan towards political sovereignty.[13] [14] In 2005, he was named as the leading candidate of the Socialist Party for Álava in that year's election to the Basque Parliament, while remaining an independent.[15] He resigned from the Basque Parliament in early 2006 and left political life.[16]

Honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GUEVARA SALETA, EMILIO . www.jjggalava.eus . Juntas Generales de Álava . 25 July 2022 . es.
  2. Web site: Guevara Saleta, Emilio . Parlamento Vasco . 25 July 2022 . es.
  3. Web site: Caballero Basáñez . Carlos . Romero Campos . David . Guevara Saleta, Emilio . . Eusko Ikaskuntza . 26 July 2022 . es.
  4. News: Abasolo . José Antonio . Constituidas las Juntas Generales de Alava . 26 July 2022 . El País . 8 May 1979 . es.
  5. News: Unzueta . Patxo . Posible concentración de primeras figuras, en las listas electorales de Alava . 26 July 2022 . El País . 25 January 1980 . es.
  6. Book: Castells . Luis . Cajal . Arturo . La autonomía vasca en la España contemporánea (1808-2008) . 2009 . Marcial Pons Historia . Madrid . 978-84-96467-89-7 . 355 . es .
  7. News: Emilio Guevara, probable portavoz del PNV en el Parlamento vasco . 26 July 2022 . El País . 23 March 1980 . es.
  8. Web site: Errasti Martínez de Antoñana . Aitor . Errasti Martínez de Antoñana . Xabier . Entrevista con Emilio Guevara Saleta . Foro Mayor San Pablo . 26 July 2022 . es.
  9. News: El PNV de Vitoria expedientará a Guevara por sus críticas a Arzalluz . 26 July 2022 . El País . 30 December 2000 . Bilbao . es.
  10. News: El peneuvista Cuerda apoya las críticas de Guevara al PNV . 26 July 2022 . El País . Servimedia . 3 January 2001 . es.
  11. News: El PNV expulsa al crítico Emilio Guevara por escribir un artículo contra Arzalluz . 26 July 2022 . La Voz de Galicia . 29 January 2002 . Bilbao . es.
  12. News: C. Martínez . Isabel . Emilio Guevara encabezará la lista del PSE en la zona 'más conflictiva de Álava' . 26 July 2022 . El País . 28 October 2002 . es.
  13. News: Guevara pide para el PSE el voto nacionalista que no cree en el 'plan Ibarretxe' . 26 July 2022 . El País . 19 May 2003 . es.
  14. News: Emilio Guevara tacha a Ibarretxe de 'iluminado' que 'vende' su plan como un 'libro de autoayuda' . 26 July 2022 . El Mundo . Servimedia . 7 August 2003 . es.
  15. News: Guenaga Bidaurrazaga . Aitor . Guevara acepta encabezar la lista del PSE en Álava para las autonómicas . 26 July 2022 . El País . 17 October 2004 . Bilbao . es.
  16. News: Guenaga Bidaurrazaga . Aitor . El parlamentario del PSE Emilio Guevara deja la política activa . 26 July 2022 . El País . 27 January 2006 . Bilbao . es.

  17. Real Decreto 1636/2003, de 5 de diciembre, por el que se concede la Medalla de la Orden del Mérito Constitucional a don Emilio Guevara Saleta.. Boletín Oficial del Estado. 292. 6 December 2003. 43656. es.

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