Félix Ormazabal Explained

Félix Ormazabal
Birth Name:Félix Ormazabal Ascasibar
Birth Date:1940 5, df=y
Birth Place:Araya, Spain
Death Place:Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Nationality:Spanish
Party:EAJ/PNV
Office:Deputy General of Álava
Term Start:13 July 1995
Term End:26 July 1999
Predecessor:Alberto Ansola
Office2:Head of the Department of Agriculture and Fishing
Term Start2:1 April 1984
Term End2:1 March 1988
2Blankname2:Lehendakari
2Namedata2:Carlos Garaikoetxea

José Antonio Ardanza
Successor2:José Manuel Goikoetxea
Office3:Head of the Department of Agriculture
Term Start3:9 June 1979
Term End3:31 March 1984
Successor3:Himself
2Blankname3:Lehendakari
2Namedata3:Carlos Garaikoetxea
Office4:Member of the General Assembly of Álava[1]
Term Start4:6 July 1999
Term End4:9 November 2000
Constituency4:Vitoria-Gasteiz
Term Start5:22 June 1995
Term End5:6 July 1999
Office6:Member of the Basque Parliament
Term Start6:22 March 1984
Term End6:7 September 1995
Constituency6:Álava
Term Start7:31 March 1980
Term End7:19 September 1980
Constituency7:Álava

Félix Ormazabal Askasibar (5 May 1940 – 15 January 2022) was a Spanish politician. A member of the Basque Nationalist Party, he served as Deputy General of Álava from 1995 to 1999. He was also a member of the Basque Parliament in 1980 and again from 1984 to 1995.[2] He died in Vitoria-Gasteiz on 15 January 2022, at the age of 81.[3]

Biography

Félix Ormazabal was born in Araia, Álava in 1940, he studied law and theology. As a priest in, he supported the workers who took part in the 1972 strike at the Michelin factory in Vitoria. As a result of his involvement, he was detained during a month.[4] He entered politics after meeting José Ángel Cuerda, who served as his lawyer during his detention.[5]

He was first elected to public office in 1979, when he became a member of the Asparrena municipal council.[6] In 1979 he became the head of the Department of Agriculture in the . He continued in that office until 1988, under Carlos Garaikoetxea and José Antonio Ardanza.[5] He was also a member of the first government of the after its restoration, serving with Deputy General Emilio Guevara.[6] He was elected to the Basque Parliament five consecutive times, starting in 1980.[3]

In 1995 he was elected to the General Assembly of Álava and subsequently became Deputy General. He headed a majority coalition government with Eusko Alkartasuna and the Socialist Party until 1997,[5] when the Socialist Party left the coalition as a consequence of José Ángel Cuerda dismissing members of the party from the ruling coalition at the Vitoria-Gasteiz city council.[7] He was the leading candidate of the Basque Nationalist Party in the 1999 election,[8] in which it finished second behind the People's Party. In the second round of the investiture vote the Socialist Party supported, the People's Party candidate, thus putting an end to Ormazabal's tenure as Deputy General.[9]

He retired from politics in 2005.[10] He died in January 2022 after a sudden heart attack at his home in Araia.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ORMAZABAL ASKASIBAR, FÉLIX . www.jjggalava.eus . Juntas Generales de Álava . 27 July 2022 . es.
  2. Web site: Ormazabal Ascasibar, Félix . Parlamento Vasco . 27 July 2022 . es . 15 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220115125458/https://www.legebiltzarra.eus/fichas/c_59.html . dead .
  3. News: del Campo. José Luis. 15 January 2022. Muere el exdiputado general Félix Ormazabal. Spanish. Noticias de Álava. 16 January 2022.
  4. News: Vizcaíno . J. . La huelga que despertó las conciencias . 27 July 2022 . Noticias de Álava . 17 October 2010 . es.
  5. News: Carazo . Ander . Félix Ormazabal, exdiputado general de Álava y referente del PNV tras la escisión . 27 July 2022 . El Correo . 2 February 2022 . es.
  6. Web site: Caballero Basáñez . Carlos . Ormazabal Ascasibar, Félix . . Eusko Ikaskuntza . 27 July 2022 . es.
  7. News: Gorospe . Pedro . El PNV cede y hace oficial la ruptura del alcalde de Vitoria con el PSE . 27 July 2022 . El País . 5 September 1997 . es.
  8. News: Ortiz de Arri . Eduardo . Entre patriarcas . 27 July 2022 . El País . 26 May 1999 . es.
  9. News: EH matiza que "rechaza" pero no condena la violencia . 27 July 2022 . El Mundo . Europa Press . 27 July 1999 . es.
  10. News: Fallece Félix Ormazabal, histórico jeltzale de Álava . 27 July 2022 . Noticias de Álava . 15 January 2022 . es.
  11. News: del Campo . José Luis . Fallece de un ataque al corazón el exdiputado general Félix Ormazabal . 27 July 2022 . Noticias de Álava . 15 January 2022 . es.