Jesús Eguiguren | |
Office: | 2nd President of the Basque Parliament |
Term Start: | 8 January 1987 |
Term End: | 18 December 1990 |
Predecessor: | Juan José Pujana |
Successor: | Joseba Leizaola |
Office2: | Member of the Basque Parliament |
Term Start2: | 23 January 1983 |
Term End2: | 19 November 2012 |
Birth Name: | Jesús María Eguiguren Imaz |
Birth Date: | 1954 6, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Aizarnazabal, Gipuzkoa, Spain |
Party: | PSE-EE |
Spouse: | Rafaela Romero |
Jesús María Eguiguren Imaz (born 2 June 1954, Aizarnazabal, Gipuzkoa) is a Spanish academic, jurist, politician, and member of the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE-EE). Eguiguren served as a member of the Basque Parliament from 1983 to 2012, including a tenure as the second President of the Basque Parliament from 8 January 1987 until 18 December 1990. He later became the President of the PSE-EE-PSOE political party from 2002 to 2014.
He studied Law at the University of the Basque Country. In the 2000s, Eguiguren represented the government during peace talks with ETA.
Eguiguren was born in Aizarnazabal, Gipuzkoa, in 1954.[1] He is married to Rafaela Romero, a lawyer and member of the Basque Parliament.