| Joseba Arregui Aramburu | |
| Birth Date: | 30 May 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Andoain, Spain |
| Death Place: | Bilbao, Spain |
| Nationality: | Spanish |
| Party: | EAJ |
| Office: | Minister of Culture of the Basque Government |
| Term Start: | 16 April 1984 |
| Term End: | 2 March 1985 |
| Predecessor: | Pedro Miguel Etxenike |
| Successor: | Luis María Bandrés |
| President: | José Antonio Ardanza |
| Term Start1: | 4 October 1991 |
| Term End1: | 4 January 1995 |
| Predecessor1: | position re-established |
| Successor1: | Maria del Carmen Garmendia |
| President1: | José Antonio Ardanza |
| Office2: | Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Basque Government |
| Predecessor2: | Luis Maria Bandrés |
| Successor2: | position abolished |
| President2: | José Antonio Ardanza |
| Office3: | Member of the Basque Parliament |
| Term Start3: | 1999 |
| Term End3: | 2001 |
| Constituency3: | Gipuzkoa |
Joseba Arregui Aramburu (30 May 1946 – 14 September 2021) was a Spanish politician, theologian, and academic.[1]
Aramburu was born in Andoain on 30 May 1946. He studied at the Seminario Diocesano de San Sebastián and was ordained a priest.[2] He then travelled to Fribourg to study theology and teaching and later earned a doctorate in theology from the University of Münster.[3] [4] He returned to Spain and finished his studies, earning a doctorate in sociology from the University of Deusto. He became a professor of sociology at the University of the Basque Country until his retirement in 2011.[4]
Aramburu became a prominent member of the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ) and resistant to the Franco dictatorship.[3] He served as Minister of Culture of the Basque Government multiple times under the leadership of José Antonio Ardanza[3] [4] and was a member of the Basque Parliament from 1999 to 2001, representing Gipuzkoa.[5] He also served on the .[5] He retired from political activity in 2001 and left the EAJ in 2004 due to disagreements within the party.[3] That year, he co-founded "Aldaketa", which promoted political change in the Basque Country and defended the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country of 1979.[5]
Aramburu became the author of multiple books, such as La nación vasca posible, Euskadi invertebrada, and El terror de ETA: la narrativa de las víctimas.[6]
Joseba Arregui Aramburu died on 14 September 2021 at the age of 75.[7]