| Joseba Leizaola | |
| Office: | 3rd President of the Basque Parliament |
| Term Start: | 18 December 1990 |
| Term End: | 1 September 1998 |
| Predecessor: | Jesús Eguiguren Imaz |
| Successor: | Juan María Atutxa |
| Office2: | Member of the Basque Parliament |
| Term Start2: | 31 March 1980 |
| Term End2: | 1 September 1998 |
| Office3: | Second Vice President of the Basque Parliament |
| Term Start3: | 8 January 1987 |
| Term End3: | 18 December 1990 |
| Predecessor3: | José Antonio Maturana |
| Successor3: | Francisco José Ormazabal |
| Office4: | First Secretary of the Basque Parliament |
| Term Start4: | 30 November 1983 |
| Term End4: | 8 January 1987 |
| Predecessor4: | José Antonio Zaldua Arbiza |
| Successor4: | Koro Garmendia Galbete |
| Birth Date: | 1931 1, df=y |
| Birth Place: | San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain |
| Death Place: | San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain |
| Party: | PNV-EAJ |
Joseba Andoni Leizaola Azpiazu (3 January 1931 – 6 January 2017) was a Spanish politician, Basque nationalist and member of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV-EAJ). He was a member of the Basque Parliament for eighteen years from 1980 to 1998, including a tenure as the third President of the Basque Parliament from 18 December 1990 to 1 September 1998.[1]
Leizaola was born in San Sebastián.[1] He moved Venezuela in the early 1940s to escape the Francoist Spain government of Francisco Franco.[1] His father, Ricardo Leizaola, was the founder of the El Día newspaper and the weekly newspaper. His uncle, Jesús María Leizaola was Lehendakari, or President, of the Basque-government-in-exile, from 1960 to 1978.[1] Joseba Leizaola and his family lived in Venezuelan until the transition to democracy. He became active in the Basque exile and Basque-Venezuelan communities.[1] Leizaola served as the President of PNV of Caracas and a member of the Basque Center of Caracas.[1]
Leizaola became the leader of the Basque Nationalist Party's (PNV) Gipuzkoa provincial chapter during the Spanish transition to democracy.[1] He then served as a member of both the Gipuzkoa Buru Batzar and the Euskadi Buru Batzar from 1968 to 1977.[1]
In 1980, Leizaola was elected to the newly created Basque Parliament, where he served as an MP from 1980 to 1998.[1] He served as the third President of the Basque Parliament from 18 December 1990 until 1 September 1998, when he was succeeded by Juan María Atutxa.[1]
Joseba Leizaola died following a long illness on 6 January 2017, at the 86.[1]