Maiorga Ramirez

Maiorga Ramirez (born 20 July 1976) is a Basque nationalist politician. He is a leading member of the Eusko Alkartasuna (EA) in the province of Navarre^[1] and, since 2015, one of three just EA members of the Parliament of Navarre, where the EA sits as part of the EHB left-wing nationalist coalition.^[2]

Maiorga Ramirez in June 2013

Life

Maiorga Ramirez Erro was born in Tafalla, a small town along the valley to the south of Pamplona.^[1]

He gained a degree in Philosophy from the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU), and in 1995 joined Eusko Alkartasuna (EA) embarking on his political career as a member of the executive of the party's youth wing (Gazte Abertzaleak /GA).^[3]

In 2000 he was nominated regional party secretary for Navarre and appointed a member of the party national executive, placed in charge of education for the region in 2004.^[4] He has been a member of the Parliament of Navarre and a local councillor for Tafalla since 2003, originally for EA and more recently for the Nafarroa Bai coalition of nationalist and regional parties. The Nafarroa Bai was dissolved in 2011, but a new left-wing nationalist coalition, EHB was formed, and in the 2011 Navarrese election Ramirez, whose name was at the top of the new grouping's candidate list, was re-elected to the Parliament.

References

1. Ramón Sola (19 February 2011). "Nuestra oferta apostará por la unidad abertzale y representaremos la ilusión". Baigorri Argitaletxea S.A., Euskal Herria. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
2. "Elecciones al Parlamento de Navarra (1979-2015)". Parlamento de Navarra, Pamplona/Iruña. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
3. "Gazte Abertzaleak inician una campaña a favor de la legalización de drogas". Eusko Alkartasuna. 24 October 2002. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
4. "El presidente de EA dice que la propuesta de Ibarretxe se aprobará, a pesar de que EHAK está "jugando al escondite"". Ecoprensa S.A. 24 June 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2016.