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Fernando Buesa

Fernando Buesa

Spanish politician (1946–2000)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Buesa and the second or maternal family name is Blanco.

Fernando Buesa Blanco (29 May 1946 – 22 February 2000) was a Spanish politician[3] in the Basque Christian Democracy and in the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE-EE) branch of the social democratic Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He was assassinated by ETA.[4]

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Biography

Born in 1946 in Bilbao, Spain, Buesa studied law in Madrid and Barcelona and practiced from 1970 to 1986 in Vitoria-Gasteiz. He served in the Vitoria-Gasteiz city council from 1983 to 1997, in the Basque Parliament from 1984 to 2000 and as Deputy General of Álava from 1987 to 1991. Buesa was also vice lehendakari (president of the Basque government) and minister of Education in a coalition PSE-Basque Nationalist Party Basque government from 1991 to 1994.

From this position, he steered the process that moved the Basque-language schools (ikastolak) into either the Basque public education network or the Basque chartered private education sector.[5]

Fernando Buesa was married and had three children.[6]

Death

Memorial to Fernando Buesa at the site of his assassination.

On February 22, 2000, Buesa was killed by the separatist group ETA while he was walking through the university campus in Vitoria-Gasteiz. The car bombing also killed his bodyguard, the ertzaina (member of the Basque police) Jorge Díez Elorza.[7]

Aftermath

At the time of his death, Buesa was the leader of the PSE-EE in Álava and the PSE-EE spokesman in the Basque Parliament.

Legacy

His assassination inspired a well received documentary by the Basque filmmaker Eterio Ortega [es] titled Asesinato en febrero [es].[8]

The home arena of the Vitoria-Gasteiz Baskonia basketball team, formerly known as Araba Arena, was renamed Fernando Buesa Arena after his death.[9]

Honours

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Buesa Blanco, Fernando". Parlamento Vasco (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  2. [2]
    "BUESA BLANCO, FERNANDO". www.jjggalava.eus (in Spanish). Juntas Generales de Álava. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  3. [3]
    Goodman, Al (7 November 2011). "Former leader of Basque terrorist group sentenced to prison". CNN. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  4. [4]
    Bryant, Tony (22 February 2019). "22 February 2000: ETA kills leader of Basque socialist party". Sur in English. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  5. [5]
    Gorospe, Pedro (27 May 1993). "El 56% de las ikastolas vascas decide integrarse en la enseñanza pública". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Fernando´s life". Fundación Fernando Buesa Fundazioa. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  7. [7]
    Gorospe, Pedro (23 February 2000). "ETA asesina en Vitoria al dirigente socialista Fernando Buesa y a su escolta de la Ertzaintza". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  8. [8]
    Silvestre, Juan (23 September 2021). "Las 32 mejores películas sobre ETA y el conflicto vasco". Fotogramas (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  9. [9]
    Ortiz de Arri, Eduardo (1 March 2000). "El Pabellón Araba pasa a llamarse Fernando Buesa Arena". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  10. [10]
    "El Gobierno acuerda la entrega de un argelino preso por terrorismo". El País (in Spanish). 26 February 2005. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  11. [11]
    por el que se concede, a título póstumo, la Gran Cruz de la Orden Civil de Alfonso X el Sabio a don Fernando Buesa Blanco (Real Decreto 226/2005) (in Spanish). Vol. 49. 26 February 2005. p. 7155. Retrieved 27 July 2022 – via BOE.
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