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Iñaki Azkuna

Iñaki Azkuna

Spanish politician (1943–2014)

Iñaki Azkuna Urreta (14 February 1943 – 20 March 2014) was a Spanish politician of the Basque Nationalist Party. He was mayor of the city of Bilbao, Biscay in the Basque Country, from 1999 until his death. In 2012, Azkuna won the World Mayor Prize, honoring the most outstanding mayors in the world, for his transformation of industrial Bilbao into a cultural centre.[1][2][3]

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Azkuna died from prostate cancer on 20 March 2014 in Bilbao, Biscay. He was 71 years old.[4]

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    Crane, Helen (2013-01-11). "Bilbao mayor wins award for transforming declining city". the Guardian. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
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    "Fallece a los 71 años Iñaki Azkuna, alcalde de Bilbao, aquejado de un cáncer". ABC (in Spanish). 20 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
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