Seven women and eight men will form the new government that Imanol Pradales will lead. The spokesperson for the new director this time will be a woman, María Ubarrechena.
Behind the Imanol Pradales sworn in as Lehendakari this afternoon in Gernika, early in the afternoon it was unveiled who will be part of your government.
From the previous Basque government, only three people will remain in the executive branch, and of those only one will remain in his previous position. Javier Hurtado will repeat as Minister of Tourism, Trade and Consumption, but Nerea Melgosa will move from the Ministry of Justice to the Ministry of Welfare, Youth and Demographic Challenge and Bingen Zupiria He will no longer be Minister of Culture and Language Policy, but the new Minister of Security.
The other council members are new to government work in this legislature, but the majority have experience in politics, in municipal, regional administration or even in the Basque government itself. This is the case of the former mayor of Arrasate Maria Ubarrechena (2025-2023) and current mayor of Portugalete, Michael Torres (2008-2024). Ibone Bengoetxea, Denis Itxaso And Susana Garcíafor their part, their political careers also started in the municipal councils of Bilbao and San Sebastián and, in addition to experience at provincial level, they also Begoña Pedrosa as Amaia Barredo have served in government. It was precisely the latter that was the subject of controversy last year because of a investigation into his time in governmentbut advisor Tapia does steadfast in his innocence.
On the contrary, there are four councilors who have not held any position in institutional politics so far: Noël d’Anjou, Mikel Jauregi, Alberto Martínez And Juan Ignacio Inako Perez Iglesias. The last two in any case have extensive experience in managing a large public institution. Pérez Iglesias was rector of the UPV/EHU between 2004 and 2008 and Martínez was head of the Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Pain Therapy service at the Hospital de Cruces for the past 22 years.
BY AREAS
There is seven Gipuzkoans on the list of directors: three were born in Donostia, one in Irun, one in Urretxu, one in Zarautz and one in Hernani.
There are also five Bizkaians: one from Bilbao, one from Portugalete, one from Areatza, one from Trapagaran and one from Sestao. Own lehendakari He is also from Bizkaia, specifically from Santurtzi.
The unique Alava It is Melgosa, from Vitoria-Gasteiz.
Although two councilors were born outside the CAV, Pérez Iglesias in Salamanca and Hurtado in Madrid, they have lived in the Basque Country for decades.
GENDER AND AGE
From a gender perspective, the Pradales team consists of: seven women and eight men. The first vice president will be a woman, Ibone Bengoetxea, and the second, a man, Mikel Torres.
In addition to the spokesman of the regional executive will be a woman on this occasion, as Maria Ubarrechena He will take over from Bingen Zupiria.
At age, Ubarrechena and Hurtado are the youngest of the group44 and 43 years old respectively Zupiria and Perez Iglesias They are the oldest at 63 and 64 years old. And all the others fall between those ages: the Lehendakari and three councilors are from 1975, this year they will be 49 years old, and three others are from 1970 and are, for example, 54 years old.
STUDIES
The majority of the advisors have graduated from the University of Deusto. This is the case for Bengoetxea, D’Agerre, Ubarrechena, Jauregi, Zupiria, Melgosa, San José and Pradales itself.
Torres, Pedrosa (with a second degree in Deusto), Itxaso, Martínez, Pérez Iglesias and Barredo, in turn, graduated from the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU).
In addition, García holds a degree from the Complutense University of Madrid and Hurtado from the UAM, the Autonomous University of Madrid.
As for the studies, although there is everything, there are repeating bachelor’s courses: three have degrees in sociology and political science (like the Lehendakari themselves); and two in political science and law or administration. Psychology, philosophy, linguistics, law, medicine, physiology and nutritional sciences and technologies complete the offering.
Source: EITB
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