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deputy of the Basque Parliament (1987–1990); President of the Basque Autonomous Community (1985–1999); deputy of the Basque Parliament (1985–1986); Deputy of the General Assembly of Gipuzkoa (1983–1985)."},{"q":"Where did José Antonio Ardanza study?","a":"José Antonio Ardanza was educated at University of Deusto."}],"related":[{"name":"Patxi López","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/patxi-lopez"},{"name":"Carlos Garaikoetxea","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/carlos-garaikoetxea"},{"name":"Jesús María de Leizaola","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jesus-maria-de-leizaola"},{"name":"Iñigo Urkullu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/inigo-urkullu"},{"name":"Imanol Pradales","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/imanol-pradales"},{"name":"Juan José Ibarretxe","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/juan-jose-ibarretxe"},{"name":"José Antonio Aguirre","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-antonio-aguirre"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/jose-antonio-ardanza-15a0e549ce.jpg","width":500,"height":706,"license":"CC BY 3.0","credit":"Eusko Jaurlaritza","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jose_Antonio_Ardanza_eta_Patxi_Lopez_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): José Antonio Ardanza","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Ardanza","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q1388792","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1388792","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Jose Antonio Ardanza eta Patxi Lopez (cropped).jpg by Eusko Jaurlaritza (CC BY 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jose_Antonio_Ardanza_eta_Patxi_Lopez_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article José Antonio Ardanza, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Jose Antonio Ardanza eta Patxi Lopez (cropped).jpg — Eusko Jaurlaritza, CC BY 3.0.","cite":"\"José Antonio Ardanza\". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/jose-antonio-ardanza. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-02T07:06:57Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-antonio-ardanza","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-antonio-ardanza","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-antonio-ardanza?lang=ne"}}