{"id":"juan-jose-ibarretxe","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/juan-jose-ibarretxe","language":"en","name":"Juan José Ibarretxe","name_en":"Juan José Ibarretxe","name_ne":null,"description":"Spanish politician","headline":"Spanish politician","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Juan José Ibarretxe Markuartu is a former president of the Basque Autonomous Community in Spain. Also a leading member of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) during the period, he held office from 2 January 1999 to 7 May 2009. Ibarretxe is an advocate of Basque independence by peaceful means.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"15 March 1957","date":"1957-03-15"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q351738#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Laudio/Llodio","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q676903"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q351738#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Spain","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q351738#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"economist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188094"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q351738#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Basque Nationalist Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43093"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q351738#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Faculty of Law (University of the Basque Country)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39081620"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q351738#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"deputy of the Basque Parliament (3 April 2009 – 6 May 2009)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28778415","start":"2009-04-03","end":"2009-05-06"},{"text":"deputy of the Basque Parliament (16 May 2005 – 6 January 2009)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28778415","start":"2005-05-16","end":"2009-01-06"},{"text":"deputy of the Basque Parliament (8 June 2001 – 22 February 2005)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28778415","start":"2001-06-08","end":"2005-02-22"},{"text":"President of the Basque Autonomous Community (2 January 1999 – 7 May 2009)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1124265","start":"1999-01-02","end":"2009-05-07"},{"text":"deputy of the Basque Parliament (25 November 1998 – 20 March 2001)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28778415","start":"1998-11-25","end":"2001-03-20"},{"text":"Vicepresident of the Basque Autonomus Community (4 January 1995 – 2 January 1999)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27972081","start":"1995-01-04","end":"1999-01-02"},{"text":"deputy of the Basque Parliament (18 December 1990 – 30 November 1994)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28778415","start":"1990-12-18","end":"1994-11-30"},{"text":"deputy of the Basque Parliament (8 January 1987 – 3 September 1990)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28778415","start":"1987-01-08","end":"1990-09-03"},{"text":"deputy of the Basque Parliament (22 March 1984 – 1 October 1986)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28778415","start":"1984-03-22","end":"1986-10-01"},{"text":"mayor of Laudio-Llodio (1983–1987)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26699600","start":"1983","end":"1987"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q351738#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"honorary doctor of the National University of Rosario","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78093744"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q351738#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Jos%C3%A9_Ibarretxe","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q351738"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Juan José Ibarretxe born?","a":"Juan José Ibarretxe was born on 15 March 1957 in Laudio/Llodio."},{"q":"What positions has Juan José Ibarretxe held?","a":"Positions held by Juan José Ibarretxe include: deputy of the Basque Parliament (2009–2009); deputy of the Basque Parliament (2005–2009); deputy of the Basque Parliament (2001–2005); President of the Basque Autonomous Community (1999–2009); deputy of the Basque Parliament (1998–2001)."},{"q":"Where did Juan José Ibarretxe study?","a":"Juan José Ibarretxe was educated at Faculty of Law (University of the Basque Country)."}],"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":"José Antonio Ardanza","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-antonio-ardanza"},{"name":"Iñigo Urkullu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/inigo-urkullu"},{"name":"Imanol Pradales","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/imanol-pradales"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/juan-jose-ibarretxe-b8f1722164.jpg","width":500,"height":658,"license":"CC BY-SA 2.0","credit":"Markel Olano Arrese","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juan_Jose_Ibarretxe_2016_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Juan José Ibarretxe","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Jos%C3%A9_Ibarretxe","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q351738","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q351738","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Juan Jose Ibarretxe 2016 (cropped).jpg by Markel Olano Arrese (CC BY-SA 2.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juan_Jose_Ibarretxe_2016_(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 Juan José Ibarretxe, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Juan Jose Ibarretxe 2016 (cropped).jpg — Markel Olano Arrese, CC BY-SA 2.0.","cite":"\"Juan José Ibarretxe\". DigiNepal. Last updated 4 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/juan-jose-ibarretxe. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-04T07:56:30Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/juan-jose-ibarretxe","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/juan-jose-ibarretxe","ne":null}}