Carlos Garaikoetxea Dies, the First 'Lehendakari' of Democracy

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With the death of Carlos Garaikoetxea, this Monday at the age of 87, a transcendental figure disappears from the Basque political transition, from the first years of democracy in a Euskadi marked by terrorism. He was the first lehendakari of the Basque government in democratic Spain and protagonist of the negotiation of the Basque Statute with President Adolfo Suárez. He also starred in the most serious crisis of the PNV in democracy with the sp…

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Leader of the PNV and creator of EA after breaking with his training, the Navarren lawyer was instrumental in self-government and institutional reconstruction.

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Carlos Garaikoetxea Urriza, Pamplonés and the first Lehendakari of the Basque Government after the promulgation in 1980 of the Gernika Statute, died on Monday, May 4, early in the afternoon in the capital of Navarre at 87 years of age. In the morning he had suffered a heart attack when he was swimming in Larraina. Read more]]>

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Carlos Garaikoetxea (Pamplona, 1938) died this Monday from a heart attack at the age of 87, as reported by 'El Correo'. After chairing the Basque General Council (CGV), the pre-autonomous entity configured after the death of Francisco Franco, was the first Lendakari of the PNV between 1980 and 1985 once the Basque Country approved its Statute of Autonomy. Subsequently, he starred in one of the greatest crises of the nationalist party following i…

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Lawyer, with training in London and Paris, first assumed the presidency of the Basque General Council and, after the approval of the Gernika Statute, was elected president of the Basque Country. Read

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Carlos Garaikoetxea, the first Lehendakari of democracy, and a key figure in Basque politics, died this Monday at 87 years of age in Pamplona due to a heart attack.Garaikoetxea founded the Eusko Alkartasuna party and played a leading role in consolidating self-government during his stage as Lehendakari (1980-1985).Garaikoetxea held the presidency of the Basque Government just as the Statute of Autonomy was approved and was the person who led the…