Mr. Iñigo Urkullu Renteria
Lehendakari (President) of the Basque Government, Spain (MGoS)
Mr. Iñigo Urkullu Renteria has been the Lehendakari (President) of the Basque Govenment since the 15th of December 2012, the day on which he took his oath of office. Mr. Urkullu has been involved in politics from a young age. He was chairman of the National Executive Committee of the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV) between 2007 and 2012. He had previously chaired the Bizkaia Territorial Executive (BBB) for eight years. During his four terms as a member of parliament for Bizkaia in the Basque Parliament (1994-2007), he sat on different committees, including the Education and Culture Committee, the Special Committee on Self-Government, and the Committee on Legislative Urgency, Regulations, and Government. For three terms in office, he chaired the Human Rights Committee (1998-2008). He was also a member of the Basque Language Advisory Board (1994-2001), and previously, a member of the University of the Basque Country (EHU-UPV) Social Council. President Urkullu is a teacher by trade. He studied a Degree in Teacher Training, specializing in Basque Philology. He taught at the Asti-Leku Ikastola Basque language school in Portugalete and at the Félix Serrano School in Bilbao, after obtaining his tenured position in the public education system. Born in Alonsotegi (Bizkaia) in 1961, Urkullu is married and has two sons and a daughter.