Jon Iñarritu

In this Basque name, the first surname is Iñarritu and the second is Gartzia.
Jon Iñarritu
Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 May 2019
ConstituencyGipuzkoa
In office
12 December 2011 – 13 January 2016
ConstituencyBiscay
Member of the Senate of Spain
In office
15 December 2016 – 4 March 2019
Succeeded byIdurre Bideguren
ConstituencyBasque Country
Personal details
Born
Jon Iñarritu Gartzia

(1979-03-28) 28 March 1979 (age 45)
Leioa, Basque Country, Spain
Political partyEH Bildu
Alma mater

Jon Iñarritu Gartzia (born 28 March 1979) is a Basque politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was previously a member of the Senate of Spain.

Early life

Iñarritu was born on 28 March 1979 in Leioa, Basque Country.[1][2] He has a law degree from the University of the Basque Country and a master's degree in international and European law from the Pierre Mendès-France University.[1][3]

Career

Iñarritu was a founding member of Aralar and vice president of Eurobaskek (Basque Council of the European Movement).[4][5] He contested the 2011 general election as an Amaiur electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Biscay and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[6][7] At the 2015 general election he was placed 2nd on the EH Bildu electoral alliance's list of candidates in the Province of Biscay but the alliance only managed to win one seat in the province and as a result he failed to get re-elected to the Congress of Deputies.[8][9]

At the 2016 general election Iñarritu was placed 3rd on the EH Bildu's list of candidates in the Province of Biscay but the party only managed to win one seat in the province and as a result he failed to get re-elected to the Congress of Deputies.[10][11] In December 2016 he was appointed to the Senate of Spain by the Basque Parliament.[12][13]

Iñarritu contested the 2019 general election as an EH Bildu electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Gipuzkoa and was re-elected to the Congress of Deputies.[14][15]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Jon Iñarritu
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
2011 general[6][7] Province of Biscay Aralar Amaiur 2 Elected
2015 general[8][9] Province of Biscay Aralar EH Bildu 2 Not elected
2016 general[10][11] Province of Biscay Aralar EH Bildu 3 Not elected
2019 general[14][15] Province of Gipuzkoa EH Bildu 2 Elected

References

  1. ^ a b "Members: XIII Legislatura ( 2019-Actualidad) - Iñarritu García, Jon" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  2. ^ "EH Bildu propone a Jon Iñarritu como candidato a senador autonómico" (in Spanish). San Sebastián, Spain: EH Bildu. 11 November 2016. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Members: X Legislatura ( 2011-2016 ) - Iñarritu García, Jon" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Entrevista con Jon Iñarritu". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  5. ^ ""La labor de Aralar fue importante pero ya terminó"". Deia (in Spanish). Bilbao, Spain. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Girona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 25 October 2011. p. 111269. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Noviembre 2011" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 281. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 24 November 2015. p. 110656. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Diciembre 2015" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 131. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 31 May 2016. p. 35541. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  11. ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Junio 2016" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Izendapenak: Senatariak - Historikoa" (in Basque). Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain: Basque Parliament. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Bildarratz (PNV), Iñarritu (EH Bildu) y Rodríguez (PSE), elegidos senadores autonómicos". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  14. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Junta Electoral Central - Elecciones generales. Proclamación de candidaturas" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 79. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 2 April 2019. p. 34288. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  15. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Junta Electoral Central - Elecciones generales. Resultados" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 129. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 30 May 2019. p. 57377. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

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