Iñaki Ruiz de Pinedo

In this Basque name, the first surname is Ruiz de Pinedo and the second is Undiano.
Iñaki Ruiz de Pinedo
Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 May 2019
ConstituencyAraba
Member of the Basque Parliament
In office
31 March 1980 – 30 August 1994
ConstituencyAraba
Member of Vitoria-Gasteiz Municipal Council
In office
1987–1995
In office
1999–2000
Succeeded byJosé Mª López de Arbina García
Personal details
Born
Iñaki Ruiz de Pinedo Undiano

(1954-07-23) 23 July 1954 (age 70)
Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain
Political partyEH Bildu
Alma materUniversity of Deusto
OccupationSociologist

Iñaki Ruiz de Pinedo Undiano (born 23 July 1954) is a Basque sociologist, politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was previously a member of the Basque Parliament.

Early life

Ruiz de Pinedo was born on 23 July 1954 in Gasteiz, Basque Country.[1][2] He is the son of Jeus and Edelmira, clothing traders from Gasteiz.[3] He has two brothers, Josu and Julen.[3]

Ruiz de Pinedo was educated at Colegio San José and Ramiro de Maeztu high school in Gasteiz.[3] He has a degree in social sciences from the University of Deusto.[3][4]

Career

Ruiz de Pinedo is a sociologist.[1][5] He was affiliated with the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ) in his youth but later, whilst a student in Bilbao, he became a member of the People's Socialist Revolutionary Party (HASI), a banned Basque political party generally believed to be the political wing of the separatist ETA.[3][4] At HASI's first congress he was elected to the party's board.[3]

Ruiz de Pinedo was a founding member of Herri Batasuna (HB) electoral alliance. Ruiz de Pinedo contested the 1980 regional election as a HB candidate in the Province of Araba and was elected to the Basque Parliament.[6][7] Ruiz de Pinedo, along with Jokin Gorostidi, Miguel Castells and other elected representatives of HB, were arrested in 1981 for singing Eusko Gudariak during an address by King Juan Carlos at the Gernikako Batzarretxea.[3]

Ruiz de Pinedo and Jon Idigoras were arrested in December 1983 for "supporting terrorism" following a gathering at Los desayunos del Ritz at which they made statements justifying the ETA's armed separatism and supporting Basque independence.[3][8][9] The Audiencia Nacional released the pair after ruling that it wasn't competent to hear cases against members of the Basque Parliament.[10] In December 1985 the Supreme Court convicted Ruiz de Pinedo and Idigoras of "supporting terrorism" and sentenced them to one year in prison and fined them 100,000 pesetas.[11]

Ruiz de Pinedo was re-elected at the 1984, 1986 and 1990 regional elections.[12][13][14][15][16][17] Despite being a member of the Basque Parliament he did not attend parliament until 1987 when HB's stance on the parliament changed.[3] He was HB's spokesperson in parliament from 1987 to 1994.[3] He left HASI in May 1988 after the party's leadership changed.[3]

Ruiz de Pinedo contested the 1987 local elections as a HB candidate in Vitoria-Gasteiz and was elected.[18][19] He was re-elected at the 1991 local elections.[20][21] He was a member of HB's National Board (Mahai Nazionaleko) from 1982 to 1996 when he left the party over differences in its direction and quit politics.[4][22] In 1996 Ruiz de Pinedo and Rosa Delaasunciónekin founded Zero Tailer Soziologikoa S.L.[3]

Ruiz de Pinedo returned to politics in 1998 when at the 1998 regional election he was placed 5th on the Euskal Herritarrok (EH) electoral alliance's list of candidates in the Province of Araba but the alliance only managed to win three seats in the province and as a result he failed to get re-elected to the Basque Parliament.[23][24] He contested the 1999 local elections as an EH candidate in Vitoria-Gasteiz and was re-elected.[25][26] He resigned from Zero Tailer Soziologikoa in 1999 after being elected to the municipal council.[3] He resigned from the municipal council in 2000 due to differences with the EH leadership over the party's stance on ETA.[27][28] He left politics in 2000 and from 2001 to 2005 he carried out research on the social need of prisoners for the University of the Basque Country.[3] He joined Invesco-Mirugain in 2005 as a research co-ordinator, specialising in poverty, prison and racism.[3]

Ruiz de Pinedo contested the 2019 general election as an EH Bildu electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Araba and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[29][30]

Personal life

Ruiz de Pinedo is married and has two children, Jon and Haizea.[1][3]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Iñaki Ruiz de Pinedo
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
1980 regional[6][7] Province of Araba People's Socialist Revolutionary Party Herri Batasuna 2 Elected
1984 regional[12][13] Province of Araba People's Socialist Revolutionary Party Herri Batasuna 1 Elected
1986 regional[14][15] Province of Araba People's Socialist Revolutionary Party Herri Batasuna 1 Elected
1987 local[18][19] Vitoria-Gasteiz People's Socialist Revolutionary Party Herri Batasuna 1 Elected
1990 regional[16][17] Province of Araba Herri Batasuna 1 Elected
1991 local[20][21] Vitoria-Gasteiz Herri Batasuna 1 Elected
1998 regional[23][24] Province of Araba Euskal Herritarrok 5 Not elected
1999 local[25][26] Vitoria-Gasteiz Euskal Herritarrok 1 Elected
2019 general[29][30] Province of Araba EH Bildu 1 Elected

References

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  2. ^ Barbería, José Luis (19 April 1992). "La nueva Mesa Nacional". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Agirreazkuenaga Zigorraga, Joseba. "Ruiz de Pinedo Undiano, Iñaki" (in Basque). San Sebastián, Spain: Eusko Ikaskuntza. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Caballero Basáñez, Carlos. "Ruiz de Pinedo Undiano, Iñaki (2002ko bertsioa)" (in Spanish). San Sebastián, Spain: Eusko Ikaskuntza. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  5. ^ "EH recupera al veterano Iñaki Ruiz de Pinedo como cabeza de su candidatura en Vitoria". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 7 March 1999. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
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  8. ^ "Detenido el dirigente de HB Ruiz de Pinedo, acusado de apología del terrorismo". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 28 December 1983. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
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  15. ^ a b "Hautetsiak: Eusko Legebiltzarra 1986 - Lurralde Historikoa: Araba/Álava" (in Basque). Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain: Basque Government. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  16. ^ a b "Bestelako Agintza eta Erabakiak: Euskadiko Hauteskunde Administrazioa - Arabako Kondaira-Lurraldeko Hauteskunde Batzordea" (PDF). Euskal Herriko Agintaritzaren Aldizkaria (in Basque). No. 197. Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain: Basque Government. 1 October 1990. p. 8744. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
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  27. ^ "Dos concejales de EH dejan sus cargos en plena ofensiva de la banda terrorista". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 20 December 2000. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  28. ^ "Ruiz de Pinedo hace efectiva su dimisión". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. EFE. 23 December 2000. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
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  30. ^ 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. 57373. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 30 May 2019.