Joseba Arregui Aramburu

Joseba Arregui Aramburu
Aramburu in 1996
Minister of Culture of the Basque Government
In office 16 April 1984 – 2 March 1985
President	José Antonio Ardanza
Preceded by	Pedro Miguel Etxenike
Succeeded by	Luis María Bandrés
In office 4 October 1991 – 4 January 1995
President	José Antonio Ardanza
Preceded by	position re-established
Succeeded by	Maria del Carmen Garmendia
Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Basque Government
President	José Antonio Ardanza
Preceded by	Luis Maria Bandrés
Succeeded by	position abolished
Member of the Basque Parliament
In office 1999–2001
Constituency	Gipuzkoa
Personal details
Born	30 May 1946 Andoain, Spain
Died	14 September 2021(2021-09-14) (aged 75) Bilbao, Spain
Political party	EAJ

Joseba Arregui Aramburu (30 May 1946 – 14 September 2021) was a Spanish politician, theologian, and academic.[1]

Biography

Aramburu was born in Andoain on 30 May 1946. He studied at the Seminario Diocesano de San Sebastián and was ordained a priest.[2] He then travelled to Fribourg to study theology and teaching and later earned a doctorate in theology from the University of Münster.[3][4] He returned to Spain and finished his studies, earning a doctorate in sociology from the University of Deusto. He became a professor of sociology at the University of the Basque Country until his retirement in 2011.[4]

Aramburu became a prominent member of the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ) and resistant to the Franco dictatorship.[3] He served as Minister of Culture of the Basque Government multiple times under the leadership of José Antonio Ardanza[3][4] and was a member of the Basque Parliament from 1999 to 2001, representing Gipuzkoa.[5] He also served on the Euzkadi Buru Batzar [es].[5] He retired from political activity in 2001 and left the EAJ in 2004 due to disagreements within the party.[3] That year, he co-founded "Aldaketa", which promoted political change in the Basque Country and defended the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country of 1979.[5]

Aramburu became the author of multiple books, such as La nación vasca posible, Euskadi invertebrada, and El terror de ETA: la narrativa de las víctimas.[6]

Joseba Arregui Aramburu died on 14 September 2021 at the age of 75.[7]

References

1. Izarra, Josean (14 September 2021). "Muere Joseba Arregi, el vasco que abandonó la fe nacionalista para defender la dignidad de las víctimas". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 September 2021.
2. "Joseba Arregi, en el primero de los nuevos capítulos de '6 Argazkitan'". EITB (in Spanish). 8 June 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
3. "El ex consejero vasco Joseba Arregi abandona el PNV". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 27 July 2004. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
4. "Joseba Arregi Aranburu". Association Eragin (in Spanish).
5. "Arregui Aramburu, Joseba". Eusko Ikaskuntza (in Spanish).
6. "Joseba Arregi Aranburu". Dialnet (in Spanish).
7. Arbeloa, Víctor Manuel (19 September 2021). "En memoria de Joseba Arregi Aramburu". Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 September 2021.