Idoia Zenarrutzabeitia | |
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Deputy Lehendakari of the Basque Country | |
In office January 2, 1999 – May 7, 2009 |
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President | Juan José Ibarretxe |
Preceded by | Juan José Ibarretxe |
Succeeded by | Post Abolished |
Personal details | |
Born |
Usansolo, Biscay, Spain |
June 6, 1959
Nationality | Spanish |
Political party | PNV |
Idoia Zenarrutzabeitia Beldarrain (born June 6, 1959) in Usansolo, Biscay is a Spanish Basque politician. She is a leading member of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) and the former Vice-President of Spain's Basque Country Autonomous Community from January 1999 to May 2009.
Beldarrain holds a bachelor's degree in Law, majoring in Economy and Law, from the University of Deusto where she is a lecturer in Political Sociology. She has been a member of the Basque Parliament for EAJ-PNV in the 3rd and 4th legislatures where she served as Secretary General for Co-ordination and Administrative Modernisation of the Basque Government, 1995–1998, and Deputy Premier and Minister for the Treasury and Public Administration from January 1999 to May 2009.