Uxue Barkos
| Uxue Barkos | |
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| 10th President of Navarre | |
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Assumed office 20 July 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Yolanda Barcina |
| Member of the Parliament of Navarre | |
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Assumed office 17 June 2015 |
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| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
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In office 14 April 2004 – 1 June 2015 |
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| Constituency | Navarre |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Miren Uxue Barkos Berruezo 5 July 1964 Pamplona, Navarre, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Political party | Geroa Bai |
| Alma mater | University of Navarra |
Miren Uxue Barkos Berruezo (born 5 July 1964 in Pamplona), simply known as Uxue Barkos, is a Spanish journalist and politician, the current President of Navarre. She previously represented the Basque coalition Geroa Bai (Basque for Yes to the Future), and before that, Nafarroa Bai (Basque For Yes to Navarre), in the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
Barkos graduated in Information Sciences at the University of Navarra. She worked as a newsreader on Spanish National Radio (Radio Nacional de España) and for Televisión Española, the state run television stations. She also worked for the newspaper Navarra Hoy and from 1990 onwards she worked for the main Basque broadcaster Euskal Telebista as newsreader and Madrid correspondent.
In 2004, in order to maximise the Basque vote, the individual parties Aralar, Eusko Alkartasuna (Basque Solidarity), Batzarre and the Basque Nationalist Party agreed to form the coalition Yes to Navarre (Nafarroa Bai) to contest the Navarre constituency, an area where Basque nationalism had historically been weakest. Barkos, who was not a member of any of the parties, was selected to head the list at the 2004 Spanish General Election. The list polled 17.98%, which represented the highest vote share for any Basque list in the constituency since democracy was restored in 1977. In Congress she worked to promote Basque language and culture in Navarre, although she was criticised by Batasuna, which was not part of the NB coalition. In Congress she was also a member of the Commission which investigated the 2004 Madrid train bombings.
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