Jesús Eguiguren


Jesús María Eguiguren Imaz is a Spanish academic, jurist, politician, and member of the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left. Eguiguren served as a member of the Basque Parliament from 1983 to 2012, including a tenure as the second President of the Basque Parliament from January 8, 1987, until December 18, 1990. He later became the President of the PSE-EE-PSOE political party from 2002 to 2014.

Life

He studied Law at the University of the Basque Country. In the 2000s, Eguiguren represented the government during peace talks with ETA.
Eguiguren was born in Aizarnazabal, Gipuzkoa, in 1954. He is married to Rafaela Romero, a lawyer and member of the Basque Parliament.