Английская Википедия:Félix Ormazabal

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Félix Ormazabal Askasibar (5 May 1940 – 15 January 2022) was a Spanish politician. A member of the Basque Nationalist Party, he served as Deputy General of Álava from 1995 to 1999. He was also a member of the Basque Parliament in 1980 and again from 1984 to 1995.[1] He died in Vitoria-Gasteiz on 15 January 2022, at the age of 81.[2]

Biography

Félix Ormazabal was born in Araia, Álava in 1940, he studied law and theology. As a priest in Шаблон:Ill, he supported the workers who took part in the 1972 strike at the Michelin factory in Vitoria. As a result of his involvement, he was detained during a month.[3] He entered politics after meeting José Ángel Cuerda, who served as his lawyer during his detention.[4]

He was first elected to public office in 1979, when he became a member of the Asparrena municipal council.[5] In 1979 he became the head of the Department of Agriculture in the Шаблон:Ill. He continued in that office until 1988, under Carlos Garaikoetxea and José Antonio Ardanza.[4] He was also a member of the first government of the Шаблон:Ill after its restoration, serving with Deputy General Emilio Guevara.[5] He was elected to the Basque Parliament five consecutive times, starting in 1980.[2]

In 1995 he was elected to the General Assembly of Álava and subsequently became Deputy General. He headed a majority coalition government with Eusko Alkartasuna and the Socialist Party until 1997,[4] when the Socialist Party left the coalition as a consequence of José Ángel Cuerda dismissing members of the party from the ruling coalition at the Vitoria-Gasteiz city council.[6] He was the leading candidate of the Basque Nationalist Party in the 1999 election,[7] in which it finished second behind the People's Party. In the second round of the investiture vote the Socialist Party supported Шаблон:Ill, the People's Party candidate, thus putting an end to Ormazabal's tenure as Deputy General.[8]

He retired from politics in 2005.[9] He died in January 2022 after a sudden heart attack at his home in Araia.[10]

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