Juan José Ibarretxe Markuartu (1957) is a (Spanish) Basque
politician and a leading member of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV). He was
President (lehendakari) of Spain's Basque Country autonomous community from 1999
to May, 2009.
In October 2003 he released the highly controversial
Ibarretxe Plan (Plan Ibarretxe), which foresees a future Basque country freely
associated with Spain, with its own separate legal system and European Union
(EU) representation. Ibarretxe grew up speaking only Spanish, but now speaks
fluent Basque and English.
No comments:
Post a Comment