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Profile of Patxi López Álvarez

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  • Member of Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
  • Active politician
  • Documented political career
  • Transparency in public management

Key Moments

2002

Elected Secretary-General of PSE-EE

Patxi López was elected Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE-EE) in 2002.

May 2009

Lehendakari of the Basque Country

Patxi López served as the Lehendakari (President) of the Basque Country from 2009 to 2012, leading a government supported by the People's Party.

January 2016

President of the Congress of Deputies

López was elected President of the Congress of Deputies in 2016, becoming the first socialist to hold the position in a non-socialist government.

November 2019

Re-elected to Congress of Deputies

Patxi López has been consistently re-elected as a member of the Congress of Deputies for Biscay, representing the PSOE.

Committee Memberships

Constitutional Committee

Member · Congreso de los Diputados

2019 - Current

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