Oihane Agirregoitia

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Oihane Agirregoitia MEP
Oihane Agirregoitia in 2024

Member of the European Parliament for Spain
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 July 2024
Member of the Bilbao City Council
In office 22 May 2011 – 28 May 2023

Personal details
Born	Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez (1980-04-18) 18 April 1980 (age 44) Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
Political party	Basque Nationalist Party (2006–present)
Other political affiliations	Coalition for a Solidary Europe (2023–present)
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Deusto

Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez (Basque pronunciation: [oiˈane aˈɣireɣoiti.a]; born 18 April 1980)^[1] is a Spanish politician from the Basque Country. As the group leader for the Coalition for a Solidary Europe (CEUS) she was elected a Member of the European Parliament in the 2024 European Parliament election in Spain. From 2011 to 2023, she was a city councillor in Bilbao, for the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV).

Biography

Born in Bilbao, Agirregoitia completed an engineering degree at the University of Deusto. She speaks Spanish, Basque and English. As of 2024, she is married and has a son and a daughter.^[2]

Agirregoitia joined the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) in 2006. In 2011 she was elected to the city council on the party's list, remaining there for 12 years. Her responsibilities on the council included consumption, equality, youth, sports and citizen participation.^[2] Mayor Juan Mari Aburto awarded her the Medal of the City at the end of her service.^[3]

Ahead of the 2024 European Parliament election in Spain, the PNV chose Agirregoitia as its lead candidate on the list of the Coalition for a Solidary Europe (CEUS), a coalition with other peripheral nationalist parties.^[2] The coalition retained its one seat in the European Parliament, with an overall drop in votes.^[4]

References

^ "Oihane AGIRREGOITIA MARTÍNEZ". European Parliament. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rioja Andueza, Iker (27 January 2024). "Oihane Agirregoitia, candidata del PNV para salvar el escaño en Europa previsiblemente sin Junts" [Oihane Agirregoitia, PNV candidate to save the seat in Europe forseeably without Junts]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 June 2024.
^ "El Ayuntamiento de Bilbao entrega la medalla de la villa a los concejales salientes" [Bilbao City Council awards the Medal of the City to the outgoing councillors] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
^ Garmendia, Xabier (10 June 2024). "El escaño de Agirregoitia maquilla la caída de un PNV que agudiza su desgaste" [Agirregoitia's seat masks the fall of a PSV whose wear-and-tear is worsening]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 June 2024.

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