Elixabete Etxanobe

Elixabete Etxanobe
Etxanobe in 2020
President of the Foral Council of Bizkaia
Assumed office
5 July 2023
Preceded byUnai Rementeria
Foral Deputy of Public Administration and Institutional Relations of the Foral Council of Bizkaia
In office
17 March 2021 – 5 July 2023
PresidentUnai Rementeria
Preceded byIbone Bengoetxea
Succeeded byAger Izagirre
Deputy Minister of Administration and Services
In office
3 October 2020 – 16 March 2021
PresidentIñigo Urkullu
Preceded byAna Agirre
Succeeded byMiren Goitia
Deputy minister for Institutional Relations
In office
1 December 2019 – 2 October 2020
PresidentIñigo Urkullu
Preceded byPeru Bazako
Succeeded byJone Berriozabal
Director for Local Government Relations and Administrative Registers
In office
18 January 2013 – 30 November 2019
Preceded byJosé Raimundo Cuesta
Succeeded byItziar Lizeaga
Town councillor in Otxandio
In office
2007–2011
Parliamentary groupBasque Nationalist Party
ConstituencyOtxandio
Personal details
Born
Elixabete Etxanobe Landajuela

1978 (age 45–46)
Otxandio, Spain
Political partyBasque Nationalist Party
Children2
ResidenceOtxandio
EducationLaw
Alma materUniversity of Deusto
OccupationCivil servant

Elixabete Etxanobe Landajuela (born in 1978 in Otxandio) is a Spanish lawyer and politician from the Basque Country affiliated with the Basque Nationalist Party. Since 2023, she serves as the General Deputy (President) of the Foral Council of Bizkaia (Government of Biscay). She is the first woman to hold the position. She previously held various second rank positions in the Basque Government under president Iñigo Urkullu (2013-2021), and joined the Foral Council of Bizkaia in 2021 under General Deputy Unai Rementeria, serving as foral deputy of Public Administration and Institutional Relations until 2023.[1][2]

  1. ^ Berria (22 September 2022), "EAJk Elixabete Etxanobe Landajuela proposatuko du Bizkaiko ahaldun nagusi izateko", Berria (in Basque)
  2. ^ "Elixabete Etxanobe Bizkaiko ahaldun nagusi izendatu dute, EAJren eta PSEren botoekin", EITB (in Basque), 2023-07-05