Idoia Mendia

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mendia and the second or maternal family name is Cueva.
Idoia Mendia
Official portrait, 2021
Second Vice Lehendakari of the Basque Government
In office
8 September 2020 – 22 June 2024
Serving with Josu Erkoreka
LehendakariIñigo Urkullu
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byMikel Torres
Member of the European Parliament
for Spain
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 July 2024
Member of the Basque Parliament
In office
17 April 2002 – 9 September 2020
Personal details
Born
Idoia Mendia Cueva

(1965-10-27) 27 October 1965 (age 59)
Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
Political partyPSE-EE
Other political
affiliations		PSOE
Spouse
Alfonso Gil
​
(m. 1996)​
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Deusto
University of Amsterdam

Idoia Mendia Cueva (Basque pronunciation: [iˈðoi.a menˈdi.a]; born 27 October 1965) is a Spanish politician and since 2014 general secretary of the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left.[1] Since 2020, she serves as the Second Vice President and the Regional Minister of Labour of Employment in the Basque Government led by Iñigo Urkullu.[2] Previously, from 2009 to 2012, she was the Regional Minister of Interior, Justice and Public Administration, and spokesperson of the Basque Government led by Patxi López.

  1. ^ "Biografía". Idoia Mendia (in European Spanish). 2014-06-23. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  2. ^ "DECRETO 21/2020, de 7 de septiembre, del Lehendakari, de nombramiento de la Vicepresidenta Segunda del Gobierno y Consejera de Trabajo y Empleo" (in Spanish). Basque Government. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)