Andoni Ortuzar

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ortuzar and the second or maternal family name is Arruabarrena.

Andoni Ortuzar
President of the Basque Nationalist Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 January 2013
Preceded by	Iñigo Urkullu
Personal details
Born	Andoni Ortuzar Arruabarrena (1962-07-13) 13 July 1962 Abanto y Ciérbana-Abanto Zierbena (Biscay), Basque Country, Spain
Political party	Basque Nationalist Party
Occupation	Journalist

Andoni Ortuzar Arruabarrena (born 13 July 1962) is a Spanish Basque politician and journalist, and the president of the Basque Nationalist Party.

Early life

Andoni Ortuzar was born on 13 July 1962 in Sanfuentes, in the mining zone (Biscay) in Spain. He studied the "sciences of information", branch of journalism, at the University of the Basque Country. At the end of his career, he became editor of the Radio Popular de Bilbao.

In 1981, the newspaper Deia where he remained until 1987. At Deia, he was head of the Labor and Euskadi-Politics sections. The ELA activist belonged to the works council.