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Aitor Esteban

Aitor Esteban

Aitor Esteban (born 1962 in Bilbao) is a Basque lawyer, law professor and politician, president of the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV) since March 2025.

Born
1962 (64 years), Bilbao
Party
Basque Nationalist Party
Office
President of the Basque Nationalist Party 2025–
Leader of the Basque Group at the Congress of Deputies 2012–
Education
University of Deusto, University of Deusto
Political position

Centre-right · Where sources place the party (Basque Nationalist Party)
Placing of his party, not stated on his page; unverified
Ideology: Basque nationalism

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He sat in the Congress of Deputies for Biscay from 2004 to 2025 and led the Basque group there from 2012. He is named among the possible contenders for Prime Minister of Spain in the next general election.

Career

Esteban studied law at the University of Deusto, where he holds a doctorate and teaches constitutional and administrative law. He joined the PNV at 16, was Speaker of the General Assembly of Biscay from 1995 to 2003, a deputy for Biscay from 2004 to 2025, and the Basque group's spokesperson in Congress from 2012 to 2025. He became PNV president in March 2025.

Offices held
  1. President of the Basque Nationalist Party 2025–
  2. Leader of the Basque Group at the Congress of Deputies 2012–
  3. Member of the Congress of Deputies 2004–2008, 2008–2011, 2011–2025
  4. Speaker of the General Assemblies of Biscay 1995–2003

Source: Wikidata

Positions

Wikipedia reports that he describes himself as an independentista, supporting Basque independence, and as pragmatic in governing.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia

Photo: Carmen Moraga / El diario, CC BY-SA 3.0 es, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

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Prime Minister of Spain?

OutcomeLeft – RightAgeProbability
Alberto Núñez Feijóo80%
Pedro SánchezCentre-left5419%
Santiago AbascalFar right501%
Carlos Cuerpo46<1%
Isabel Díaz AyusoCentre-right47<1%
Óscar PuenteCentre-left57<1%
Yolanda DíazLeft55<1%
María Jesús MonteroCentre-left60<1%
Ernest Urtasun<1%
Miguel TelladoCentre-right52<1%
Ester MuñozCentre-right41<1%
Aitor EstebanCentre-right64<1%

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