Koldo Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso

Koldo Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso (born 30 May 1940) is a Basque university lecturer in law and economics, and politician. He served one term in the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004 as a representative of Batasuna, a Basque nationalist party.

Law lecturer

Gorostiaga was born in Bilbao [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/term5/view.do?id=4379&language=EN Official biography] from the European Parliament.] and educated at the University of Valladolid and the University of Deusto, earning a Law degree in 1963. He obtained a Doctor of Laws from the University of Barcelona in 1966, and later obtained a certificate of proficiency in English from Cambridge University. He has worked as a lecturer at the University of Barcelona and the University of Pau. He is also a Professor of the Basque Summer University, and a Professor and founding Director of the Cooperative Institute for Law and Social Economy at the University of the Basque Country. [http://www.europarl.es/elecciones/elecciones99/resultados/candidatos/curriculum/gorostiaga.htm Candidates' biographies] (in spanish) published by the Spanish office of the European Parliament, 1999.]

Politics

Living mostly in Iparralde, the part of the Basque Country under French government, Gorostiaga began working for the European Bureau for Lesser-used Languages in 1995, and also became a member of the Basque Country's Economic and Social Council.Nick Jones, " [http://republican-news.org/archive/1999/June17/17worl.html Victories for Basque independence movement] ", "An Phoblacht/Republican News", 17 June 1999.] At the 1999 European Parliament election, Gorostiaga was nominated as Batasuna candidate, the party's sitting MEP Karmelo Landa having been imprisoned. He was elected to the last seat. [http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1999/07/01/pdfs/A25068-25068.pdf Central Electoral Board] official return (in Spanish).]

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