Previous mandates in Legislative Assemblies in the Basque Autonomous Community:

Representative of the Basque Parliament in:

 2nd Parliamentary term, during the 1986-1987 period.

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3rd Parliamentary term, during the 1987-1989 period.

-          Member of the Social Council of the University of the Basque Country.

Elected Member of the Basque Parliament in:

 5th Parliamentary term, during the 1994-1998 period.

-          Deputy-Chair of the Committee on Drug Dependence.

-          Alternate spokesperson for the Advisory Council on Drug Dependence.

-          Member of the Committee for Education and Culture.

-          Member of the Committee for Human Rights and Citizen Requests.

-          Member of the Committee for the Survey concerning the Introduction of Destructive and Dependent Sects in the Basque Country, Euskadi.

-     Member of the Advisory Council on the Basque Language, Euskera.

6th Parliamentary term, during the 1998-2001 period.

-          Chair of the Committee for Human Rights.

-          Member of the Committee for Education and Culture (1999-1999).

-          Member of the Committee for Women and Youth (1999-1999).

-          Member of the Committee for Legislative Urgency, Regulation and Government (1999-2001).

-          Member of the Advisory Council on the Basque Language, Euskera.

7th Parliamentary term, during the 2001-2005 period.

-          Chair of the Committee for Human Rights.

-          Member of the Committee for Legislative Urgency, Regulation and Government.

-          Member of the Special Committee on Self-Government.

8th Parliamentary term, during the 2005-2008 period.

-          Chair of the Committee for Human Rights.

-          Member of the Committee for Legislative Urgency, Regulation and Government.

Previous mandates in Regional Government bodies:

Director of Youth and Community Action for Bizkaia Regional Government (1987-1994).

Other post previously held:

Member of the Regional Council of EGI (1980-1985).

Elected Member of the Bizkai Buru Batzar (Bizkaia Executive) of EAJ-PNV (1984-1987).

Elected Member and Chair of the Municipal Assembly of EAJ-PNV inDurango(1991-1995).

Elected Member and Chair of the National Assembly Committee of EAJ-PNV (1992-1994).

Patron and Member of the Governing Board of the Sabino Arana Foundation (1995-2000).

Elected Member of the Bizkai Buru Batzar (Bizkaia Executive) of EAJ-PNV (1996-2000).

Chair of the Bizkai Buru Batzar (Bizkaia Executive) of EAJ-PNV (2000-2008).

Teacher at the Ikastola Asti-Leku inPortugalete (1984-1986)

Teacher at the Colegio Público Felix Serrano in Bilbao (1986-1987)

Academic qualifications:

 Diploma in Teaching, specialising in Basque Philology. Expert in leisure centre management, issued by theUniversityofDeusto. Teacher and career civil servant in Education, on extended leave of absence.