The Basque Government ( Basque : Eusko Jaurlaritza , Spanish : Gobierno Vasco ) is the governing body of the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain . The head of the Basque government is known as the Lehendakari . The Lehendakari is appointed by the Basque Parliament every four years, after a regional election. Its headquarters are located in the Lakua district of Vitoria-Gasteiz in Álava .
7-887: The Basque Statistics Office ( Eustat ) is an autonomous agency of the Basque Government answering to the Department for the Economy and the Treasury , founded on 25 November 1986 pursuant to the Basque Government Decree 251/1986. Its mission is to collect, analyse and disseminate official statistical information on the relevant aspects of Basque society and the economy . It also carries out research and development, training and methodological support activities and works in partnership with universities , states institutions and Eurostat . Its work
14-700: Is subject to the Spanish Personal Data Protection Act 15/1999 , which guarantees that Eustat does not facilitate any information that can identify or individualise the suppliers of the information, who are protected by statistical confidentiality. It coordinates two advisory bodies, the Basque Statistics Commission, where the Departments of the Basque Government , the provincial councils and the local councils as producers of statistics are represented, and
21-849: The Basque Government is established by the President of the Basque Country, also referred in Euskera as Lehendakari , who selects the counselors that will lead each of the Government departments. During the current legislative term the Government is composed of fifteen departments: Culture and Language Policy; Economy, Labour and Employment; Treasury and Finance; Governance, Digital Administration and Self-Government; Industry, Energy Transition and Sustainability; Security; Education; Housing and Urban Agenda; Health; Welfare, Youth and
28-642: The Basque Statistics Council, where all social agents and representatives of society also participate. Its statistics operations are established in the four-year plans approved by the Basque Parliament and are implemented through the Annual Statistics Programmes. The 2005-2008 Basque Statistics Plan envisaged 180 operations. Basque Government The first Basque Government was created after
35-728: The approval of the first Basque Statute of Autonomy on 1 October 1936, in the midst of the Spanish Civil War . It was headed by José Antonio Aguirre ( EAJ-PNV ) and was supported by a coalition of all the parties that fought the Nationalist forces in the Civil War: those comprising the Popular Front ( PSOE , PCE , EAE-ANV and other parties that sided with the Second Spanish Republic ). After
42-577: The defeat of the Republic, the Basque Government survived in exile, chaired by Jesús María Leizaola after the death of Aguirre in 1960. This first Basque Government was formally disbanded after the approval of the current Statute of Autonomy in 1979, after the death of caudillo Francisco Franco . Upon approval of the new Statute, the new Basque Government was created (1980), superseding the Basque General Council. Carlos Garaikoetxea
49-774: Was the first lehendakari of the new Government. During the current legislative term, the Basque Government is chaired by Imanol Pradales , member of the Basque Nationalist Party , thanks to a government agreement with the Basque Socialist Party-Basque Left Party (PSE-EE) . Urkullu got the back up of 39 parliamentarians (27 from the PNV and 12 from the PSE-EE) in his inauguration speech that took place in June 2024. The composition of
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