Marian Beitialarrangoitia

Maria Angeles Beitialarrangoitia Lizarralde (born 20 January 1968) is a Basque journalist and politician. She was previously a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain and Basque Parliament, and mayor of Hernani.

In this Basque name, the first surname is Beitialarrangoitia and the second is Lizarralde.
Marian Beitialarrangoitia
Beitialarrangoitia in May 2016
Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
In office
12 January 2016 – 21 May 2019
ConstituencyGipuzkoa
Member of the Basque Parliament
In office
20 November 2012 – 7 January 2016
Succeeded byMaider Otamendi Tolosa
ConstituencyGipuzkoa
Mayor of Hernani
In office
2007–2011
Preceded byJosé Antonio Rekondo Sanz
Succeeded byLuis Intxauspe Arozamena
Personal details
Born
Maria Angeles Beitialarrangoitia Lizarralde

(1968-01-20) 20 January 1968
Legazpia, Basque Country, Spain
Political partySortu
Other political
affiliations		EH Bildu
Alma materUniversity of the Basque Country
OccupationJournalist

Early life

Beitialarrangoitia was born on 20 January 1968 in Legazpia, Basque Country.[1] She has degree in journalism from the University of the Basque Country.[1]

Career

Beitialarrangoitia worked for the Hots magazine and Hoska radio station in her youth.[1][2] Later she worked at the Egin Irratia radio station, part of the Egin newspaper group.[1][3] She moved to Hernani which was the base for the radio station and newspaper. In July 1998 judge Baltasar Garzón ordered the closure of both media outlets because of their alleged links to the separatist ETA.[4][5] Beitialarrangoitia became active on groups, such as Gestoras pro Amnistía, supporting the release of ETA prisoners.[3]

Beitialarrangoitia then joined EITB, the Basque public broadcaster, where she worked as an announcer on a morning show on the Euskadi Irratia radio station.[1] She contested the 2007 local elections as a Basque Nationalist Action (Eusko Abertzale Ekintza, EAE) candidate in Hernani and was elected.[6] She was mayor of Hernani from 2007 to 2011.[7][8][9]

On 12 January 2008, at an EAE rally in Pamplona, Beitialarrangoitia requested applause for ETA members Igor Portu and Mattin Sarasola.[1][10] A few days earlier Portu and Sarasola has been arrested in connection with the 2006 Madrid–Barajas Airport bombing and been tortured by the Civil Guard.[11][12] In June 2009 the Audiencia Nacional convicted Beitialarrangoitia of "supporting terrorism" and sentenced her to one year in prison and barred her from holding public office for seven years.[1][13] She was acquitted of the more serious crime of insulting the security forces by accusing the Civil Guard of torture.[14] Beitialarrangoitia appealed to the Supreme Court who overturned the guilty verdict in March 2010.[1][15] In December 2010 four Civil Guard officers - Juan Jesús Casas, José Manuel Escamilla, Sergio García and Sergio Martínez - were convicted of torturing Portu and Sarasola.[16][17][18]

The EAE was banned in 2008 for being the successor of Batasuna but as the ban wasn't retroactive Beitialarrangoitia continued to hold office. In 2008 Garzón investigated Beitialarrangoitia for continuing EAE's activities.[1] She was also accused of "exalting terrorism" after naming a park in Hernani after Jose Ariztimuño but judge Fernando Grande-Marlaska acquitted her of the charge after she agreed to rename the park.[1][19] She played a key role in the formation of the Amaiur and Bildu electoral alliances.[1] She did not seek re-election at the 2011 local elections. She was communication director for the Gipuzkoa Provincial Council from 2011 to 2012.[7][8]

Beitialarrangoitia is a member of Sortu and in January 2017 she was elected to the party's national council.[20][21] She contested the 2012 regional election as an EH Bildu electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Gipuzkoa and was elected to the Basque Parliament.[22][23] She contested the 2015 general election as an EH Bildu candidate in the Province of Gipuzkoa and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[24][25] She was re-elected at the 2016 general election.[26][27]

Electoral history
Electoral history of Marian Beitialarrangoitia
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
2007 local[6]HernaniBasque Nationalist Action1Elected
2012 regional[22][23]Province of GipuzkoaSortuEH Bildu3Elected
2015 general[24][25]Province of GipuzkoaSortuEH Bildu1Elected
2016 general[26][27]Province of GipuzkoaSortuEH Bildu1Elected

References
  1. Menéndez, María (8 June 2016). "Elecciones generales 26J: Beitialarrangoitia, la exalcaldesa de Hernani procesada por enaltecimiento de ETA que concurre con EH Bildu". RTVE (in Spanish). Madrid , Spain. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  2. "Hautagaiak: Gipuzkoa" (in Basque). San Sebastián, Spain: EH Bildu. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  3. Rodríguez, Jesús (20 July 2007). "El silencio de Hernani". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  4. Yoldi, José (16 July 1998). "Garzón cierra "Egin" por ser un "instrumento del entramado delictivo de ETA-KAS"". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  5. Tremlett, Giles (21 February 2003). "Spanish police shut down Basque paper". The Guardian. London, U.K. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  6. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2007 - Mun. Hernani" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  7. "Members: XII Legislatura ( 2016-2019 ) - Beitialarrangoitia Lizarralde, Marian" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  8. "Legebiltzarkideak eta Organoak - Beitialarrangoitia Lizarralde, Marian" (in Basque). Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain: Basque Parliament. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  9. "Korporazio historikoa: 2007-2011" (in Basque). Hernani, Spain: Hernani Municipal Council. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  10. Yoldi, José (15 January 2008). "La alcaldesa de Hernani, imputada por delito de enaltecimiento del terrorismo". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  11. "Spanish police jailed for torture of Basque Eta members". BBC News. London, U.K. 30 December 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  12. "The torturous process of proving ETA mistreatment". El País. Madrid, Spain. 10 October 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  13. Yoldi, José (6 June 2009). "La alcaldesa de ANV de Hernani, condenada por elogiar a etarras". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  14. Saiz-Pardo, Melchor (6 June 2009). "La alcaldesa de Hernani, condenada a un año de cárcel por enaltecimiento de ETA". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). A Coruña, Spain. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  15. "El Tribunal Supremo absuelve a la alcaldesa de Hernani de un delito de exaltación del terrorismo". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. EFE. 18 March 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  16. "Four Spanish police convicted of torturing bombers". The Independent. London, U.K. Associated Press. 30 December 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  17. Hedgecoe, Guy (13 February 2018). "Spain ordered to pay Eta bombers compensation for police abuse". The Irish Times. Dublin, Ireland. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  18. Morán, Unai Morán (30 December 2010). "Cuatro guardias civiles, condenados por torturar a los etarras Portu y Sarasola". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  19. "ETA: la alcaldesa de Hernani declara hoy ante el juez". EcoDiario / El Economista (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  20. Rioja Andueza, Iker (8 January 2016). "Sortu cede un escaño a EA en el Parlamento Vasco". El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  21. "La expresa de ETA Elena Beloki se integra en la nueva dirección de Sortu". eldiario.es (in Spanish). EFE. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  22. "Bestelako Xedapenak - Gipuzkoako Lurralde Historikoko Hauteskunde Batzordea" (PDF). Euskal Herriko Agintaritzaren Aldizkaria (in Basque). No. 187. Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain: Basque Government. 25 September 2012. p. 4275. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  23. "Hautetsiak: Eusko Legebiltzarra 2012 - Lurralde Historikoa: Gipuzkoa" (in Basque). Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain: Basque Government. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  24. "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Lleida" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 281. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 24 November 2015. p. 110714. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  25. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Diciembre 2015" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  26. "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Lleida" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 131. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 31 May 2016. p. 35587. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  27. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Junio 2016" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 26 August 2019.

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