Mikel Zubimendi

politician and journalist

Spanish San Sebastián, Spain

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Professionpolitician and journalist
NationalitySpanish
Date of Birth1971
BirthplaceSan Sebastián, Spain

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Full NameMikel Gotzon Zubimendi Berastegui
Known AsMikel Zubimendi
NotesBasque nationalist politician and former member of the Basque Parliament.

Career

Political Career
  • Member of the Basque Parliament for Gipuzkoa (1994–1998)
  • Former spokesperson and leader of Jarrai
  • Sat in the Basque Parliament for Herri Batasuna during the 5th legislature, with the seat held from 30/11/1994 to 01/09/1998
  • Returned to Spanish politics after his return from France, becoming a member of Batasuna
  • Batasuna was declared illegal in March 2003, after which Zubimendi's political activity continued within the party's successor structures
Other Information
  • Later associated with ETA and sentenced in France for related offenses
  • Sentenced in 2000 by a Paris court to six years in prison for criminal association with terrorist aims, illegal weapons possession and document forgery
  • Detained in Spain on terrorism-related charges and held in pretrial custody for about two and a half years before release on bail in April 2010

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Born in San Sebastián but raised in Bergara.
2. Was active in Basque youth politics in the early 1990s.
3. Was convicted in France and later released after serving prison time.
4. In January 1996, before his parliamentary term ended, he suddenly withdrew from public life and left the Basque Country.
5. Herri Batasuna later stated that he was living in Denmark to avoid police pressure linked to his well-known activism in Jarrai.
6. Although he left public life, Herri Batasuna did not replace him and he formally kept his parliamentary seat until the legislature ended.
7. Also works as a journalist; bylines under the name Mikel Zubimendi appear on the Basque news outlet naiz.
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