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Inma Arias

In this Basque name, the first surname is Arias and the second is Ergueta.

Inmaculada Arias Ergueta (born in Sestao on 15 March 1961) is a Basque journalist and politician.[1][2]

Inma Arias
Richar Vaquero and Inma Arias in 2023
Leader and spokesperson of the Podemos-United Left-Greens Equo-Green Alliance Group in the Sestao City Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
2020
Councillor of the Sestao City Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
2015
PresidentAinhoa Basabe
Parliamentary groupPodemos-United Left-Greens Equo-Green Alliance Group
Personal details
Born
Inmaculada Arias Ergueta

(1961-03-15) 15 March 1961 (age 63)
Sestao, Basque Country, Spain
Political partyPodemos Euskadi
Alma materUniversity of the Basque Country
OccupationJournalist and politician

She is currently member of the Sestao City Council as councellor, since 2015, and she also serves as the leader and spokesperson of the Podemos-Ezker Anitza-IU-Greens Equo-Green Alliance Group in the Sestao City Council since 2020.

Biography

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Inma Arias was born in Sestao. She studied secondary education at the IES Ángela Figuera BHI institute in Sestao. He studied a licenciate degree in information sciences at the University of the Basque Country.[1]

She has worked as a journalist in the media and press, such as in the newspaper El Correo. She participated in the creation and editing of the local newspaper "Begira" and the free radio network "Karibe Irratia", during the eighties and nineties.[1]

Political career

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Part of the Podemos party since its inception around 2014, he collaborated in its initial creation in the municipality of Sestao. He collaborated in the initial creation of Podemos Sestao, helping to create the electoral platform Bai Ahal Da-Sí Se Puede (Sestao)-BAD-SSP (Yes We Can Sestao), along with other people such as Richar Vaquero, Soraya Pereira, Montserrat Roca, Isidoro Temprano or Ángela Sevilla.[3][4]

 
General Feminist Strike on 30 November 2023 in Sestao (in the photo, Soraya Pereira, Inma Arias, Montserrat Roca and Ángela Sevilla).[5]

In the 2015 Spanish local elections, he was a candidate for councillor for the electoral platform Bai Ahal Da-Sí Se Puede (Sestao)-BAD-SSP , candidacies promoted by Podemos,[6] with Soraya Pereira as a candidate for Mayor of Sestao.[7] She was elected councillor of the Sestao city council.[8][9] In the 2015 Basque foral elections, Arias was a candidate for member of the General Assemblies of Biscay, for the constituency of Enkarterriak-Las Encartaciones, although she did not obtain a seat in the lesgilature of Biscay.

In the 2019 Spanish local elections, she repeated as a candidate for councillor of the Sestao city council for the electoral alliance Elkarrekin Podemos Sestao (Podemos, Ezker Anitza-IU and Greens Equo), as second on the list, with Soraya Pereira as a candidate for Mayor of Sestao.[10] She was elected again as a councillor.[11][12][13]

 
Inma Arias, Iker Mojón and Irene Montero

In 2020, she became the leader and spokesperson for the Podemos-Ezker Anitza-IU-Greens Equo-Green Alliance Group in the Sestao City Council, succeeding Soraya Pereira.[14][15]

In the 2023 Spanish local elections, Arias was the head of the list and candidate for Mayor of Sestao, for the electoral alliance Elkarrekin Sestao (Podemos, Ezker Anitza-IU, Greens Equo and Green Alliance).[1][16][17][2][18][19][20][21] She was elected councillor and was again at the head of the Municipal Group, as leader and spokesperson.[22]

He also usually collaborates in the political gatherings of TeleBilbao (TB).

Personal life

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He currently lives in Sestao.[1] Her brother is Pedro Luis Arias, full professor, deputy minister of the Basque Government and spokesperson of Gesto por la Paz.[23][24]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Llamas, Sergio (2023-05-17). "Inma Arias: "Es necesario cultivar la participación ciudadana en Sestao y no tenerle miedo"". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-16.
  2. ^ a b Lafuente, Joseba (2023-04-05). "Interview with Inma Arias, candidate for Mayor of Sestao". Portu Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-16.
  3. ^ efe (2015-02-27). "Podemos impulsa una candidatura para las municipales en Sestao". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  4. ^ En Sestao.com, En Sestao.com. "Podemos Sestao inaugura una nueva sede en la localidad "abierta a todo el que lo necesite"". Archived from the original on 2021-07-25.
  5. ^ "General feminist strike on 30 November". Argia. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
  6. ^ efe (2015-02-27). "Podemos impulsa una candidatura para las municipales en Sestao". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  7. ^ enSestao.com (2019-02-05). "Soraya Pereira, candidata de Podemos al Ayuntamiento de Sestao". enSestao.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  8. ^ PAÍS, Ediciones EL. "Resultados Electorales en Sestao: Elecciones Municipales 2015". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  9. ^ Público. "Resultados Elecciones Municipales Sestao 2015". Público (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  10. ^ enSestao.com (2019-02-05). "Soraya Pereira, candidata de Podemos al Ayuntamiento de Sestao". enSestao.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  11. ^ PAÍS, Ediciones EL. "Resultados Electorales en Sestao: Elecciones Municipales 2019". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  12. ^ "Resultados votaciones 26M en Sestao- Bizkaia. Elecciones Municipales 2019. Escrutinio y concejales en Sestao". El Correo (in European Spanish). 2019-05-18. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  13. ^ Collective; Roy, Arundhati; International, CADTM; Arruzza, Cinzia; Toussaint, Eric; Beghiti, Fatima Zahra El; Crespo, Miguel Urbán; Fraser, Nancy; Klein, Naomi (2024-03-17). "Listado de las primeras 360 firmas de personas que apoyan el Manifiesto por el fin del sistema privado de patentes #FREECOVIDPATENTS". CADTM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  14. ^ Loza, Gonzalo (2021-05-28). "La Naval y las políticas de empleo centran la legislatura de Sestao". cadena SER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  15. ^ MANOVEL, MARINA LEÓN (2020-07-17). "Vuelve la plaga de mosquitos en el entorno de la depuradora de Galindo". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  16. ^ Press, Europa (2023-05-25). "Elkarrekin critica el discurso triunfalista del PNV en municipios como Sestao, que duplica la tasa de paro vasca". www.europapress.es. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  17. ^ Llamas, Sergio (2022-11-16). "Podemos presenta a sus candidatas para la Margen Izquierda". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  18. ^ Dugu, Ahal. "Podemos Euskadi pretende alcanzar en Ezkerraldea municipios "amables,". Ahal Dugu (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  19. ^ "Las candidaturas a la alcaldía de Sestao en las elecciones municipales del 28-M". El Correo (in Spanish). 2023-04-26. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  20. ^ enSestao.com (2023-06-19). "Ainhoa Basabe seguirá como alcaldesa de Sestao tras lograr el apoyo necesario". enSestao.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  21. ^ "Nos presentamos en Santurtzi y Sestao con un bloque progresista y de izquierdas para "salir a ganar"". www.lafuerzadelopublico.eus. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  22. ^ Sestao City Council, Ayuntamiento de Sestao. "Sestao City Council's Parliamentary Groups and its spokespersons".
  23. ^ PAÍS, Ediciones EL (2000-12-14). "Pedro Luis Arias Ergueta en EL PAÍS". El País (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  24. ^ Press, Europa (2009-05-12). "Celáa configura su equipo con numerosas personas "sin relación orgánica" con PSE y muy vinculadas a la práctica docente". www.europapress.es. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
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