Patxi Juaristi

Patxi Juaristi
Vice-rector of the University of the Basque Country
Assumed office
2017
Director of Universities of the Basque Government
In office
2005–2009
Appointed byJose Antonio Campos Granados (Minister)
PresidentJuan José Ibarretxe
Personal details
Born
Francisco Juaristi Larrinaga

(1967-04-13) 13 April 1967
Markina-Xemein (Basque Country)
Spain
Alma materUniversity of Deusto
OccupationSociologist, linguist, writer and university professor

Francisco Juaristi Larrinaga (born in Markina-Xemein on 13 April 1967), known as Patxi Juaristi, is a Basque sociologist, linguist, writer and university professor, current vice-rector of the University of the Basque Country.

He is currently a full professor at the University of the Basque Country and director of the Gabriel Aresti Chair of Basque Studies at the University of the Basque Country. He is a corresponding academic of the Royal Academy of the Basque Language since 2013.

He previously held the position of Director of Universities of the Basque Government between 2005 and 2009.