Patxi López
Patxi López | |
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| Leader of the Socialist Parliamentary Group in the Congress of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 23 July 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Héctor Gómez |
| President of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 13 January 2016 – 19 July 2016 | |
| Monarch | Felipe VI |
| Preceded by | Jesús Posada |
| Succeeded by | Ana Pastor |
| Lehendakari of the Basque Government | |
| In office 7 May 2009 – 15 December 2012 | |
| Monarch | Juan Carlos I |
| Preceded by | Juan José Ibarretxe |
| Succeeded by | Iñigo Urkullu |
| Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of the Basque Country | |
| In office 23 March 2002 – 16 December 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Nicolás Redondo Terreros |
| Succeeded by | Idoia Mendia |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 13 January 2016 | |
| Constituency | Biscay |
| In office 17 November 1987 – 2 September 1989 | |
| Constituency | Biscay |
| Member of the Basque Parliament | |
| In office 20 November 2012 – 22 September 2014 | |
| Constituency | Alava |
| In office 15 March 1991 – 20 November 2012 | |
| Constituency | Biscay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Francisco Javier López Álvarez 4 October 1959 Portugalete, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Political party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
| Spouse | Begoña Gil |
| Website | Official website |
Francisco Javier "Patxi" López Álvarez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpatʃi ˈlopeθ]; born 4 October 1959) is a Spanish politician serving as Member of the Congress of Deputies and chair of the Constitutional Committee. He has only completed secondary education but never graduated from college.
Previously, he has served as President of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country from 2009 to 2012 and President of the Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the Spanish Cortes Generales, in the short lived 11th legislature from January 2016 to July 2016. He was also Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of Euskadi – Euskadiko Ezkerra (PSE-EE), the Basque affiliate of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), from 2002 to 2014.