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unusual facts about Basque Government


Juan María Atutxa Mendiola

A member of the Basque Nationalist Party, he has been Head of the Department of Interior (1991–98) and President of the Basque Parliament (1998–2005).



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Astra 400

Astra pistols were supplied to Republican Spain and to the Basque government which controlled the plant until the Bombing of Guernica in April, 1937.

Basque Argentine

Politicians from the Basque Country autonomous community of Spain, including the lehendakari, are regular visitors to the country, and the Basque government has diplomatic representation in Argentina, currently María Elisa Díaz de Mendibil.

Jesús María de Leizaola

Jesús María de Leizaola Sánchez (7 September 1896, San Sebastian - 16 March 1989) was a Basque politician and was named President of the Basque Government in exile after José Antonio Aguirre's death in 1960.