# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carlos-garaikoetxea-urriza
# Generated: 2026-08-16T11:05:54.869Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carlos-garaikoetxea-urriza"
name: "Carlos Garaikoetxea Urriza"
slug: "carlos-garaikoetxea-urriza"
description: "Carlos Garaikoetxea Urriza was a Basque Spanish politician who served as Lehendakari of the Basque Government from 1979 to 1985, the first following the Spanish transition to democracy. Elected as a member of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), he presided over the party from 1977 to 1980. After leaving the PNV, he founded and presided over Eusko Alkartasuna from 1987 to 1999 and served as a member of the European Parliament from 1987 to 1991."
tagline: "Spanish Basque politician (1938–2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carlos_Garaikoetxea_1989_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1938-06-02"
deathDate: "2026-05-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.42
  momentum:             3.440134907251266
  historical:           14.76041066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Carlos Garaikoetxea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Garaikoetxea"
    title: "Carlos Garaikoetxea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كارلوس جارايكويتكساى وريزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carlos Garaikoetxea Urriza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Garaikoetxea"
    title: "Carlos Garaikoetxea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%93%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%8A%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%B5%CF%84%CF%83%CE%AD%CE%B1"
    title: "Κάρλος Γκαραϊκοετσέα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carlos Garaikoetxea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Garaikoetxea"
    title: "Carlos Garaikoetxea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Garaikoetxea"
    title: "Carlos Garaikoetxea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Garaikoetxea"
    title: "Carlos Garaikoetxea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Garaikoetxea"
    title: "Carlos Garaikoetxea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Garaikoetxea"
    title: "Carlos Garaikoetxea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Garaikoetxea"
    title: "Carlos Garaikoetxea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B3%E3%82%A8%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A2"
    title: "カルロス・ガライコエチェア"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Garaikoetxea"
    title: "Carlos Garaikoetxea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Garaikoetxea"
    title: "Carlos Garaikoetxea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%8D%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%81"
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    title: "Карлос Гарайкоєчеа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump