Maite Pagazaurtundúa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Maite Pagazaurtundúa

Spanish politician

Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1965

Place of Birth: Hernani, Basque Country, Spain

Profession: writer, politician

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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María Teresa Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz (born in 1965 in Hernani, Guipuzcoa), better known as Maite Pagazaurtundúa or Maite Pagaza, is a Spanish politician, activist and writer.
She is currently a Member of the European Parliament, and spokesperson of Unión Progreso y Democracia in the European Parliament. She was born and grew up in a small village in the Basque Country.
She studied Basque and Spanish Philology at the University of Deusto. Her mother was a war refugee who later became an activist for freedom in the Basque Country.
One of her siblings, Joseba Pagazaurtundúa, was murdered by ETA in 2003 after suffering threats, harassment and aggressions for years. She is married and has two daughters.
She had to leave the Basque Country, encouraged by the police, after years of harassment, persecution and aggressions, and especially after her brother's murder.