The former Socialist Minister of Industry and Energy and Public Administrations and former Government of the Government within the Basque Country and Murcia, the Bilbao Juan Manuel Eguiagaray, has died at age 79. The basic secretary of the PSE-EE, Eneko Andueza, has confirmed his dying upon his arrival on the Plenary of the Basque Parliament, the place he has transmitted his condolences to the Eguiagaray household and the socialist household as a complete.
Today the previous Minister Juan Manuel Eguiagaray leaves us.
He was a solvent, severe and conciliatory politician.
A state man who devoted his life to public service and one of many architects of plural and various Spain that we take pleasure in as we speak.
A affectionate hug to his household and associates.
– Pedro Sánchez (@sánchezCastejon) May 29, 2025
“We have lost great socialist value, a great person who dedicated a good part of his life to defend the principles and values of the party and to contribute his work in the institutions to do a better country,” he lamented. Andueza recalled that Eguiagaray additionally occupied a seat within the Vaca Chamber and has indicated that he had “the honor” to gather in his identify the medal that the Basque Parliament gave to the parliamentarians who have been within the constituent session, on the forty fifth anniversary of it.
The president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has expressed his condolences to the family and associates of Eguiagaray, whom he has described as “man of state” and one of many architects of plural Spain.
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