town councilor for Altsasu
What position did Unai Hualde take before Jun 2003?
Unai Hualde Unai Hualde Iglesias ( born 25 July 1976 ) is a Navarrese politician from the Basque National Party and a leading member of the coalition Geroa Bai . He is the president of the Basque National Party in Navarre , as well as a Member of the Parliament of Navarre since 2015 . He served as the First Vice-President of the Parliament of Navarre from 2015 to 2019 , during its 9th term . In 2019 he was elected as the President of the Parliament of Navarre for its 10th term . Early life . His grandfather was imprisoned after the coup of 1936 . He is the son of Jose Mari Hualde and the txistulari Margari Iglesias . He was born in Altsasu , and he has two younger sisters . He holds a degree in Law from the University of Deusto , as well as a Masters Degree in Staff Management . Before entering politics he worked in the private sector as legal counselor in the area of Public and Administrative Law . Since 2007 he is on unpaid leave . He became a member of the Basque National Party in 1999 . Political career . Altsasu town council . He was elected as a town councilor for Altsasu in 2003 , as a member of the Altsasu Group ( Agrupación Altsasuarra / Altsasuko Taldea ) , an independent group linked to the Basque National Party . The group became second , winning three councilors , as many as the Socialist Party of Navarre , who became first . They formed and alliance with Aralar , and Hualde served as deputy mayor from 2003 to 2007 . In 2007 he was the leading candidate of the coalition Nafarroa Bai . The alliance won the election with four councilors , and Hualde was the mayor of Altsasu from 2007 to 2011 . He sought re-election in 2011 , but Nafarroa Bai was beaten by Bildu . Although both parties obtained four councilors , Bildu received more votes . Garazi Urrestarazu succeeded Hualde as the mayor , and from 2011 to 2015 he was a member of the local government . In 2015 Geroa Bai , de facto successor of Nafarroa Bai , was again the most voted party and Javier Ollo became the mayor . Hualde continued as town councilor until 2016 , when he resigned in order to focus on his work as Member of the Parliament of Navarre . In 2019 Geroa Bai won an overall majority in the town council . Hualde went on a symbolic place from the coalitions list . Parliament of Navarre . He stood on fourth place of the Geroa Bai list for the 2015 Navarrese regional election . The alliance became the second party in the parliament , obtaining nine seats . On 17 June 2015 he was elected First Vice-President of the Parliament by 26 votes from Geroa Bai , EH Bildu , Podemos and Izquierda-Ezkerra . In the 2019 Navarrese regional election Hualde stood on second place for Geroa Bai . On 19 June 2019 and after two rounds of voting he was elected President of the Parliament of Navarre with the support of the Socialist Party of Navarre , EH Bildu , Podemos-Ahal Dugu and Izquierda-Ezkerra . Within the Basque National Party . He became a member of the Basque National Party during the summer of 1999 , and in 2004 he was elected as member of the Navarrese Executive Branch of the party . From July 2015 to January 2016 he served as acting leader of the party in Navarre , after Manu Ayerdi had stood down in order to serve as the Economic Vice-President of the Government of Navarre . On January 2016 he was named the leader of the Basque National Party in Navarre , as more than 90% of members supported him .