Amaia Martínez Grisaleña
{{Short description|Spanish politician}}
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| name = Amaia Martínez Grisaleña
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| image = Amaia Martínez 2024 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Amaia Martínez in 2024
| office = Member of the Basque Parliament
| term_start = 3 August 2020
| constituency = Álava
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| birth_name = María Amaya Martínez Grisaleña
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|11|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Vitoria, Spain
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| party = Vox
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| alma_mater = University of the Basque Country
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María Amaya Martínez Grisaleña{{cite web |title=Elecciones Parlamento Vasco 2020. Candidaturas proclamadas. Araba/Álava |url=https://www.euskadi.eus/elecciones-parlamento-vasco-2020-candidaturas-presentadas-araba/web01-a3haup20/es/ |website=euskadi.eus |date=6 September 2020 |access-date=30 April 2022 |language=es}} (born 6 November 1968) is a Spanish journalist and politician who has been a member of the Basque Parliament for the Vox party since 2020.
Martínez Grisaleña studied journalism at the Universidad del País Vasco before running a company selling non-lethal weaponry with her husband.{{Cite web|author=Mikel Ormazábal|url=https://elpais.com/espana/2020-07-13/la-diputada-vasca-de-vox-que-exige-libertad-en-euskadi.html|title=Amaya Martínez, la diputada vasca de Vox: una euskaldún que regenta una tienda de armas|access-date=13 July 2020|date=13 July 2020|website=El País|lang=es}} Although she is a native Basque speaker, she has spoken out against what she claims as linguistic discrimination in the Basque Country against the Spanish language.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elplural.com/comunicacion/protagonistas/amaia-martinez-grisalena-armeria-diputada-vox-pais-vasco_243813102|title=Amaia Martínez Grisaleña, dueña de una armería, primera diputada de Vox en el País Vasco|access-date=13 July 2020|date=13 July 2020|website=El Plural|lang=es}}
She was elected to the Basque Parliament during the 2020 Basque regional election for Vox and is currently the only Vox representative in the Basque Parliament.
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Category:Vox (political party) politicians
Category:Members of the 12th Basque Parliament
Category:21st-century Spanish journalists
Category:21st-century Spanish women journalists
Category:University of the Basque Country alumni
Category:People from Vitoria-Gasteiz
Category:Women members of the Basque Parliament
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