Bel Pozueta
{{short description|Spanish politician}}
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| office1 = Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
| constituency1 = Navarre
| term_start1 = 3 December 2019
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| birth_name = Maria Isabel Pozueta Fernández
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| birth_place = Altsasu, Navarre, Spain
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| party = EH Bildu
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Maria Isabel Pozueta Fernández (born 21 September 1965) is a Basque sexologist, activist, politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.
Early life
Pozueta was born on 21 September 1965 in Altsasu, Navarre.{{cite web |title=Members: XIV Legislatura ( 2019-Actualidad ) - Pozueta Fernández, Isabel |url=http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Diputados/BusqForm?_piref73_1333155_73_1333154_1333154.next_page=/wc/fichaDiputado?idDiputado=65&idLegislatura=14 |publisher=Congress of Deputies |accessdate=16 February 2020 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}} She has a degree in sociology from the University of Deusto and a master's degree in sexology from the University of Alcalá's Institute of Sexological Sciences.{{cite web |title=Taldea: Nafarroa |url=https://ehbildu.eus/herriak/Erabaki-BAIETZ/udal-taldea |publisher=EH Bildu |accessdate=1 March 2020 |location=Donostia, Spain |language=Basque}}{{cite web |title=Ponentes |url=https://coeducando.educacion.navarra.es/programa-coeducando/ponentes-y-cols/ |website=Coeducando |publisher=Government of Navarre |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006221729/https://coeducando.educacion.navarra.es/programa-coeducando/ponentes-y-cols/ |archivedate=6 October 2019 |language=Spanish}}
Career
Pozueta is an expert in sexology and co-education. Between 1994 and 2006 she taught sex education at the Center for Women's Care in Etxarri-Aranatz, teaching individuals and groups and training professionals.{{cite news |title=Sexualitatea, denon eskura |url=https://kronika.eus/urumea/1570453833720-sexualitatea-denon-eskura |accessdate=23 February 2020 |work=Kronika Urumea |date=26 December 2015 |location=Hernani, Spain |language=Basque}} Later she taught at various education centres in Gipuzkoa and Navarre. She has also worked for the municipal youth service in Vitoria-Gasteiz and was director of Biok Tú y Yo, a couples therapy centre in Burlata.
At the 1999 regional election Pozueta was placed 31st on Euskal Herritarrok's list of candidates in Navarre but the alliance only won eight seats in the region and as a result she failed to get elected.{{cite magazine |title=Administracion del Estado: Junta Electoral Provincial de Navarra - Edicto |magazine=Boletín Oficial de Navarra |date=18 May 1999 |issue=62 |url=https://www.navarra.es/home_es/Actualidad/BON/Boletines/1999/62/Anuncio-0/ |accessdate=23 February 2020 |publisher=Government of Navarre |location=Pamplona, Spain |language=Spanish}} At the 2003 local elections in Altsasu she was placed 11th on the Altsasuko Indarra (AI) electoral alliance's list of the candidates but the Supreme Court annulled the list as it considered AI to be a successor to Batasuna which had been banned in March 2003.{{cite magazine |title=Administracion del Estado: Junta Electoral de Zona de Pamplona - Edicto |magazine=Boletín Oficial de Navarra |date=23 April 2003 |issue=50 |url=https://bon.navarra.es/es/anuncio/-/texto/2003/50/61 |accessdate=23 February 2020 |publisher=Government of Navarre |location=Pamplona, Spain |language=Spanish}} She was one of the founders of the Altsasu branch of the Gure Esku Dago which campaigns for self-determination for the Basque Country.{{cite news |last1=Berastegi |first1=Iñaki |title=Prozesua ere piztuko dute |url=https://www.berria.eus/paperekoa/1974/037/001/2016-09-14/prozesua_ere_piztuko_dute.htm |accessdate=1 March 2020 |work=Berria |date=14 September 2016 |location=Andoain, Spain |language=Basque}}
Pozueta came to national prominences as the mother of Adur Ramirez de Alda Pozueta, one of eight youths imprisoned for the Altsasu incident in 2016.{{cite news |last1=Albin |first1=Danilo |title=La madre de Altsasu se queda a las puertas del Congreso |url=https://www.publico.es/politica/resultados-elecciones-madre-altsasu-queda-puertas-congreso.html |accessdate=1 March 2020 |work=Público |date=29 April 2019 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}{{cite news |last1=Graells Font |first1=Roger |last2=Ardévol Mallol |first2=Clara |title=Bel Pozueta: 'Si aquesta injustícia no acaba al setembre, ens tindran davant' |url=https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/entrevista-bel-pozueta-altsasu-adur-ramirez-preso-mil-dies/ |accessdate=1 March 2020 |work=VilaWeb |date=9 August 2019 |language=Catalan}} She was the spokesperson for the Altsasu Gurasoak group which represented the mothers of the prisoners.{{cite news |title=Bel Pozueta izango da EH Bilduren Nafarroako zerrendaburua Kongresurako |url=https://www.berria.eus/albisteak/163931/bel-pozueta-izango-da-eh-bilduren-nafarroako-zerrendaburua-kongresurako.htm |accessdate=1 March 2020 |work=Berria |date=13 March 2019 |location=Andoain, Spain |language=Basque}}{{cite news |last1=Tomás |first1=Nicolas |title=Bel Pozueta, mare d'Altsasu, cap de llista de Bildu per Navarra el 28-A |url=https://www.elnacional.cat/ca/politica/bel-pozueta-mare-altsasu-bildu-navarra_364149_102.html |accessdate=1 March 2020 |work=El Nacional |date=13 March 2019 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}} She resigned as spokesperson in March 2019, though she remained a member, in order to contest the general election as the group had stated that it would not support any candidate.{{cite news |last1=Larretxea Agirre |first1=Ainhoa |title=Bel Pozueta:"Borrokarako grina piztu dit Altsasuko auziko injustiziak" |url=https://www.berria.eus/paperekoa/1964/005/001/2019-03-14/bel_pozuetaborrokarako_grina_piztu_dit_altsasuko_auziko_injustiziak.htm |accessdate=1 March 2020 |work=Berria |date=14 March 2019 |location=Andoain, Spain |language=Basque}}{{cite news |title=Bel Pozueta izango da EH Bilduren Nafarroako zerrendaburua Kongresurako |url=https://www.eitb.eus/eu/albisteak/politika/osoa/6263555/bel-pozueta-izango-da-eh-bilduren-nafarroako-zerrendaburua-kongresurako/ |accessdate=1 March 2020 |work=EITB |date=13 March 2019 |location=Bilbao, Spain |language=Basque}}{{cite news |title=Miembros de Altsasu Gurasoak: "No apoyamos ninguna candidatura política concreta" |url=https://www.noticiasdenavarra.com/2019/03/15/sociedad/navarra/miembros-de-altsasu-gurasoak-afirman-no-apoyar-ninguna-candidatura-politica-concreta |work=Noticias de Navarra |date=15 March 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331073057/https://www.noticiasdenavarra.com/2019/03/15/sociedad/navarra/miembros-de-altsasu-gurasoak-afirman-no-apoyar-ninguna-candidatura-politica-concreta |archivedate=31 March 2019 |location=Pamplona, Spain |language=Spanish}}
At the April 2019 general election Pozueta was placed first on EH Bildu's list of candidates in Navarre but the alliance failed to win any seats in the region.{{cite magazine |title=Otras Disposiciones: Junta Electoral Central – Elecciones generales. Proclamación de candidaturas |magazine=Boletín Oficial del Estado |date=2 April 2019 |issue=79 |page=34362 |url=https://boe.es/boe/dias/2019/04/02/pdfs/BOE-A-2019-4902.pdf |accessdate=27 May 2019 |publisher=Government of Spain |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish |issn=0212-033X}}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Abril 2019 |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=1 March 2020 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}} She contested the 2019 November general election as a EH Bildu candidate in Navarre and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.{{cite magazine |title=Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales – Elecciones generales. Proclamación de candidaturas |magazine=Boletín Oficial del Estado |date=15 October 2019 |issue=248 |page=113642 |url=https://boe.es/boe/dias/2019/10/15/pdfs/BOE-A-2019-14801.pdf |accessdate=15 October 2019 |publisher=Government of Spain |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish |issn=0212-033X}}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Noviembre 2019 |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=1 March 2020 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}
Electoral history
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|+ Electoral history of Bel Pozueta ! scope=col|Election ! scope=col|Constituency ! scope=col colspan="2"|Party ! scope=col colspan="2"|Alliance ! scope=col|No. ! scope=col|Result | |||||||
| 1999 regional | Navarre | style="background:{{party color|Euskal Herritarrok}};"| | Euskal Herritarrok | align=right|31 | Not elected | ||
| 2019 April general | Navarre | style="background:{{party color|EH Bildu}};"| | EH Bildu | align=right|1 | Not elected | ||
| 2019 November general | Navarre | style="background:{{party color|EH Bildu}};"| | EH Bildu | align=right|1 | Elected |
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Category:Euskal Herritarrok politicians
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Category:University of Deusto alumni