Bingen Zupiria
{{Short description|Spanish politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Bingen Zupiria
| honorific-suffix =
| honorific_prefix =
| image = Entrega de los premios Euskadi de Literatura 2017 21 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Zupiria in 2017
| office = Minister of Security
| deputy =
| term_start = 25 June 2024
| term_end =
| president = Imanol Pradales
| predecessor = Josu Erkoreka
| successor =
| office2 = Government Spokesperson
| deputy2 =
| term_start2 = 8 September 2020
| term_end2 = 25 June 2024
| president2 = Iñigo Urkullu
| predecessor2 = Josu Erkoreka
| successor2 = Maria Ubarretxena
| office3 = Minister of Culture and Language Policy
| deputy3 =
| term_start3 = 28 November 2016
| term_end3 = 25 June 2024
| president3 = Iñigo Urkullu
| predecessor3 = Cristina Uriarte (as Minister of Education, Language Policy and Culture)
| successor3 = Ibone Bengoetxea
| office4 = Acting Director-General of EITB
| term_start4 = 2008
| term_end4 = 2009
| predecessor4 = Andoni Ortuzar
| successor4 = Alberto Surio
| office5 = Director of ETB
| term_start5 = 1999
| term_end5 = 2009
| predecessor5 = Vacant (Iñaki Zarraoa as acting director, previously Luis Aranberri)
| successor5 = Miguel Angel Idigoras
| office6 = Press Secretary of the Basque Government and Communications Advisor to the Lehendakari
| deputy6 =
| term_start6 = 2 September 1989
| term_end6 = 22 January 1999
| president6 = Jose Antonio Ardanza
| predecessor6 = Juan Ignacio Intxaurraga Beaskoetxea
| successor6 = Joseba García Bengoetxea
| birth_name = Bingen Zupiria Gorostidi
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1961}}
| birth_place = Hernani
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = Spanish
| party = Basque National Party
| spouse = Aintzane Bolinaga
| children = 3
| occupation = Journalist
| alma_mater = University of Deusto
| education = Philosophy and Letters
| employer =
| religion =
| website = [https://twitter.com/ZupiriaB Personal Twitter]
}}
Bingen Zupiria (born 1961) is a Spanish politician affiliated with the Basque National Party. As of 25 June 2024, he serves as Minister of Security in the Basque Government led by Imanol Pradales. He previously served as Minister of Culture and Language Policy in the Second Urkullu Government (2016–2020) and the Third Urkullu Government (2020–2024), serving under Iñigo Urkullu.{{Cite news|date=5 September 2020|title=Urkullu refuerza a Erkoreka, cesa a Murga y convierte a Zupiria en portavoz del Gobierno bipartito|language=es|work=El Mundo|url=https://www.elmundo.es/pais-vasco/2020/09/05/5f538e69fc6c83e1138b45e5.html|url-status=live|access-date=12 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911150913/https://www.elmundo.es/pais-vasco/2020/09/05/5f538e69fc6c83e1138b45e5.html|archive-date=11 September 2020}} He also served as government spokesperson from 2020 to 2024.
Early life and education
He was born in Hernani in 1961, and attended Urumea Ikastola.{{Cite web|last=Zugasti Arizmendi|first=Arantzazu|title=Bingen Zupiria, Euskal Telebistako zuzendari hernaniarra|url=http://ondarea.hernani.eus/hernani/urtekariak/pdf/0909.pdf|url-status=live|publisher=Hernaniko Udala - Urtekaria|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421091301/http://ondarea.hernani.eus/hernani/urtekariak/pdf/0909.pdf|archive-date=2021-04-21|access-date=2021-03-19}} He holds a degree in Philosophy and Letters from the University of Deusto, specialising in Basque Philology. He graduated with honours in 1984. In 2002, he earned an MBA on Management of Worker Cooperatives by Mondragon University.{{Cite web|last=Irekia|first=Eusko Jaurlaritza|title=Bingen Zupiria Gorostidi CV (2009)|url=http://www.cyp.ehu.es/s0016-comcorct/es/contenidos/informacion/master_comcor_profesorado/es_profes/adjuntos/bingen-zupiria.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919135817/http://www.cyp.ehu.es/s0016-comcorct/es/contenidos/informacion/master_comcor_profesorado/es_profes/adjuntos/bingen-zupiria.pdf|archive-date=2013-09-19|url-status=live}}
He was a member of the music duo "Miren eta Bingen", along with Miren Etxaniz.{{Cite web|title=Trikitixa gazte eta kaletarra|url=https://www.argia.eus/argia-astekaria/944/miren-eta-bingen|access-date=19 March 2021|website=Argia}} The duo played traditional Basque music, and Zupiria used to play the pandero.{{Cite web|title=Bingen Zupiria eta Agus Barandiaran, pandero eta trikitilari bikote berria|url=https://www.eitb.eus/eu/telebista/programak/gure-kasa/bideoak/osoa/5720301/bideoa-bingen-zupiria-eta-agus-barandiaran-pandero-eta-trikitilari-bikotea/|access-date=19 March 2021|website=EITB Euskal Irrati Telebista|language=eu}} The duo was active for four years, and they released an album in 1982.{{Cite web|title=Miren eta Bingen|url=https://www.soinuenea.eus/es/miren-eta-bingen/er-20626/|access-date=19 March 2021|website=www.soinuenea.eus|language=es-es}}
Career
In 1983, he started a journalist career at EITB, the public broadcasting service of the Basque Country. He worked as editor and presenter in the news division of ETB, the public television. He used to present Gaur Egun and Teleberri, the news programmes of ETB1 and ETB2, respectively. He later worked as editor in chief of ETB's news division.{{Cite web|last=Irekia|first=Eusko Jaurlaritza|title=Bingen Zupiria Gorostidi CV (2020)|url=https://www.irekia.euskadi.eus/uploads/attachments/8856/zupiria_gorostidi_bingen_es.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421091258/https://www.irekia.euskadi.eus/uploads/attachments/8856/zupiria_gorostidi_bingen_es.pdf|archive-date=2021-04-21|access-date=2021-03-19}}
From 1989 to 1999 he was the Press Secretary of the Basque Government and Communications Advisor to the Lehendakari (President of the Basque Government), working under the presidency of Jose Antonio Ardanza. In 1999 he returned to EITB as director of ETB, where he remained until 2009, upon being sacked by the new administration formed after the 2009 Basque regional election. He briefly served as acting Director-General of EITB from 2008 to 2009, succeeding Andoni Ortuzar.{{Cite web|date=24 November 2016|title=Zupiria, el colaborador de Ardanza que vuelve al Gobierno tras dirigir medios|url=https://www.diariovasco.com/politica/201611/24/zupiria-colaborador-ardanza-vuelve-20161124154331.html|access-date=19 March 2021|website=El Diario Vasco|language=es-ES}}
From 2005 to 2007 he was the director of a joint master's degree by EITB and the University of Deusto on Audiovisual, Corporate and Institutional Communication. He was a visiting professor at the University of Mondragon for two years, from 2007 to 2009, teaching the course Quality to last year students of Audiovisual Communication degree. He has also taught in master's degrees on Corporate Communication and Management of Innovation and Knowledge by the University of the Basque Country.{{Cite web|title=Bingen Zupiria, nuevo Director del Deia|url=https://www.infoperiodistas.info/noticia/15764/Bingen-Zupiria-nuevo-Director-del-Deia|access-date=19 March 2021|website=www.infoperiodistas.info}}
During the summer of 2009 he worked as script supervisor for the Basque drama series Mugaldekoak. After leaving his post at EITB he was the director of G-Quest from November 2009, a Bilbao-based company working on social research, strategic marketing and communication. He was also a contributor for the newspaper Deia and the radio station Cadena Ser.
In 2012, he became the director of the newspaper Deia.{{Cite web|last=DN|date=18 February 2012|title=Bingen Zupiria sustituirá a Iñigo Camino como director de Deia|url=https://www.noticiasdenavarra.com/cultura/comunicacion/2012/02/18/bingen-zupiria-sustituira-inigo-camino/217534.html|url-status=live|access-date=19 March 2021|website=www.noticiasdenavarra.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421091304/https://www.noticiasdenavarra.com/cultura/comunicacion/2012/02/18/bingen-zupiria-sustituira-inigo-camino/217534.html|archive-date=21 April 2021}} In 2016 Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu named Zupiria Minister of Culture and Language Policy of the Basque Government.{{Cite web |date=12 July 2016 |title=Bingen Zupiria |url=https://www.euskadi.eus/bingen-zupiria-consejero/web01-s1ezaleh/es/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231032911/https://www.euskadi.eus/bingen-zupiria-consejero/web01-s1ezaleh/es/ |archive-date=31 December 2019 |access-date=12 September 2020 |website=Euskadi.eus}} After the 2020 Basque regional election Urkullu formed his third government, where Zupiria remained as Minister of Culture and Language Policy and assumed the office of government spokesperson.
The 2024 Basque regional election was followed by Imanol Pradales' election as lehendakari. Zupiria was one of the few ministers from Urkullu's last government to continue in the new cabinet. He was named Minister of Security, succeeding Josu Erkoreka.
Personal life
He currently lives in Bilbao. He is married to Aintzane Bolinaga, a news editor at EITB.{{Cite web|date=19 July 2017|title=El PP critica que ETB nombre editora de informativos a la mujer del consejero de Cultura|url=https://www.elcorreo.com/politica/critica-nombre-editora-20170719022517-nt.html|access-date=19 March 2021|website=El Correo|language=es}} The couple has two sons and a daughter.{{Cite web|title=Bingen Zupiria hunkitu egin da anaien eta seme-alaben mezuekin|url=https://www.eitb.eus/eu/telebista/programak/gure-kasa/bideoak/osoa/5720235/bideoa-bingen-zupiria-hunkitu-egin-da-anaien-eta-seme-alaben-mezuekin/|access-date=19 March 2021|website=EITB Euskal Irrati Telebista|language=eu}}
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