Estefanía Beltrán de Heredia

{{Short description|Spanish agricultural engineer and politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Estefanía Beltrán de Heredia

| office = Spokesperson of the Basque Group in the Senate

| term_start = September 25, 2020

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1960|03|28}}

| birth_place = Valle de Arana, Spain

| office1 = Minister of Security of the Basque Government

| termstart1 = December 14, 2012

| occupation = Agricultural Technical Engineer

| party = Basque Nationalist Party

| office2 = Senator in the Spanish Parliament by designation of the Basque Parliament

| termstart2 = September 25, 2020

| image = Estefania Beltran de Heredia.jpg

| termend1 = September 5, 2020

| education = University of Navarra

| predecessor = Jokin Bildarratz

| president1 = Iñigo Urkullu

| predecessor1 = Idoia Mendia

| successor1 = Josu Erkoreka

}}

Estefanía Beltrán de Heredia Arroniz (Valle de Arana, Álava, March 28, 1960) is a Spanish agricultural engineer and politician of Basque nationalist ideology.

Biography

Born in Ullibarri Arana, a small village in the municipality of Arana, with a little more than 200 inhabitants, located in the east of Alava, near Navarre. She lives in Vitoria.{{Cite web |date=2012-12-16 |title=Estefanía Beltrán de Heredia, una mujer para una nueva etapa en la Ertzaintza |url=https://www.diariovasco.com/20121216/mas-actualidad/politica/estefania-beltran-deheredia-201212161333.html |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=El Diario Vasco |language=es-ES}}

= Career =

Since December 2012, she has been a security advisor to the Basque government. Previously, she was a Basque parliamentarian for five years in two different phases (1998-2001 and 2005-2007),{{Cite web |last=Internet |first=Unidad Editorial |title=Quién es quién en el nuevo Gobierno vasco |url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2012/12/14/paisvasco/1355497203.html |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=www.elmundo.es |language=es}} while in the Basque elections of 2012 she was elected fourth on the Basque Nationalist Party (Spanish: Partido Nacionalista Vasco, PNV) list for Álava. In addition, she was a regional deputy for agriculture (2007-2011). He was also a member of the Araba Buru Batzar (2004-2007).

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