Olatz Garamendi
Spanish politician
Olatz Garamendi Landa (born 1968) is a Spanish politician affiliated with the Basque National Party. From 2020 to 2024, she served as Minister of Public Governance and Self-Government in the Third Urkullu Government led by Iñigo Urkullu.
Career
She was born in Ea, Biscay in 1968. She holds a degree in law from the University of Deusto, graduating in 1991. In 2010, she earned a Diploma in Administrative Contracts from the same university.
She is a civil servant of the Basque Government. She worked as a legal counselor for the Basque Government from 1993 to 2006. In 2006, she became the head of the legal advice service of the Basque Government's Ministry of Culture, an office she held for three years until 2009. From 2009 to 2012 she was the Assistant Manager of Infrastructures and Recruitment of the University of the Basque Country.
In 2012, she was named Deputy Minister of Administration and Services of the Basque Government's Ministry of Education, Language Policy and Culture, serving under minister Cristina Uriarte.
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