Félix Ormazabal Askasibar

Biography Félix Ormazabal was born in Araia, Álava in 1940, he studied law and theology. As a priest in , he supported the workers who took part in the 1972 strike at the Michelin factory in Vitoria. As a result of his involvement, he was detained for a month and three days. He entered politics after meeting José Ángel Cuerda, who served as his lawyer during his detention.

He was first elected to public office in 1979, when he became a member of the Asparrena municipal council. In 1979 he became the head of the Department of Agriculture in the . He continued in that office until 1988, under Carlos Garaikoetxea and José Antonio Ardanza. He was the leading candidate of the Basque Nationalist Party in the 1999 election, in which it finished second behind the People's Party. In the second round of the investiture vote the Socialist Party supported , the People's Party candidate, thus putting an end to Ormazabal's tenure as Deputy General.

He retired from politics in 2005. He died in January 2022 after a sudden heart attack at his home in Araia.