Iñaki Ruiz de Pinedo

Iñaki Ruiz de Pinedo Undiano (born 23 July 1954) is a Spanish sociologist, politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was previously a member of the Basque Parliament.

Early life Ruiz de Pinedo was born on 23 July 1954 in Gasteiz, Basque Country. He is the son of Jeus and Edelmira, clothing traders from Gasteiz. He has two brothers, Josu and Julen.

Career Ruiz de Pinedo is a sociologist. He was affiliated with the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ) in his youth but later, whilst a student in Bilbao, he became a member of the People's Socialist Revolutionary Party (HASI), a banned Basque political party generally believed to be the political wing of the separatist ETA. Ruiz de Pinedo, along with Jokin Gorostidi, Miguel Castells and other elected representatives of HB, were arrested in 1981 for singing Eusko Gudariak during an address by King Juan Carlos at the Gernikako Batzarretxea. The Audiencia Nacional released the pair after ruling that it wasn't competent to hear cases against members of the Basque Parliament. In December 1985 the Supreme Court convicted Ruiz de Pinedo and Idigoras of "supporting terrorism" and sentenced them to one year in prison and fined them 100,000 pesetas.

Ruiz de Pinedo was re-elected at the 1984, 1986 and 1990 regional elections. Despite being a member of the Basque Parliament he did not attend parliament until 1987 when HB's stance on the parliament changed. He was re-elected at the 1991 local elections. He was a member of HB's National Board (Mahai Nazionaleko) from 1982 to 1996 when he left the party over differences in its direction and quit politics. In 1996 Ruiz de Pinedo and Rosa Delaasunciónekin founded Zero Tailer Soziologikoa S.L. He contested the 1999 local elections as an EH candidate in Vitoria-Gasteiz and was re-elected. He resigned from Zero Tailer Soziologikoa in 1999 after being elected to the municipal council. He left politics in 2000 and from 2001 to 2005 he carried out research on the social need of prisoners for the University of the Basque Country.

Personal life Ruiz de Pinedo is married and has two children, Jon and Haizea.

Electoral history + Electoral history of Iñaki Ruiz de PinedoElectionConstituencyPartyAllianceNo.Result 1980 regional Province of Araba People's Socialist Revolutionary Party Herri Batasuna 2 Elected 1984 regional Province of Araba People's Socialist Revolutionary Party Herri Batasuna 1 Elected 1986 regional Province of Araba People's Socialist Revolutionary Party Herri Batasuna 1 Elected 1987 local Vitoria-Gasteiz People's Socialist Revolutionary Party Herri Batasuna 1 Elected 1990 regional Province of Araba Herri Batasuna 1 Elected 1991 local Vitoria-Gasteiz Herri Batasuna 1 Elected 1998 regional Province of Araba Euskal Herritarrok 5 Not elected 1999 local Vitoria-Gasteiz Euskal Herritarrok 1 Elected 2019 general Province of Araba EH Bildu 1 Elected