Gotzone Mora
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Gotzone Mora is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain...
in 1948) was a Spanish
Spain
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social-democratic politician
Politician
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, former member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...
(PSOE). Since 2008 she's member of Popular Party (PP)
Of humble origins, she has become knowledgeable in human migration
Human migration
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and global social processes. She has been a sociology
Sociology
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reader
Reader (academic rank)
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in the University of the Basque Country
University of the Basque Country
The University of the Basque Country is the only public university in the Basque Country, in Northern Spain...
in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
.
She was an elected member of the Getxo
Getxo
Getxo is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the north of Spain.It is part of the metropolitan area of Bilbao , and has about 83,000 inhabitants...
municipality (Biscay
Biscay
Biscay is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lord of Biscay. Its capital city is Bilbao...
) until 2007, and is currently a member of the intellectual group Foro Ermua
Foro Ermua
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(the Ermua Forum) and Democratic Citizenship.
Due to her critical position towards the social policy of the leader of her party she has a banishment expedient waiting for resolution (2006). She has been targeted by the violent separatist organisation ETA
ETA
ETA , an acronym for Euskadi Ta Askatasuna is an armed Basque nationalist and separatist organization. The group was founded in 1959 and has since evolved from a group promoting traditional Basque culture to a paramilitary group with the goal of gaining independence for the Greater Basque Country...
. She must attend her classes in the university escorted by bodyguards. She gives conferences to explain her beliefs about the current political situation in Spain.
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