Spanish Transition To Democracy
In 1977 and 1979, he was elected as a member of the Spanish Congress of Deputies for the PNV in Guipúzcoa. He participated in the writing of the Autonomy Act of the Basque Country. In 1979, he resigned his seat and succeeded Carlos Garaikoetxea as PNV leader, a position that he would hold until 2004. During his rule the PNV maintained its dominant position in the political life of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country.
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