Eider Mendoza

Eider Mendoza
Mendoza in 2022
President of the Gipuzkoa Provincial Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 June 2023
Preceded by	Markel Olano
First vice president of the Gipuzkoa Provincial Council
In office 17 November 2020 – 29 June 2023
President	Markel Olano
Preceded by	Imanol Lasa
Succeeded by	Jose Ignacio Asensio
Spokesperson of the Gipuzkoa Provincial Council
In office 1 July 2019 – 29 June 2023
President	Markel Olano
Preceded by	Imanol Lasa
Succeeded by	Irune Berasaluze
Deputy of Governance of the Gipuzkoa Provincial Council
In office 1 July 2019 – 29 June 2023
President	Markel Olano
Preceded by	Imanol Lasa
Succeeded by	Irune Berasaluze
President of the General Assembly of Gipuzkoa
In office 12 June 2015 – 2 April 2019
Preceded by	Lohitzune Txarola
Succeeded by	Xabier Ezeizabarrena
Member of the General Assembly of Gipuzkoa
In office 13 June 2011 – 11 July 2019
Succeeded by	Elixabete Murua
Parliamentary group	Basque Nationalists
Constituency	Bidasoa-Oiartzun
Member of the Basque Parliament for Gipuzkoa
In office 11 October 2001 – 30 June 2011
Preceded by	Idoia Zenarrutzabeitia
Succeeded by	Kerman Orbegozo
Parliamentary group	Basque Nationalists
Personal details
Born	Eider Mendoza Larrañaga (1974-04-16) 16 April 1974 (age 50) Azpeitia
Nationality	Basque
Political party	Basque National Party
Children	4
Residence	Hondarribia
Education	Business Studies
Alma mater	INSEEC Business School
Occupation	Economist
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Website	Personal Twitter

Eider Mendoza Larrañaga (born 16 April 1974) is a Basque economist and politician affiliated with the Basque National Party. Since 2023, she is the president of the Gipuzkoa Provincial Council, being the first woman to hold the position. She holds a degree in Business Studies and started her political career as a member of the Basque Parliament, from 2001 to 2011. From 2011 to 2019, she was a member of the General Assembly of Gipuzkoa. She was the vice president (deputy speaker) of the Assembly during the 2011-2015 term. After the Basque National Party's election victory in 2015, she was appointed president (speaker) of the Assembly for the 2015-2019 term. Since 2019 she has been the spokesperson of the Gipuzkoa Provincial Council, and Provincial Deputy of Governance. In 2020, she was named vice-president of Gipuzkoa Provincial Council after a reshuffle by President Markel Olano. She stood for President of the Gipuzkoa Provincial Council in the 2023 foral election.^[1]

She was a member of the youth organization Euzko Gaztedi, and is currently a member of the Basque National Party's Hondarribia local branch. She has been a commentator in radio and TV shows of EITB (Mezularia, Faktoria, Debatea, Egun on Euskadi), as well as a member of the General Assembly of Kutxa and a contributor in the press.