Elixabete Etxanobe

Elixabete Etxanobe
Etxanobe in 2020
President of the Foral Council of Bizkaia
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 July 2023
Preceded by	Unai Rementeria
Foral Deputy of Public Administration and Institutional Relations of the Foral Council of Bizkaia
In office 17 March 2021 – 5 July 2023
President	Unai Rementeria
Preceded by	Ibone Bengoetxea
Succeeded by	Ager Izagirre
Deputy Minister of Administration and Services
In office 3 October 2020 – 16 March 2021
President	Iñigo Urkullu
Preceded by	Ana Agirre
Succeeded by	Miren Goitia
Deputy minister for Institutional Relations
In office 1 December 2019 – 2 October 2020
President	Iñigo Urkullu
Preceded by	Peru Bazako
Succeeded by	Jone Berriozabal
Director for Local Government Relations and Administrative Registers
In office 18 January 2013 – 30 November 2019
Preceded by	José Raimundo Cuesta
Succeeded by	Itziar Lizeaga
Town councillor in Otxandio
In office 2007–2011
Parliamentary group	Basque Nationalist Party
Constituency	Otxandio
Personal details
Born	Elixabete Etxanobe Landajuela 1978 (age 45–46) Otxandio, Spain
Political party	Basque Nationalist Party
Children	2
Residence	Otxandio
Education	Law
Alma mater	University of Deusto
Occupation	Civil servant

Elixabete Etxanobe Landajuela (born in 1978 in Otxandio) is a Spanish lawyer and politician from the Basque Country affiliated with the Basque Nationalist Party. Since 2023, she serves as the General Deputy (President) of the Foral Council of Bizkaia (Government of Biscay). She is the first woman to hold the position. She previously held various second rank positions in the Basque Government under president Iñigo Urkullu (2013-2021), and joined the Foral Council of Bizkaia in 2021 under General Deputy Unai Rementeria, serving as foral deputy of Public Administration and Institutional Relations until 2023.^[1][2]