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José Antonio Aguirre
José Antonio Aguirre was a Basque Nationalist Party politician and former footballer who became the first lehendakari, or president, of the autonomous Basque government. He took his oath under the oak of Guernica on 7 October 1936, during the Spanish Civil War. After Francoist forces took Bilbao in 1937 he led the Basque government in exile until his death.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). José Antonio Aguirre. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jose-antonio-aguirre
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