Rodolfo Ares in his time as Interior Minister of the Basque Government. Europa Press
He was the correct hand of Patxi López throughout his time as Basque Lehendakari. He was Minister of the Interior of the Basque Government in the course of the presidency of Patxi López. He had been away from politics for a while as a consequence of sickness
The former Basque socialist politician Rodolfo Ares has died this Thursday in Bilbao after a protracted sickness. Ares (Ourense, 1954) was 68 years outdated and had been away from politics for a while. He was Minister of the Interior of the Basque Government with Patxi López from 2009 to 2012.
His political profession started in 1983, when he was elected councilor for the Bilbao City Council, the place he would turn out to be spokesman for the Municipal Socialist Group. He was one of many promoters for the creation of the Bilbao Ría 2000 Society, throughout his interval as socialist spokesman from 1991 to 1994. In 1990 he turned deputy normal secretary of the Vizcaya socialists with Nicolás Redondo Terreros as provincial secretary. .
The Basque socialists have communicated his dying and have despatched their condolences to the household.
We need to announce the dying of our colleague Rodolfo Ares and ship a giant hug to his household. immense ache. 🌹
— Basque Socialists – Euskal Sozialistak / ❤️ (@socialistavasco) January 26, 2023
In 2009 he was appointed Minister of the Interior of the Basque Government throughout the authorities group of the socialist Patxi López. He answerable for directing the Ertzaintza in opposition to ETA. He was the correct hand of Patxi López, and the seen head of the “exhausting core” of the cupboard. Under his mandate, the Directorate for Attention to Gender Violence in Euskadi was created, offering it with the means and sources to fight sexist violence.
Ares participated within the Negotiating Commission for the investiture and formation of the federal government of Pedro Sánchez after the 2016 elections. He was an interlocutor in conferences with Ciudadanos, Compromís, Izquierda Unida, Podemos and their numerous platforms. He was additionally a part of the PSOE Electoral Committee for the following two normal elections that have been held. He lastly left his exercise affected by an sickness, though he continued to be a member of the Federal Committee of the PSOE, of the National Committee of the Basque Socialists, and was Vice President of the Ramón Rubial Foundation.