Conversation had in the drafting of the Courier, in the office of director, that day was in Vitoria. I had called him a few days before explaining that he wanted an interview. I told him I thought. "Call me tomorrow." It was not easy for Maria Gloria Urtiaga-as they call their friends and family, say yes to an interview to The Mail.
We had started recording when he Ignacio Pérez, the photographer. It was he who got the problems with the construction of the house and exlehendakari health. The house has given Kanala major headaches . We talked about it, but outside the recording. Within a few weeks, will undertake the work for final adjustments to the law. Have to lower the roof 30 inches.
I would say that if there is a Basque character, Gloria Urtiaga fit the prototype.
Consort of José Antonio Ardanza, exlehendakari
Gloria Urtiaga
"I have been a stark criticism"
studied
Teaching and retired as a teacher at age 60, for nine. Gloria Urtiaga born in Gernika and during the time that Jose Antonio Ardanza, her husband, was lehendakari-between 1985 and 1999 - continued to practice. I went to school with an escort. Euskaltel's current president and his wife have two children and three grandchildren ages 12, 8 and 4 years.
- How did you meet?
- We had a friend at the University of Deusto. He was in law and I studied French. We had 21. As he was Gernika Elorrio and I, we were on the train.
- How were dating?
- Long, six years. First, for the race, then the underground.
- What do you call each other?
- José Antonio. Well, as we speak Euskera, I call him 'Gizon' (husband). He Mari Glori, but I do not say 'love' or anything like that.
- What is health after heart attack?
- Phenomenal. Inside nothing will stop taking some medicines, so good. Because I saw him dead. I'm very nervous, but at that time I had a lucid and calm then I did not recognize.
- What did?
- Telephoning. He was white, cold sweat, spoke very slowly, but told me not to worry, that he would. Then came the health, diagnosed a heart attack and decided to take a helicopter Cruces. When I heard it thought the worst, until I said it was normal in that area (Kanala, the Gernika estuary).
- Have you changed your habits?
- He is very slow. We like to eat and a good wine.
- how they lived their intense dedication to politics?
- If something has been a problem between us, and I admired him, is the ability to compromise, to take a step forward in Euskadi. When we were dating, he military, but did not say anything because the risks were enormous. I bumped the delivery because I have this generosity, although we share ideals. The next step was to become mayor of Mondragon. We had been there for 12 years. He was a troubled town, with many people from ETA and radical. Would have 30,000 people without economic resources, after the dictatorship, was the first experiment with democratic mayor. And I agree, I agree!, Leaving his job because he did not pay. I could not get over my astonishment. He said: 'We're being silly. We just have trouble, demonstrations in front of the house, frightened children .... "
- You opposed?
- Yes, but he takes it so deep ... To me that is the greatest enemy and the biggest exclamation point.
Without
anniversary dinner - How did your election as lehendakari?
- He was a deputy general of Guipúzcoa. The first news was a Friday night. The children were playing dominoes after dinner. We knew there were problems in the party. We had the TV on and suddenly say Garaikoetxea substitutes could be rope or Ardanza. 'Bah ...!, Nothing, they say things ...', comment.
- Then it discarded?
- Yes, but by 20 December, the date of our anniversary, José Antonio told me that would leave a little early to go out to dinner. In the afternoon called Roman Sudupe, then chairman of the EBB. 'What?, Something wrong?. " He said nothing. Then I called José Antonio. Had already proposed. I said, 'You have no problem. Break the license of the party and come home. "
- Does that say?
- He went to Bilbao (PNV headquarters) and he often said that neither a police station in the Franco era would have had such pressure. A las 6 de la mañana volvió a casa y me dijo: 'Ya está, ya les he dicho que no'.
- Pero usted ya se había quedado sin cena de aniversario.
- Ah, claro, esa y tantas... Después, fue a la asamblea general y ya no pudo negarse.
- ¿Qué edad tenían sus hijos cuando llegaron a Ajuria Enea?
- El niño 9 y la niña 13. Fue mucho engorro. Cuando era alcalde, ya les habíamos explicado que los ataques venían del mundo radical y de ETA. Pero, al ir a Vitoria, venían de gente que hasta unos días antes había sido de nuestro propio partido. Para los niños fue un desconcierto terrible.
- How he learned to be lehendakari consort?
- A shocks, and intuition. All image consultants that did not exist before. A school teacher is learning how to dress ten at night and at midnight ...
"You're a smart person.
- Thanks! I like to look good. I took off my coat as a teacher and I dressed as a woman of lehendakari. A I'm not worried about those things, but the mess we were stuck. How will my husband of this, I thought.
- They received visits from family or friends in Ajuria Enea?
- Yes Ajuria Enea is a private house. With an escort of nine people is hard to go to dinner at the home of a brother or a friend. It seemed that SWAT had invaded the stairs. Do it once.
The focus
- Was a break quit?
- Yes, and he was very planned. Although I have to say that for some people like us, be lehendakari of Euskadi is the highest honor.
- Following the release, "Ibarretxe wife consulted him?
- That's between her and me.
- I mean, yes.
- I will not answer.
- What did you learn from that experience?
"It allowed me to approach very disparate people who wanted to share with me their problems. I was very hard to say 'no' to organizations working for a few goals that I share completely. I found it easy to make common cause. Touched my heart. And that enriches, becomes tolerant.
- Does your husband changed a lot?
- Today is the same in their humanity, in his enthusiasm for compromise. Hobbies we are rising. I have been his stark criticism.
- What was worse?
- What were our children. And I was so shy, be the center of attention. I said, 'What am I doing here? Too bad husband chose! "
- When did he retire?
- I encourage you now. But it is very controlling. He knows everything there is at home in the freezer ... As I do not like that, and I said, 'When you retire, just divorce me. " He said, 'Well divórciate. I will go behind you. " I liked it because it does not say these things often.
- Now that you know all this, how would you react if he knew it would be lehendakari?
- I would say the same thing: 'Break the card and come home. "
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