Arturo Alcoceba

== Life and career ==

== Life and career ==

He was born in Sodupe ([[Güeñes]]) on 4 December 1952 into a [[Basque nationalism|Basque nationalist]] family with two sons and two daughters. His sister is Paquita Alcoceba, a Basque politician, and her brother-in-law [[Luis Laiseka]], also a politician. His maternal grandfather is [[Cipriano Isusi]], a Basque politician and [[militia]]man who fought in the [[Euzko Gudarostea]] (army of the Government of Euzkadi) during the [[Spanish Civil War]] and who was imprisoned in the El Puerto de Santa María prison, along with politicians Juan de Ajuriaguerra and [[Jesús María Leizaola]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cipriano Isusi Alday {{!}} Todos los Nombres|url=https://www.todoslosnombres.org/content/personas/cipriano-isusi-alday|access-date=2021-11-04|website=www.todoslosnombres.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=haitzgorri|date=15 July 2018|title=632 presos de Bizkaia en el "El Puerto de Santa María", Cádiz|url=https://errepublikaplaza.wordpress.com/2018/07/15/632-presos-de-bizkaia-en-el-el-puerto-de-santa-maria-cadiz/|access-date=2021-11-04|website=ERREPUBLIKA PLAZA|language=es-ES}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Euskal Memoria:-Euskal Memoriako blogak|url=https://www.euskalmemoria.eus/es/db/espetxeratuak_orokorra?page=120|access-date=2021-11-04|website=www.euskalmemoria.eus}}</ref>

He was born in Sodupe ([[Güeñes]]) on 4 December 1952 into a [[Basque nationalism|Basque nationalist]] family with two sons and two daughters. His sister is Paquita Alcoceba, a Basque politician, and her brother-in-law [[Luis Laiseka]], also a politician. His maternal grandfather was [[Cipriano Isusi]], a Basque politician and [[militia]]man who fought in the [[Euzko Gudarostea]] (army of the Government of Euzkadi) during the [[Spanish Civil War]] and who was imprisoned in the El Puerto de Santa María prison, along with politicians Juan de Ajuriaguerra and [[Jesús María Leizaola]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cipriano Isusi Alday {{!}} Todos los Nombres|url=https://www.todoslosnombres.org/content/personas/cipriano-isusi-alday|access-date=2021-11-04|website=www.todoslosnombres.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=haitzgorri|date=15 July 2018|title=632 presos de Bizkaia en el "El Puerto de Santa María", Cádiz|url=https://errepublikaplaza.wordpress.com/2018/07/15/632-presos-de-bizkaia-en-el-el-puerto-de-santa-maria-cadiz/|access-date=2021-11-04|website=ERREPUBLIKA PLAZA|language=es-ES}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Euskal Memoria:-Euskal Memoriako blogak|url=https://www.euskalmemoria.eus/es/db/espetxeratuak_orokorra?page=120|access-date=2021-11-04|website=www.euskalmemoria.eus}}</ref>

As a young man, he joined [[Euzko Gaztedi|Euzko Gaztedi Indarra]] (EGI) and the [[Basque Nationalist Party]], forming part of the municipal executive of the party in Güeñes. Part of the "[[Basque Nationalist Party|PNV]] in hiding" in the [[Franco regime]], he was part of one of the most politically active towns, organizing clandestine meetings, placing ikurriñas, graffiti, distribution of propaganda, illegal concentrations, bonfires on the summits on the eve of [[Aberri Eguna]], etc.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Deia|title=Luis Mari Zarate, un 'humilde' militante de la cultura, la montaña, del PNV y de ELA|url=https://www.deia.eus/actualidad/sociedad/2014/04/12/luis-mari-zarate-humilde-militante/361531.html|access-date=2021-11-04|website=www.deia.eus|date=12 April 2014 |language=es}}</ref>

As a young man, he joined [[Euzko Gaztedi|Euzko Gaztedi Indarra]] (EGI) and the [[Basque Nationalist Party]], forming part of the municipal executive of the party in Güeñes. Part of the "[[Basque Nationalist Party|PNV]] in hiding" in the [[Franco regime]], he was part of one of the most politically active towns, organizing clandestine meetings, placing ikurriñas, graffiti, distribution of propaganda, illegal concentrations, bonfires on the summits on the eve of [[Aberri Eguna]], etc.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Deia|title=Luis Mari Zarate, un 'humilde' militante de la cultura, la montaña, del PNV y de ELA|url=https://www.deia.eus/actualidad/sociedad/2014/04/12/luis-mari-zarate-humilde-militante/361531.html|access-date=2021-11-04|website=www.deia.eus|date=12 April 2014 |language=es}}</ref>