sentences:  Upon approval of the new Statute, the new Basque Government was created (1980), superseding the Basque General Council.Garaikoetxea was the first "lehendakari" of the new Government.During the current legislative term, the Basque Government is chaired by Iñigo Urkullu, member of the Basque Nationalist Party, thanks to a government agreement with the Basque Socialist Party-Basque Left Party (PSE-EE).