What is Iñaki Azkuna?
[[File:Inaki_Azkuna_2005.jpg|thumb|200px|{{Center|Iñaki Azkuna in October 2005.}}]] '''Iñaki Azkuna Urreta''' (14 February 1943 &ndash; 20 March 2014) was a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] [[politician]] of the [[Basque Nationalist Party]]. From 1999 until his death, he was mayor of the city of [[Bilbao]], [[Biscay]] in the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]]. In 2012, he won the [[World Mayor|World Mayor Prize]], honoring the most outstanding mayors in the world.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/legislatura/gobierno/nacionalista/minoria/elpepiesp/20030119elpepinac_2/Tes/|title=Una legislatura de gobierno nacionalista en minoría|work=El País|publisher=Edicíones El País|date=19 January 2003|last=Galarraga|first=Naiara|accessdate=20 March 2014}} {{in lang|es}}</ref> He was born in [[Durango, Biscay|Durango]], [[Biscay]]. Azkuna died from [[prostate cancer]] on 20 March 2014 in Bilbao, Biscay. He was 71 years old.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.es/espana/20140320/abci-muere-inaki-azkuna-201403181036.html|title=Fallece a los 71 años Iñaki Azkuna, alcalde de Bilbao, aquejado de un cáncer|date=20 March 2014|accessdate=20 March 2014|newspaper=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]]}} {{in lang|es}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/bilbao-mayor-azkuna.html Iñaki Azkuna] at [http://www.citymayors.com/ City Mayors] {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Azkuna, Inaki}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Spain]] [[Category:Deaths from prostate cancer]] [[Category:Spanish mayors]]