Maddalen Iriarte Okiñena (born 1963 in San Sebastián) is a journalist and politician from the Basque Country in Spain.

[2] Born in San Sebastián in 1963, Iriarte began a career in journalism at the local radio station Loiola Herri Irratia at the age of eighteen, while she was a Law student at the University of the Basque Country.

[3] In 1986, Iriarte joined the Basque public broadcast service EITB, where she was the presenter and editor of the ETB 1 news program Gaur Egun until 2009.

[5] Iriarte eventually headed the coalition's list after the Election Commission, upheld by the Constitutional Court of Spain, invalidated Arnaldo Otegi's candidature due to the Bateragune Case.

[6] After Iriarte was elected Member of Parliament, she was designated spokesperson for EH Bildu, and she was the coalition's candidate for Lehendakari at the investiture session.