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Quim Torra | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2018 | |
| 131st[1] President of the Government of Catalonia | |
| In office 17 May 2018 – 29 September 2020 | |
| Monarch | Felipe VI |
| Vice President | Pere Aragonès |
| Preceded by | Direct rule Carles Puigdemont until 28 October 2017) |
| Succeeded by | Pere Aragonès |
| Member of the Catalan Parliament for the Province of Barcelona | |
| In office 17 January 2018 – 27 January 2020 | |
| President of Òmnium Cultural | |
| In office 21 July 2015 – 19 December 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Muriel Casals |
| Succeeded by | Jordi Cuixart |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joaquim Torra i Pla 28 December 1962 Blanes, Catalonia, Spain |
| Political party | Together for Catalonia |
| Other political affiliations | Reagrupament[2] Democratic Union of Catalonia[2] |
| Spouse |
Carola Miró (died 2024) |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Barcelona |
| Alma mater | Autonomous University of Barcelona |
| Occupation | Lawyer and editor |
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Joaquim Torra i Pla (Catalan: [ʒu.əˈkim ˈtorə i pla]; born 28 December 1962), known as Quim Torra, is a Catalan lawyer and journalist from Spain. He served as President of the Government of Catalonia from 17 May 2018 to 28 September 2020, when the Supreme Court of Spain confirmed a court ruling by the High Court of Justice of Catalonia condemning him for disobeying the Central Electoral Board during the April 2019 general election, leading to his disqualification from office.[3][4][5]
Born in Blanes, Torra graduated from the Autonomous University of Barcelona before joining the legal profession. He worked as executive for a multinational insurance company for twenty years before starting his own publishing company. He later held senior positions for the City of Barcelona and Generalitat de Catalunya.
A supporter of Catalan independence,[6][7] and former member of Democratic Union of Catalonia and Reagrupament,[2] Torra does not currently belong to any political party.[8] He has held senior positions in several pro-independence organisations including the Òmnium Cultural and Assemblea Nacional Catalana. He was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia at the 2017 regional election as an independent candidate for the pro-independence Together for Catalonia electoral alliance. In May 2018, he was elected 131st president of the Government of Catalonia,[9] after the Spanish courts blocked three other candidates.
- ^ "Presidents of the Generalitat". catalangovernment.eu. Generalitat de Catalunya. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ a b c Palà, Roger (15 December 2015). "Els hereus de Reagrupament". El Periódico.
- ^ "Puigdemont rejects being chosen as next Catalan leader". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ^ Solé Altimira, Oriol (28 September 2020). "El Supremo inhabilita a Torra por unanimidad y remata la legislatura catalana". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ "Torra recibe la notificación de la sentencia del Supremo y deja de ser presidente de Cataluña". Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). EFE. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ "Quim Torra sworn in as Catalan president amid xenophobia claims". The Guardian. 17 May 2018.
- ^ "Quim Torra: Catalonia elects hardline separatist as new regional president". The Independent. 14 May 2018.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
EN100518was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Quim Torra pren possessió com a 131è president de la Generalitat". Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan). 17 May 2018. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.