Ada Colau
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Key facts
- First deputy
- Gerardo Pisarello (2015–2019) , Jaume Collboni (2019–2023)
- Preceded by
- Xavier Trias
- Succeeded by
- Jaume Collboni
- Born
- Ada Colau Ballano , ( 1974-03-03 ) 3 March 1974 (age 52) , Barcelona , Catalonia, Spain
- Party
- Barcelona en Comú (2014–present), Catalunya en Comú (2017–present)
- Other political affiliations
- Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (2009–present)
- Domestic partner
- Adriá Alemany Salafranca
- Occupation
- Activist, writer, politician
- Website
- adacolau .cat /en
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Barcelona
- Occupation
- LGBTQ rights activist
- Educated at
- University of Barcelona
- Political party
- Catalunya en Comú
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Ada Colau, 2022.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Work location
- Barcelona
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- candidacy in election
- 2024 Catalan parliament election
- Commons category
- Ada Colau
- date of birth
- 1974-03-03
- sexual orientation
- bisexuality
- birth name
- Immaculada Colau i Ballano
- member of
- Global Sumud Flotilla
- social media followers
- 6070
- P10632
- Ada Colau
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Encyclopedic overview
Ada Colau Ballano ( Catalan: [ˈaðə kuˈlaw] Spanish: [ˈaða koˈlaw]; born 3 March 1974) is a Spanish activist and politician who was Mayor of Barcelona between 2015 and 2023. On 13 June 2015 she was elected Mayor of Barcelona, the first woman to hold the office, as part of the citizen municipalist platform, Barcelona En Comú. Colau was one of the founding members and spokespeople of the Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH) (Platform for People Affected by Mortgages), which was set up in Barcelona in 2009 in response to the rise in evictions caused by unpaid mortgage loans and the collapse of the Spanish property market in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
Early and personal life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ada Colau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.