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Also known as Oriol Junqueras i Vies

Spanish politician and historian (born 1969)

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Oriol Junqueras, born Oriol Junqueras i Vies on 11 April 1969 in Sant Andreu de Palomar, is a Spanish politician, historian, university teacher, and writer. He was educated at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the University of Barcelona, and has been employed by the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia. A member of the Republican Left of Catalonia and Sobirania i Progrés, he has held office as a Member of the European Parliament, working in Strasbourg, Brussels, Barcelona, and Madrid, and stood as a candidate in the 2009 and 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain and the 2012 and 2015 Catalan regional elections. Junqueras follows Catholicism, speaks Catalan, Spanish, and Italian, has two children, and has been held at Estremera Prison, the Centre Penitenciari dels Lledoners, and Soto del Real prison.

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Person · Open Library

Works
12

Top works

  • Historia de Japón. Economía, política y sociedad
  • Revoltats
  • Contes des de la presó
  • Cuentos desde la prisión
  • Tornarem a vèncer

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2
Total plays
2

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Oriol+Junqueras">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 43,600x

  2. Ultrasensitive photodetectors based on monolayer MoS2

    · 2013 · cited 4,815x

  3. Show and tell: A neural image caption generator

    · 2015 · cited 4,039x

  4. The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer

    · 2020 · cited 3,331x

  5. Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

    · 2020 · cited 2,826x

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Key facts

Preceded by
Marta Rovira (acting)
Succeeded by
Marta Rovira (acting)
President
Carles Puigdemont
Constituency
Spain
Born
Oriol Junqueras i Vies , ( 1969-04-11 ) 11 April 1969 (age 57) , Barcelona , Catalonia, Spain
Citizenship
Spanish
Party
Republican Left of Catalonia
Alma mater
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Occupation
Academic

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Oriol
Gender
male
Citizenship
Spain
Occupation
screenwriter
Languages spoken
Italian
Native language
Catalan
Religion
Catholicism
Official website
www.junqueras.cat
Image
Oriol Junqueras a Terrassa 2021 (cropped).jpg
Number of children
2
Work location
Barcelona
Significant event
pardon
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Commons category
Oriol Junqueras i Vies
date of birth
1969-04-11
name in native language
Oriol Junqueras i Vies
birth name
Oriol Junqueras i Vies
social media followers
615269
pseudonym
El Mossèn
Sources (15)

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Encyclopedic overview

Oriol Junqueras i Vies ( Catalan: [uɾiˈɔl ʒuŋˈkeɾəz i ˈβi.əs]; born 11 April 1969) is a Catalan politician and historian from Spain. A former mayor of the municipality of Sant Vicenç dels Horts in Catalonia, Junqueras served as Vice President of Catalonia from January 2016 to October 2017, when he was removed from office following the Catalan declaration of independence and was imprisoned until June 2021 for his role in organizing the 2017 Catalan independence referendum. He is president of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC). Born in 1969 in Barcelona, Junqueras grew up in the municipality of Sant Vicenç dels Horts. After graduating from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, he taught history at the university.

As a supporter of Catalan independence, Junqueras joined ERC in 2010. Three years before, he had been elected to the Municipality Council of Sant Vicenç dels Horts for the same party, and in 2011 he became mayor. He was elected a member of the European Parliament (MEP) in 2009, a seat he held until January 2012. In 2012 he was elected as a member of the Parliament of Catalonia for the Province of Barcelona. In January 2016, following an agreement between the Junts pel Sí (JxSí), an electoral alliance of which ERC was a part, and the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP), Junqueras was appointed Vice President of Catalonia.

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