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Oriol Junqueras
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Spanish politician and historian (born 1969)
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Oriol Junqueras i Vies is a Spanish politician, historian, university teacher, and writer. Born in 1969 in Sant Andreu de Palomar, he is a member of the Republican Left of Catalonia and Sobirania i Progrés. He has served as a Member of the European Parliament, working in Strasbourg, Brussels, Barcelona, and Madrid. He is a Catholic who speaks Catalan, Spanish, and Italian.
Junqueras was educated at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the University of Barcelona. He has been employed by the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia. He has resided in Sant Vicenç dels Horts and Sant Andreu de Palomar. He has been detained at Estremera Prison, Centre Penitenciari dels Lledoners, and Soto del Real prison.
As an author, he has written twelve works, including *Historia de Japón. Economía, política y sociedad*, *Revoltats*, *Contes des de la presó*, *Cuentos desde la prisión*, and *Tornarem a vèncer*. He has stood as a candidate in the 2009 and 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain, as well as the 2012 and 2015 Catalan regional elections. He is male and has two children.
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- 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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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
- Place of birth
- Sant Andreu de Palomar
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Position held
- Member of the European Parliament
- Educated at
- University of Barcelona
- Political party
- Republican Left of Catalonia
- 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
- Residence
- Sant Andreu de Palomar
- 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
- place of detention
- Centre Penitenciari dels Lledoners
- member of
- Sobirania i Progrés
- social media followers
- 615269
- P10632
- Oriol Junqueras
- pseudonym
- El Mossèn
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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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