Albert Botran
Albert Botran | |
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![]() Botran in April 2014 | |
Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain | |
Assumed office 3 December 2019 | |
Constituency | Barcelona |
Member of the Parliament of Catalonia | |
In office 26 October 2015 – 28 October 2017 | |
Constituency | Barcelona |
Member of Molins de Rei Municipal Council | |
In office 2011–2015 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Albert Botran i Pahissa 14 January 1984 Molins de Rei, Catalonia, Spain |
Political party | Poble Lliure |
Other political affiliations | Popular Unity Candidacy–For Rupture |
Alma mater | Autonomous University of Barcelona |
Occupation | Historian |
Albert Botran i Pahissa (born 14 January 1984) is a Catalan historian, politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was previously a member of the Parliament of Catalonia.
Early life
Botran was born on 14 January 1984 in Molins de Rei, Catalonia.[1][2] He has a degree in history and a master's degree in comparative history from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.[1][2]
Career
Botran has been active in the leftist Catalan independence movement since 2002 and helped found the Molins de Rei branch of Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) in 2007.[2][3] He was a member of the CUP's national secretariat from 2009 to 2013 and from 2018 to 2019.[1][2] Botran works for the Òmnium Cultural.[2][3] In 2010 he won the 24th Francesc Carreras i Candi Award for his work Pensar Històricament els Països Catalans. La Historiografia i el Projecte Nacional dels Països Catalans (1960-1985).[2][4]
Botran contested the 2011 local elections as a Popular Unity Candidacy–Active People (CUP-PA) electoral alliance candidate in Molins de Rei and was elected.[5][6] Botran was one of the signatories of the October 2014 Nous Temps, Noves Eines - Per la Independència, pel Socialisme, pels Països Catalans: Ni un pas Enrere’, manifesto by leftist Catalan nationalists.[7][8] The manifesto led to the formation, in November 2014, of Poble Lliure of which Botran is a member.[2][3][9] He did not seek re-election at the 2015 local elections.[10]
Botran contested the 2015 regional election as a CUP candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia.[11][12] In February 2017 Botran attended an event in Castelló de Farfanya marking the 30th death anniversary of Catalan independence activist Julià Babia, a member of the Movement for Defence of the Land.[13][14] As a consequence, in September 2017 the Spanish Attorney General started an investigation on charges of extolling terrorism against four members of Poble Lliure: Botran, Toni Casserras, Ferran Dalmau and Guillem Fuster.[15][16] In December 2018 the Audiencia Nacional started investigating the case against the four and three others - Marcel·lí Canet, Marcel Casellas and Josep Maria Cervelló.[17]
At the 2017 regional election Botran was placed 81st on CUP's list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the party only won three seats in the province and as a result he failed to get re-elected.[18][19] He contested the 2019 November general election as a Popular Unity Candidacy–For Rupture candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[20][21]
Works
- Les Proclames de Sobirania de Catalunya 1640-1936 (2009, Farell Editors, co-authors Adrià Cases and Oriol Junqueras)
- Pensar Històricament els Països Catalans. La Historiografia i el Projecte Nacional dels Països Catalans (1960-1985) (2010)
- Unitat Popular. La construcció de la CUP i l'Independentisme d'Esquerres (2012, Edicions El Jonc)[2]
- Introducció a la Història dels Països Catalans (2014, Ediciones del 1979, co-authors Carles Castellanos and Lluís Sales; ISBN 9788494012679)
Electoral history
Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | No. | Result | ||
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2011 local[5][6] | Molins de Rei | style="background:Template:Popular Unity Candidacy/meta/color;"| | Popular Unity Candidacy | style="background:Template:Popular Unity Candidacy/meta/color;"| | Popular Unity Candidacy-Active People | 4 | Elected |
2015 regional[11][12] | Province of Barcelona | style="background:Template:Poble Lliure/meta/color;"| | Poble Lliure | style="background:Template:Popular Unity Candidacy/meta/color;"| | Popular Unity Candidacy | 5 | Elected |
2017 regional[18][19] | Province of Barcelona | style="background:Template:Poble Lliure/meta/color;"| | Poble Lliure | style="background:Template:Popular Unity Candidacy/meta/color;"| | Popular Unity Candidacy | 81 | Not elected |
2019 November general[20][21] | Province of Barcelona | style="background:Template:Poble Lliure/meta/color;"| | Poble Lliure | style="background:Template:Popular Unity Candidacy–For Rupture/meta/color;"| | Popular Unity Candidacy–For Rupture | 2 | Elected |
References
- ^ a b c "Members: XIV Legislatura ( 2019-Actualidad ) - Botran Pahissa, Albert" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Palà, Roger; Aznar, Laura; Picazo, Sergi; Soldevila, Laia; Vila, Joan (8 October 2019). "Qui són i d'on vénen els candidats de la CUP al Congrés". Crític (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ a b c Polo, Jose (17 July 2015). "L'exregidor Albert Botran, candidat a les primàries de la CUP". Viu Molins de Rei (in Catalan). Molins de Rei, Spain. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "Pensar històricament els Països Catalans', d'Albert Botran, guanyador del XXIV Premi Francesc Carreras i Candi" (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Òmnium Cultural. Archived from the original on 1 October 2010.
- ^ a b "Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral Zona de Sant Feliu de Llobregat". Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Diputació de Barcelona. 20 April 2011. p. 34. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Molins de Rei" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "Adhesió de l´escriptor Miquel López Crespí al Manifest Nous temps, noves eines NI UN PAS ENRERE – PER LA INDEPENDÈNCIA, PEL SOCIALISME, PELS PAÏSOS CATALANS – NI UN PAS ENRERE" (in Catalan). Literatura catalana moderna - Illes. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "Neix una nova organització de l'esquerra independentista". Nació Digital (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 29 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014.
- ^ "Neix "Poble Lliure", la nova organització estratègica de l'esquerra independentista" (in Catalan). Llibertat.cat. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ Polo, Jose (11 June 2015). "11 dels 21 regidors de l'Ajuntament de Molins de Rei s'acomiaden del ple municipal". Viu Molins de Rei (in Catalan). Molins de Rei, Spain. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Anuncis Diversos: Administració Electoral - Juntes Electorals Provincials". Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan). No. 6947. Barcelona, Spain: Generalitat de Catalunya. 1 September 2015. p. 20. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2015: Candidats electes" (PDF) (in Catalan). Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, Generalitat de Catalunya. p. 2. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ "Emotiu homenatge a Julià Babia i companys de lluita a Castelló de Farfanya" (in Catalan). Llibertat.cat. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "Querella contra quatre membres de Poble Lliure per enaltiment del terrorisme". Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "de Poble Lliure per enaltiment del terrorisme". El Món (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 24 September 2017. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017.
- ^ "Declara a Lleida un dels investigats per homenatjar l'històric independentista Julià Babia". El Punt (in Catalan). Girona, Spain. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "Arxiven la causa per enaltiment del terrorisme contra Albert Botran i altres membres de Poble Lliure". Nació Digital (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 281. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 19 November 2017. p. 111425. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2017: Composició del Parlament" (in Catalan). Generalitat de Catalunya. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales – Elecciones generales. Proclamación de candidaturas" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 248. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 15 October 2019. p. 113506. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Noviembre 2019" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
External links
- 1984 births
- Autonomous University of Barcelona alumni
- Historians from Catalonia
- Writers from Catalonia
- Living people
- Members of the 14th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
- Members of the 11th Parliament of Catalonia
- Municipal councillors in the province of Barcelona
- People from Molins de Rei
- Popular Unity Candidacy politicians