Víctor Naudi
Víctor Naudi Zamora (born 28 August 1958)[1] is an Andorran architect and politician. He was the president of the Social Democratic Party (PS), serving in the General Council (2007–2009) and then as minister of the interior in the government of Jaume Bartumeu until its defeat in 2011. He left PS at the start of 2013 and established Social Democracy and Progress (SDP) alongside Bartumeu, leading its candidacy and being one of its two members elected to the General Council in 2015. The party lost its representatives in the 2019 election.
Biography
[edit]Naudi is an architect and has criticised Andorra's building development since the Spanish Civil War, believing it to be rapid and unplanned.[2] In 2021, he designed a new 11-room building for The British College of Andorra.[3]
Naudi was a councillor in Escaldes–Engordany from 1999 to 2007, then a member of the General Council until 2009, when he became minister of the interior in the Social Democratic Party (PS) government of the prime minister of Andorra, Jaume Bartumeu. He left office in May 2011, when Antoni Martí of the Democrats for Andorra (DA) became prime minister.[4]
Naudi was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 9 October 2017 as a substitute, then permanently from 22 January 2018 to 23 June 2019. He was a vice-chair of the Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group.[5]
Naudi was the PS president,[6] resigning in January 2013 amidst a controversy within the party, where Bartumeu was accusing it of becoming too radical.[7] The following month, Naudi was a founding member of Social Democracy and Progress (SDP), which began as a current within the PS for those supporting Bartumeu.[8] After fully separating from the party, Naudi led SDP in the 2015 Andorran parliamentary election, receiving 11.7% of the vote on the national list and two seats in the General Council.[9]
In the 2019 election, Josep Roig led the SDP candidacy, with Naudi 13th on the party's national list.[10] The party lost about a third of its votes compared to four years earlier, and both representatives on the General Council.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Víctor Naudi Zamora" (in Catalan). General Council (Andorra). Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ Rybalchenko, Irina (17 June 2022). ""The growth of building opportunities for the minority was allowed to the detriment of the majority"" (PDF). El Periòdic d'Andorra. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "The British College inaugura un nou edifici". El Periòdic d'Andorra (in Catalan). 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "El Govern de Martí es posa en marxa sota la consigna del treball en equip" [The Martí government is launched under the slogan of teamwork]. Bondia (in Catalan). 16 May 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Mr Víctor NAUDI ZAMORA". Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "El PS vol que Martí actuï contra Mateu si no dimiteix" [PS wants Martí to act against Mateu if he does not resign]. Diari d'Andorra (in Catalan). 13 January 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Víctor Naudi dimiteix com a president del Partit Socialdemòcrata" [Víctor Naudi resigns as president of the Social Democratic Party]. Ara (in Catalan). 27 January 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Els jaumistes funden el corrent Socialdemocràcia i Progrés per 'tornar a la centralitat de la política'" [Jaume Bartumeu's supporters found the current Social Democracy and Progress to 'return to the centre of politics'] (in Catalan). Fòrum.ad. 23 February 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "El centro-derecha revalida la mayoría absoluta en Andorra" [Centre-right retains absolute majority in Andorra]. La Razón (in Spanish). EFE. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ Cano, Sergi (1 April 2019). "Progressistes SDP vol conservar l'espai natural i la pagesia com a reclam turístic" [Progressives SDP want to conserve nature and farming with tourist appeal] (in Catalan). Andorra Difusió. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Un mal resultat deixa SDP sense representació al Consell" [A bad result leaves SDP without representation on the Council]. Diari d'Andorra (in Catalan). 8 April 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2023.