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Catalan politician and urban planner
In this
Catalan name , the first or paternal
surname is
Torrent and the second or maternal family name is
Ramió ; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Roger Torrent i Ramió (born 19 July 1979) is a Spanish politician and
urban planner from
Catalonia . A former mayor of the municipality of
Sarrià de Ter in north-eastern
Spain , Torrent was
President of the
Parliament of Catalonia from January 2018 until March 2021. Since 26 May 2021 he is the
Minister of Business and Work of Catalonia .
Early life
Torrent was born on 19 July 1979 in
Sarrià de Ter , a village in the
Province of Girona in north-eastern
Catalonia .
[1]
[2] He has a degree in political science and administration from the
Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and a
master's degree in territorial and urban studies from the
Polytechnic University of Catalonia and
Pompeu Fabra University .
[3]
[4] He has a
postgraduate degree in political communication from the UAB's Institut de Ciències Polítiques i Socials (Institute of Political and Social Sciences).
[5]
[6]
Career
Torrent joined the
Young Republican Left of Catalonia , the youth wing of the
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), in 1998 and in 2000 joined the ERC.
[7]
[8] He contested the
1999 local elections as a Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal (ERC-AM)
electoral alliance candidate in Sarrià de Ter and was elected.
[9]
[10] He was re-elected at the
2003 and
2007 local elections.
[11]
[12] After the 2007 election ERC-AM formed an administration with the
Convergence and Union (CiU) and Torrent became Mayor of Sarrià de Ter.
[13]
[14] He was re-elected at the
2011 and
2015 local elections.
[15]
[16]
Torrent was the secretary of regional parliamentary policy in the federation of Girona from 2000 to 2008 and the ERC spokesperson on the Diputació de Girona between 2011 and 2012.
[9]
[17] He was a member of the Municipal Commission of Catalonia and the Local Government Commission of Catalonia between 2007 and 2011 and is a member of the executive of the Association of Catalan Municipalities.
[2]
[18]
Torrent contested the
2012 regional election as a
Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes (ERC–CatSí) electoral alliance candidate in the
Province of Girona and was elected to the
Parliament of Catalonia .
[19] He was re-elected at the
2015 and
2017 regional elections.
[20]
[21] He was elected
President of the Parliament of Catalonia on 17 January 2018, defeating
Citizens candidate
José María Espejo-Saavedra Conesa by 65 votes to 56 votes.
[22]
[23]
[24] He is the youngest president of the Catalan Parliament.
[25]
According to an investigation by
The Guardian and
El País , Torrent's phone was hacked using the Pegasus software from the
NSO Group .
[26]
Personal life
Torrent is married and has two daughters.
[9]
[5] He is a keen runner and skier, and a fan of football and handball.
[9]
Electoral history
References
^ Moldes, Aleix (16 January 2018).
"Roger Torrent: alcalde de Sarrià de Ter i el president més jove del Parlament" .
Ara (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
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a
b Ubieto, Gabriel (17 January 2018).
"Roger Torrent, home de partit i polític professional" .
El Periódico de Catalunya (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
^
"Roger Torrent serà el nou president del Parlament de Catalunya" .
VilaWeb (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
^ Tercero, D. (16 January 2018).
"ERC presenta a Roger Torrent para la presidencia del Parlament en sustitución de Carme Forcadell" .
ABC (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
^
a
b Ruiz Valdivia, Antonio (16 January 2018).
"17 cosas que no sabías de Roger Torrent" .
HuffPost (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
^
"Conoce a Roger Torrent, el nuevo presidente del Parlament" . teinteresa.es (in Spanish). 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
^
"Roger Torrent, de portaveu adjunt de JxSí a president del Parlament més jove de la història" .
La Vanguardia (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain.
Catalan News Agency . 16 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
^
"Roger Torrent, de alcalde independentista a presidente más joven de Parlament" .
RTVE (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain.
EFE . 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
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a
b
c
d Fanals, Laura (17 January 2018).
"Roger Torrent: Independentista convençut, esportista i molt vinculat a la vida de Sarrià de Ter" .
Diari de Girona (in Catalan). Girona, Spain. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
^ Lasalas, Marta (16 January 2018).
"Torrent se presenta como "diputado del Parlament de la República catalana" " . El Nacional (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
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a
b
"Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2003 - Mun. Sarrià de Ter" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain:
Ministry of the Interior . Archived from
the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
^
a
b
"Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2007 - Mun. Sarrià de Ter" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain:
Ministry of the Interior . Archived from
the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
^ Rovira, Marc (17 January 2018).
"Roger Torrent, un valor del fortí independentista al capdavant del Parlament" .
El País (in Catalan). Madrid, Spain. Archived from
the original on 16 October 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
^ Lasalas, Marta (16 January 2018).
"ERC to propose Roger Torrent as new Catalan Parliament speaker" . El Nacional (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
^
a
b
"Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Sarrià de Ter" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain:
Ministry of the Interior . Archived from
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^
a
b
"Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2015 - Mun. Sarrià de Ter" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain:
Ministry of the Interior . Archived from
the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
^ Ubieto, Gabriel (17 January 2018).
"Roger Torrent: así es el nuevo 'president' del Parlament de Catalunya" .
El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
^ Recasens, Júlia (10 December 2014).
"Torrent, escollit alcaldable d'ERC a Sarrià de Ter" .
El Punt (in Catalan). Girona, Spain. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
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a
b
"Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2012: Candidats electes" (PDF) (in Catalan). Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge,
Generalitat de Catalunya . p. 2. Retrieved 17 January 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 .
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a
b
c
"Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2017: Composició del Parlament" (in Catalan).
Generalitat de Catalunya . Archived from
the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
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"Catalonia MPs elect separatist speaker as parliament reconvenes" .
BBC News . London, U.K. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
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"Catalan lawmakers elect separatist parliamentary speaker as sacked leader Carles Puigdemont eyes comeback" .
The New Indian Express . Chennai, India.
Press Trust of India . 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
^
"Roger Torrent, new Catalan Parliament president" .
Catalan News Agency . Barcelona, Spain. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
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"Roger Torrent: the youngest Parliament president" .
Catalan News Agency . Barcelona, Spain. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
^ Kirchgaessner, Stephanie; Jones, Sam (July 13, 2020).
"Phone of top Catalan politician 'targeted by government-grade spyware' " .
The Guardian .
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