Carles Campuzano

Carles Campuzano
Campuzano in November 2015
Minister of Social Rights of Catalonia
In office
10 October 2022 – 12 August 2024
PresidentPere Aragonès
Preceded byViolant Cervera
Succeeded byMónica Martínez Bravo
Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
In office
20 March 1996 – 5 March 2019
ConstituencyBarcelona
Member of the Parliament of Catalonia
In office
3 April 1992 – 26 September 1995
ConstituencyBarcelona
Member of Vilanova i la Geltrú Municipal Council
In office
1987–1991
Personal details
Born
Carles Campuzano i Canadès

(1964-07-12) 12 July 1964 (age 60)
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Political partyCDC (1983–2016)
PDeCAT (2016–20)
Alma materUniversity of Barcelona
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Carles Campuzano i Canadès (born 12 July 1964) is a Catalan politician and a former member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain and the Parliament of Catalonia.

Early life and family

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Campuzano was born on 12 July 1964 in Barcelona, Catalonia.[1][2] He has a degree in law from the University of Barcelona.[3][4] Campuzano joined the Nationalist Youth of Catalonia (JNC) in 1981 and was a member of its National Executive Committee from 1984 as well as its secretary-general (1989–94) and president (1994-96).[3][4] He was one of the founders of the National Student Federation of Catalonia (Federació Nacional d'Estudiants de Catalunya, FNEC).[3] Campuzano joined the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) in 1983 and was a member its national council.[1][3]

Career

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Campuzano at the CDC's "Defensem la nostra cultura" event on 21 June 2016

Campuzano worked as technical assistant in the Generalitat de Catalunya's Department of Presidency between 1986 and 1992.[3][4][5]

Campuzano was a member of Vilanova i la Geltrú Municipal Council from 1987 to 1991 and Garraf County Council from 1991 to 1992.[3][4] He contested the 1992 regional election as a Convergence and Union (CiU) electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia.[6][7] Campuzano did not contest the 1995 regional election but was nominated as the CiU's number one substitute candidate in the Province of Barcelona.[8]

Campuzano contested the 1996 general election as a CiU candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[9][10] He was re-elected at the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2016 general elections.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] Campuzano has been spokesperson for the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT) in the Congress of Deputies since April 2017 and was a member of the Spanish delegation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).[1][4][23] Despite having been proposed by its party to be the main candidate of Together for Catalonia to seek the April 2019 Spanish general election,[24] he wouldn't be chosen in the end,[25] being replaced by Laura Borràs as the main candidate by Barcelona.[26] Eventually, Carles Campuzano announced that he would be leaving the PDeCAT because of differences on its political ideology and project.[27][28]

Campuzano is chairman of the Associació Catalana de Solidaritat i Ajuda als Refugiats (Catalan Association of Solidarity and Refugee Aid, ACSAR Foundation) and a member of Òmnium Cultural, Greenpeace and Obra Cultural Balear de Mallorca.[1][3]

Electoral history

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Campuzano addresses the PDeCAT's founding congress on 9 July 2016
Electoral history of Carles Campuzano
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
1987 local Vilanova i la Geltrú Democratic Convergence of Catalonia Convergence and Union Elected
1992 regional[6][7] Province of Barcelona Democratic Convergence of Catalonia Convergence and Union 39 Elected
1996 general[9][10] Province of Barcelona Democratic Convergence of Catalonia Convergence and Union 6 Elected
2000 general[11][12] Province of Barcelona Democratic Convergence of Catalonia Convergence and Union 6 Elected
2004 general[13][14] Province of Barcelona Democratic Convergence of Catalonia Convergence and Union 4 Elected
2008 general[15][16] Province of Barcelona Democratic Convergence of Catalonia Convergence and Union 4 Elected
2011 general[17][18] Province of Barcelona Democratic Convergence of Catalonia Convergence and Union 4 Elected
2015 general[19][20] Province of Barcelona Democratic Convergence of Catalonia Democracy and Freedom 2 Elected
2016 general[21][22] Province of Barcelona Democratic Convergence of Catalonia 2 Elected

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Members: XII Legislatura ( 2016-2019 ) - Campuzano i Canadés, Carles" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Carles Campuzano i Canadès" (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Catalan European Democratic Party. Archived from the original on 20 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "IV legislatura: Càrrecs parlamentaris i biografies dels diputats i diputades & Composició dels grups parlamentaris" (PDF) (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Parliament of Catalonia. p. 73. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e "El debate: Participantes - Carles Campuzano". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  5. ^ Baiges, Siscu (6 September 2014). "Carles Campuzano: "La independencia no es para los impacientes"". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Administració de Justícia: Juntes Electorals". Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan). No. 1557. Barcelona, Spain: Generalitat de Catalunya. 18 February 1992. p. 1084. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 1992: Candidats electes" (PDF) (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, Generalitat de Catalunya. p. 1. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Administració de Justícia: Juntes Electorals". Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan). No. 2119. Barcelona, Spain: Generalitat de Catalunya. 24 October 1995. p. 7754. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 32. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 6 February 1996. p. 3984. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  10. ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Marzo 1996" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  11. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 39. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 15 February 2000. p. 6988. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  12. ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Marzo 2000" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  13. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 41. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 17 February 2004. p. 7491. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  14. ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Marzo 2004" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  15. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Vol. CCCXLVIII, no. 37. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 12 February 2008. p. 7573. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  16. ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Marzo 2008" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  17. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 257. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 25 October 2011. p. 111254. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  18. ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Noviembre 2011" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  19. ^ 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. 24 November 2015. p. 110648. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  20. ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Diciembre 2015" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  21. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 131. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 31 May 2016. p. 35534. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  22. ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Junio 2016" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  23. ^ "Carles Campuzano substituirà Homs com a portaveu de PDeCAT al Congrés". Catalunya Press (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  24. ^ "Carles Campuzano se propone para encabezar la lista del PDeCAT por Barcelona". europapress (in Spanish). 2 March 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  25. ^ "Campuzano: "Ojalá hubiese habido primarias en el PDeCAT, me hubiera gustado presentarme"". RTVE (in Spanish). 11 March 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  26. ^ Piñol, Àngels (11 March 2019). "Laura Borràs dimitirá por ley como consejera de Cultura antes del día 24". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  27. ^ Bertran, Albert (23 June 2020). "Carles Campuzano se da de baja del PDECat". elPeriódico (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  28. ^ "Campuzano se da de baja del PDeCAT a las puertas del congreso del PNC". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 23 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.