Carles Campuzano Explained

Carles Campuzano
Office:Minister of Social Rights of Catalonia
Term Start:10 October 2022
Term End:12 August 2024
President:Pere Aragonès
Predecessor:Violant Cervera
Successor:Mónica Martínez Bravo
Office1:Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
Constituency1:Barcelona
Term Start1:20 March 1996
Term End1:5 March 2019
Office2:Member of the Parliament of Catalonia
Constituency2:Barcelona
Term Start2:3 April 1992
Term End2:26 September 1995
Office3:Member of Vilanova i la Geltrú Municipal Council
Term Start3:1987
Term End3:1991
Birth Name:Carles Campuzano i Canadès
Birth Date:12 July 1964
Birth Place:Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Alma Mater:University 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

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

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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39 Elected
6 Elected
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4 Elected
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2 Elected
2 Elected

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Members: XII Legislatura (2016-2019) - Campuzano i Canadés, Carles . . 19 December 2018 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  2. Web site: Carles Campuzano i Canadès . . 19 December 2018 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan . https://web.archive.org/web/20181220034025/https://www.partitdemocrata.cat/web/carles-campuzano/ . 20 December 2018 . dead .
  3. Web site: IV legislatura: Càrrecs parlamentaris i biografies dels diputats i diputades & Composició dels grups parlamentaris . . 19 December 2018 . Barcelona, Spain . 73 . Catalan.
  4. News: El debate: Participantes - Carles Campuzano . 19 December 2018 . . 7 October 2011 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  5. News: Baiges . Siscu . Carles Campuzano: "La independencia no es para los impacientes" . 19 December 2018 . . 6 September 2014 . Spanish.
  6. Administració de Justícia: Juntes Electorals . . 18 February 1992 . 1557 . 1084 . 19 December 2018 . . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  7. Web site: Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 1992: Candidats electes . . 7 June 2018 . 1 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  8. Administració de Justícia: Juntes Electorals . . 24 October 1995 . 2119 . 7754 . 19 December 2018 . . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  9. Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona . . 6 February 1996 . 32 . 3984 . 19 December 2018 . . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  10. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Marzo 1996 . . 19 December 2018 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  11. Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona . . 15 February 2000 . 39 . 6988 . 19 December 2018 . . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  12. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Marzo 2000 . . 19 December 2018 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  13. Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona . . 17 February 2004 . 41 . 7491 . 19 December 2018 . . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  14. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Marzo 2004 . . 19 December 2018 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  15. Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona . . 12 February 2008 . CCCXLVIII . 37 . 7573 . 19 December 2018 . . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  16. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Marzo 2008 . . 19 December 2018 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  17. Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona . . 25 October 2011 . 257 . 111254 . 11 June 2018 . . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  18. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Noviembre 2011 . . 19 December 2018 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  19. Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona . . 24 November 2015 . 281 . 110648 . 7 June 2018 . . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  20. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Diciembre 2015 . . 19 December 2018 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  21. Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona . . 31 May 2016 . 131 . 35534 . 7 June 2018 . . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  22. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Junio 2016 . . 19 December 2018 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  23. News: Carles Campuzano substituirà Homs com a portaveu de PDeCAT al Congrés . 19 April 2018 . Catalunya Press . 1 April 2017 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  24. Web site: Carles Campuzano se propone para encabezar la lista del PDeCAT por Barcelona . 25 June 2020 . . 2 March 2019 . Spanish.
  25. Web site: Campuzano: "Ojalá hubiese habido primarias en el PDeCAT, me hubiera gustado presentarme" . 25 June 2020 . . 11 March 2019 . Spanish.
  26. News: Piñol . Àngels . Laura Borràs dimitirá por ley como consejera de Cultura antes del día 24 . 25 August 2019 . . 11 March 2019 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  27. News: Bertran . Albert . Carles Campuzano se da de baja del PDECat . 25 June 2020 . . 23 June 2020 . Spanish.
  28. Web site: Campuzano se da de baja del PDeCAT a las puertas del congreso del PNC . 25 June 2020 . . 23 June 2020 . Spanish.