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Roger Torrent

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Catalan politician and urban planner
In thisCatalan 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
Official portrait, 2021
Minister of Business and Labour of Catalonia
In office
26 May 2021 – 12 August 2024
Preceded byRamon Tremosa i Balcells
Succeeded byMiquel Sàmper
15th President of the Parliament of Catalonia
In office
17 January 2018 – 12 March 2021
Preceded byCarme Forcadell
Succeeded byLaura Borràs
Member of theParliament of Catalonia
for theProvince of Girona
Assumed office
17 December 2012
Mayor ofSarrià de Ter
In office
16 June 2007 – 19 January 2018
Preceded byNicolás Pichardo Delgado
Succeeded byNarcís Fajula
Member of the Municipality Council
ofSarrià de Ter
In office
1999–2018
Personal details
BornRoger Torrent i Ramió
(1979-07-19)19 July 1979 (age 46)
Sarrià de Ter, Catalonia, Spain
CitizenshipSpanish
Political partyRepublican Left of Catalonia
Other political
affiliations		Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes
ResidenceSarrià de Ter
Alma materAutonomous University of Barcelona
OccupationUrban planner

Roger Torrent i Ramió (Catalan pronunciation:[ruˈʒetuˈren]; born 19 July 1979) is a Spanish politician andurban planner fromCatalonia. A former mayor of the municipality ofSarrià de Ter in north-easternSpain, Torrent wasPresident of theParliament of Catalonia from January 2018 until March 2021. Since 26 May 2021 he is theMinister of Business and Work of Catalonia.

Early life

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Torrent was born on 19 July 1979 inSarrià de Ter, a village in theProvince of Girona in north-easternCatalonia.[1][2] He has a degree in political science and administration from theAutonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and amaster's degree in territorial and urban studies from thePolytechnic University of Catalonia andPompeu Fabra University.[3][4] He has apostgraduate degree in political communication from the UAB's Institut de Ciències Polítiques i Socials (Institute of Political and Social Sciences).[5][6]

Career

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Torrent joined theYoung Republican Left of Catalonia, the youth wing of theRepublican Left of Catalonia (ERC), in 1998 and in 2000 joined the ERC.[7][8] He contested the1999 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 the2003 and2007 local elections.[11][12] After the 2007 election ERC-AM formed an administration with theConvergence and Union (CiU) and Torrent became Mayor of Sarrià de Ter.[13][14] He was re-elected at the2011 and2015 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 the2012 regional election as aRepublican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes (ERC–CatSí) electoral alliance candidate in theProvince of Girona and was elected to theParliament of Catalonia.[19] He was re-elected at the2015 and2017 regional elections.[20][21] He was electedPresident of the Parliament of Catalonia on 17 January 2018, defeatingCitizens candidateJosé 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 byThe Guardian andEl País, Torrent's phone was hacked using the Pegasus software from theNSO Group.[26]

Personal life

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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

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Electoral history of Roger Torrent
ElectionConstituencyPartyAllianceNo.Result
1999 localSarrià de TerRepublican Left of CataloniaRepublican Left of Catalonia-Acord MunicipalElected
2003 local[11]Sarrià de TerRepublican Left of CataloniaRepublican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal1Elected
2007 local[12]Sarrià de TerRepublican Left of CataloniaRepublican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal1Elected
2011 local[15]Sarrià de TerRepublican Left of CataloniaRepublican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal1Elected
2012 regional[19]Province of GironaRepublican Left of CataloniaRepublican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes1Elected
2015 local[16]Sarrià de TerRepublican Left of CataloniaRepublican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal1Elected
2015 regional[20]Province of GironaRepublican Left of CataloniaJunts pel Sí4Elected
2017 regional[21]Province of GironaRepublican Left of CataloniaRepublican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes2Elected
2021regional[21]Province of GironaRepublican Left of CataloniaRepublican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes3Elected

References

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  1. ^Moldes, Aleix (16 January 2018)."Roger Torrent: alcalde de Sarrià de Ter i el president més jove del Parlament".Ara (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  2. ^abUbieto, Gabriel (17 January 2018)."Roger Torrent, home de partit i polític professional".El Periódico de Catalunya (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  3. ^"Roger Torrent serà el nou president del Parlament de Catalunya".VilaWeb (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 16 January 2018. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  4. ^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. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  5. ^abRuiz Valdivia, Antonio (16 January 2018)."17 cosas que no sabías de Roger Torrent".HuffPost (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  6. ^"Conoce a Roger Torrent, el nuevo presidente del Parlament".teinteresa.es (in Spanish). 17 January 2018. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  7. ^"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. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  8. ^"Roger Torrent, de alcalde independentista a presidente más joven de Parlament".RTVE (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain.EFE. 17 January 2018. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  9. ^abcdFanals, 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. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  10. ^Lasalas, Marta (16 January 2018)."Torrent se presenta como "diputado del Parlament de la República catalana"".El Nacional (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  11. ^ab"Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2003 - Mun. Sarrià de Ter" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain:Ministry of the Interior. Archived fromthe original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  12. ^ab"Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2007 - Mun. Sarrià de Ter" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain:Ministry of the Interior. Archived fromthe original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  13. ^Rovira, Marc (17 January 2018)."Roger Torrent, un valor del fortí independentista al capdavant del Parlament".El País (in Catalan). Madrid, Spain. Archived fromthe original on 16 October 2019. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  14. ^Lasalas, Marta (16 January 2018)."ERC to propose Roger Torrent as new Catalan Parliament speaker".El Nacional (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  15. ^ab"Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Sarrià de Ter" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain:Ministry of the Interior. Archived fromthe original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  16. ^ab"Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2015 - Mun. Sarrià de Ter" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain:Ministry of the Interior. Archived fromthe original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  17. ^Ubieto, Gabriel (17 January 2018)."Roger Torrent: así es el nuevo 'president' del Parlament de Catalunya".El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  18. ^Recasens, Júlia (10 December 2014)."Torrent, escollit alcaldable d'ERC a Sarrià de Ter".El Punt (in Catalan). Girona, Spain. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  19. ^ab"Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2012: Candidats electes"(PDF) (in Catalan). Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge,Generalitat de Catalunya. p. 2. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  20. ^ab"Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2015: Candidats electes"(PDF) (in Catalan). Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge,Generalitat de Catalunya. p. 2. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  21. ^abc"Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2017: Composició del Parlament" (in Catalan).Generalitat de Catalunya. Archived fromthe original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  22. ^"Catalonia MPs elect separatist speaker as parliament reconvenes".BBC News. London, U.K. 17 January 2018. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  23. ^"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. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  24. ^"Roger Torrent, new Catalan Parliament president".Catalan News Agency. Barcelona, Spain. 17 January 2018. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  25. ^"Roger Torrent: the youngest Parliament president".Catalan News Agency. Barcelona, Spain. 17 January 2018. Retrieved17 January 2018.
  26. ^Kirchgaessner, Stephanie; Jones, Sam (July 13, 2020)."Phone of top Catalan politician 'targeted by government-grade spyware'".The Guardian.

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