Assumpta Escarp i Gibert (born 1957) is a Spanish jurist and Socialists' Party of Catalonia politician, current Second Vicepresident of the

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Biography

She studied law at the University of Barcelona and initially militated at the PSUC. She earned a master's degree in public management at ESADE. In 1985 she began to work at a research center at Hospital del Mar. Since then she joined the PSC and linked to the Barcelona City Council. After participating in the creation of

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, in 1991, she worked for the management of the central services of the City Council of Barcelona, and in 1995 she was the head of the then mayor's Deputy Mayor,

Joan Clos Joan Clos i Matheu, GCIH (; born 29 June 1949) is a Spanish politician who was mayor of Barcelona, Spain from September 1997 to September 2006. He took over from Pasqual Maragall in 1997. In 1999 he was elected to a four-year term, and was t ...

. When Clos was elected mayor will become head of mayor's office. She will be elected councilor in the municipal elections of

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and 2011. During these years she has been the councilor for Citizen Participation, Solidarity and Cooperation (2003-2006), of Urban Planning (2006-2007), councilor of the district of the

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(2006-2010), councilor for prevention, safety and mobility (2007-2010), president of

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, third Deputy Mayor (2010-2011) and vice president of Environment of the

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(2011-2015). She was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia in the elections of

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

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and

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. Since 5 October 2021, Escarp is the second vicepresident of the Parliament, succeeding Eva Granados.I. Sra. Assumpta Escarp Gibert

References

1957 births Living people Socialists' Party of Catalonia politicians Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians ESADE alumni University of Barcelona alumni Members of the 11th Parliament of Catalonia Women members of the Parliament of Catalonia Members of the 12th Parliament of Catalonia 21st-century Spanish women politicians Members of the Parliament of Catalonia People from Terrassa Barcelona municipal councillors {{Catalonia-politician-stub