Dolors Terradas i Viñals (born 24 February 1949) is a Spanish teacher and politician, a member of the

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during the 11th Legislature.

Biography

Dolors Terradas earned a licentiate in history from the

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. She worked as a teacher of (ESO) geography and history at several vocational training centers, as well as baccalaureate programs. She also performed studies on demography in Pla de l'Estany, some of which she published in the '' Revista de Girona''. In 1971 she became politically active in the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC), and was victorious as their candidate for the

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municipal council in the 1983 local elections. In 1988 she left the PSUC, and in the 1999 elections she occupied the symbolic 17th place in the

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(ERC) list for the municipality of Banyoles. In 1996 she was the leader of the Banyoles festival. Since 1994, she has participated in the social movement Banyoles Solidària, where she deals with the legalization and literacy of immigrants and cooperates with The Gambia and other countries in the process of economic development. In the 2015 general election she won a seat in the

as head of the

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list for

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. She served on the Interior Commission, and was second vice president of the Commission of International Cooperation for Development.

Publications

* ''Sobre la divisió territorial de Catalunya i el cas polèmic de Banyoles'' (1976) * ''Població i societat a Banyoles al segle XVIII'' (1981) * ''Les epidèmies de còlera a Banyoles en el segle XIX'' (1982), published in the '' Revista de Girona'' * ''La Població de Banyoles al s. XVIII'' (1983) * ''Aproximació a un exemple d'industrialització no reeixit: Banyoles 1700–1900'' (1985)

References

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''Les epidèmies de còlera a Banyoles en el segle XIX''
in '' Revista de Girona'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Terradas, Dolors 1949 births 20th-century Spanish educators Educators from Catalonia Living people Members of the 11th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Municipal councillors in the province of Girona Republican Left of Catalonia politicians University of Girona alumni 21st-century Spanish educators 20th-century Spanish women educators 21st-century Spanish women educators