Eduard Ibáñez i Pulido (born 14 May 1969) is a Spanish civil servant and lawyer. He has served as the
personal representative
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Joan Enric Vives i Sicília Joan may refer to:
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** Joan of Arc (c. 1412–1431), patron saint of France
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Barcelona
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. He graduated from the
University of Barcelona
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in 1992 with a degree in law, and later obtained a
doctorate
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in criminal law from the university in 2007. He earned another degree, in philosophy, from
Ramon Llull University
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in 2012.
Career
Ibáñez has been a member of the Barcelona Bar Association since September 1992, and has specialized in the criminal and penitentiary field since January 1993.
He worked the director of the Justice and Peace organization of Barcelona from April 2002 to March 2021, and served as the president of the General Comission for Justice and Peace of Spain from 2010 to 2019. From March 2021 to July 2022, he was a technician for the General Directorate of Religious Affairs, within the Department of Justice of the
Generalitat de Catalunya
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.
In July 2022, Ibáñez was appointed by
Joan Enric Vives i Sicília Joan may refer to:
People and fictional characters
*Joan (given name), including a list of women, men and fictional characters
** Joan of Arc (c. 1412–1431), patron saint of France
* Joan (surname)
Art and media
* ''Joan'' (Alexander McQuee ...
, the
bishop of Urgell
The Diocese of Urgell (; ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Catalonia (Spain) and the Principality of Andorra in the historical County of Urgell,co-prince of Andorra, as deputy to the episcopal co-prince's representative, then
Josep Maria Mauri
Josep Maria Mauri i Prior (born 21 October 1941) is a Spanish Catholic priest from Catalonia and former personal representative of the episcopal co-prince of Andorra, Archbishop Joan Enric Vives i Sicília.
He was born in 1941 in Alzina de Mo ...
. On 27 November 2023, he was sworn in as the representative of the episcopal co-prince, replacing Mauri. Vives was succeeded as bishop of Urgell and co-prince of Andorra by Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat on 31 May 2025, with Ibáñez remaining in his role as representative.