Marta Rosique i Saltor (born 16 March 1996) is a Catalan politician from

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and a member of the

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Early life

Rosique was born on 16 March 1996 in

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. Her father is a doctor and her mother works for a food security company. She lives in the wealthy Sant Gervasi district of Barcelona. She has a degree in journalism from the

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and is currently studying political science at the university. Rosique was a member of the

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from 2011 to 2015. She was secretary of the National Youth Council of Catalonia (CNJC) between 2015 and 2017, with responsibility for international co-operation and interculturality. In this role she helped found the Euromed Youth Network, a platform for youth organisations in the

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region. She has been Republican Youth of Catalonia's secretary for policy and international co-operation since 2016. In 2017, prior to the Catalan independence referendum, she was spokesperson for Universitats per la República (UxR), a platform that mobilised support amongst the university community for Catalan

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Career

Rosique contested the

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as a

Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists (, ERC–Sobiranistes) was an electoral coalition formed in Catalonia for the April 2019 Spanish general election by Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and Sovereigntists (Sobiranistes). It was led by ...

electoral alliance candidate in the

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. Aged 23, she was the youngest member of the congress to date and had a net wealth of €150. She was re-elected at the November 2019 general election.

Electoral history

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosique, Marta 1996 births Women politicians from Catalonia Living people Members of the 13th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 14th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Politicians from Barcelona Pompeu Fabra University alumni Republican Left of Catalonia politicians Women members of the Congress of Deputies (Spain)