Miquel Mayol i Raynal (born 11 August 1941) is a Spanish politician of French nationality who served as a

Member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

from 2001 to 2004 in Spanish lists.

Biography

Born in

Perpignan Perpignan (, , ; ; ) is the prefectures in France, prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales departments of France, department in Southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the Me ...

, he taught law and was a founder of

Catalan Workers' Left Catalan Workers' Left (in Catalan language, Catalan: ''Esquerra Catalana dels Treballadors'') was a political party in Northern Catalonia, France. ECT was formed in 1972, with its main base in Perpignan. ECT was linked to the Socialist Party of N ...

,. He later joined the

Republican Left of Catalonia The Republican Left of Catalonia (, ERC; ; generically branded as ) is a pro-Catalan independence, social democratic political party in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia, with a presence also in Valencia, the Balearic Islands and t ...

and was the secretary of their North Catalonia division. In June 2001 he became a RLC

member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

in the

Greens–European Free Alliance The Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) is a political group of the European Parliament composed primarily of Green politics, green political parties. The group consists of European Green Party (EGP), part of the European Free Allianc ...

. He sat in the European Parliament until July 2004. He was also an activist in promoting both the

Catalan language Catalan () is a Western Romance languages, Western Romance language and is the official language of Andorra, and the official language of three autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous communities in eastern Spain: Catalonia, the Balearic I ...

and its culture., and was awarded the 2014 alongside Carme Forcadell i Lluís.

References

1941 births Living people Republican Left of Catalonia MEPs MEPs for Spain 1999–2004 People from Perpignan Activists from Catalonia {{Spain-MEP-stub