Míriam Nogueras i Camero (; born 11 May 1980) is a Spanish businesswoman and politician from

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who serves as

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Early life

Nogueras was born on 11 May 1980 in

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. She is currently studying for a post graduate degree in digital marketing and electronic commerce.

Career

Nogueras is a co-owner of a textile company specialising in spinning. She is an executive committee member of the Catalan Business Circle (Cercle Català de Negocis) and a board member of ASECIEMA (textile business association) and MODACC (textile fashion cluster). Nogueras contested the 2015 local elections as a

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(CiU)

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candidate in

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and was elected. She contested the 2015 general election as a

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(DiL) electoral alliance candidate in the

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. She was re-elected at the

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and

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general elections. In July 2018 she was elected vice-president of the

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(PDeCAT). In May 2018 Nogueras won the nomination to be the Together for Catalonia (JuntsxCat)'s mayoral candidate in

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at the 2019 local elections. However, at the 2019 local elections Nogueras was placed 27th on the JxCat's list of candidates in Mataró but the alliance only managed to win two seats in the municipality and as a result she failed to get elected. In July 2020 she left the executive of the PDeCAT. Nogueras is part of the "No vull pagar" anti-

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campaign.

Positions

Close to the positions of

Carles Puigdemont Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó (; born 29 December 1962) is a Catalan politician and journalist from Spain. He has been the President of Together for Catalonia (Junts) since 2024, having previously held the office from 2020 to 2022. He served ...

and

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and a staunch supporter of

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, she considers Spain to be a "rotten manure heap".

Electoral history

Personal life

Nogueras has two children.

References

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