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Ramon Espadaler Parcerisas (born 19 September 1963 in
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politician.


Early life and education

He gained a BA in geography and history from the
University of Barcelona The University of Barcelona (official name in ; UB), formerly also known as Central University of Barcelona (), is a public research university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was established in 1450. With 76,000 students, ...
. He also studied political science and sociology at the
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Political career

Espadaler has been a member of the
Catalan Parliament The Parliament of Catalonia (, ; ; ) is the unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The Parliament is currently made up of 135 members, known as deputies (//), who are elected for four-year terms or after extraordinary ...
from 1992 to the present, except for a period between January 2000 and 2003. During that time, he held two government posts. He was first appointed director general for local government at the Ministry for Governmental Affairs and Institutional Relations. The following year he became minister for the environment, a post he held until 2003. From 2010 to 2012, he was deputy spokesman for the CiU, Catalonia's current ruling coalition, at Catalonia's Parliament. The CiU was then the main opposition group. He sponsored bills 7/2011 (on financial and tax measures), 9/2011 (on the promotion of business activities), and 5/2012 (on financial, tax, and administrative measures, and setting up of a tax on hotel stays). He had previously served as deputy mayor of Vic (1999-2001), and as deputy mayor of Sant Quirze de Besora, a smaller nearby town (1991-1999). Espadaler has been a Catalan representative at the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. He has authored a number of history papers, together with articles in the local and national press. A member of the
Democratic Union of Catalonia The Democratic Union of Catalonia (; , UDC), frequently shortened as Union (; ), was a regionalist, Christian-democratic political party in the Catalonia region of Spain existing between 1931 and 2017. Together with Democratic Convergence of C ...
(UDC) since 1988, Espadaler chairs its national council since 2003. The UDC is a Christian-Democrat party founded in 1931, and the CiU's junior partner. Past party posts include president of the Barcelona Province chapter, secretary for local government affairs at the ruling council, and secretary general of the ruling council in 2001–2002.


Personal life

He is married and has three children.


References

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