Spanish politician
In this
Catalan name , the first or paternal
surname is
Botran and the second or maternal family name is
Pahissa ; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Albert Botran i Pahissa (born 14 January 1984) is a Spanish historian and politician from Catalonia and a former member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain . He was previously a member of the Parliament of Catalonia .[1]
Early life
Botran was born on 14 January 1984 in Molins de Rei , Catalonia .[2] [3] He has a degree in history and a master's degree in comparative history from the Autonomous University of Barcelona .[2] [3]
Career
Botran has been active in the leftist Catalan independence movement since 2002 and helped found the Molins de Rei branch of Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) in 2007.[3] [4] He was a member of the CUP's national secretariat from 2009 to 2013 and from 2018 to 2019.[2] [3] Botran works for the Òmnium Cultural .[3] [4] In 2010 he won the 24th Francesc Carreras i Candi Award for his work Pensar Històricament els Països Catalans. La Historiografia i el Projecte Nacional dels Països Catalans (1960-1985) .[3] [5]
Botran contested the 2011 local elections as a Popular Unity Candidacy–Active People (CUP-PA) electoral alliance candidate in Molins de Rei and was elected.[6] [7] Botran was one of the signatories of the October 2014 Nous Temps, Noves Eines - Per la Independència, pel Socialisme, pels Països Catalans: Ni un pas Enrere’, manifesto by leftist Catalan nationalists.[8] [9] The manifesto led to the formation, in November 2014, of Poble Lliure of which Botran is a member.[3] [4] [10] He did not seek re-election at the 2015 local elections .[11]
Botran contested the 2015 regional election as a CUP candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia .[12] [13] In February 2017 Botran attended an event in Castelló de Farfanya marking the 30th death anniversary of Catalan independence activist Julià Babia , a member of the Movement for Defence of the Land .[14] [15] As a consequence, in September 2017 the Spanish Attorney General started an investigation on charges of extolling terrorism against four members of Poble Lliure: Botran, Toni Casserras, Ferran Dalmau and Guillem Fuster.[16] [17] In December 2018 the Audiencia Nacional started investigating the case against the four and three others - Marcel·lí Canet, Marcel Casellas and Josep Maria Cervelló.[18]
At the 2017 regional election Botran was placed 81st on CUP's list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the party only won three seats in the province and as a result he failed to get re-elected.[19] [20] He contested the 2019 November general election as a Popular Unity Candidacy–For Rupture candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies .[21] [22] In 2023 general elections he wasn't reelected.
Works
Les Proclames de Sobirania de Catalunya 1640-1936 (2009, Farell Editors, co-authors Adrià Cases and Oriol Junqueras )
Pensar Històricament els Països Catalans. La Historiografia i el Projecte Nacional dels Països Catalans (1960-1985) (2010)
Unitat Popular. La construcció de la CUP i l'Independentisme d'Esquerres (2012, Edicions El Jonc)[3]
Introducció a la Història dels Països Catalans (2014, Ediciones del 1979, co-authors Carles Castellanos and Lluís Sales; ISBN 9788494012679 )
Electoral history
References
^ 324cat (25 July 2023). "Albert Botran plega pels resultats del 23J i el secretariat de la CUP demana una refundació" . CCMA (in Catalan). Retrieved 26 July 2023 . {{cite web }}
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^ a b c "Members: XIV Legislatura ( 2019-Actualidad ) - Botran Pahissa, Albert" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Congress of Deputies . Retrieved 6 February 2020 .
^ a b c d e f g h Palà, Roger; Aznar, Laura; Picazo, Sergi; Soldevila, Laia; Vila, Joan (8 October 2019). "Qui són i d'on vénen els candidats de la CUP al Congrés" . Crític (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 9 February 2020 .
^ a b c Polo, Jose (17 July 2015). "L'exregidor Albert Botran, candidat a les primàries de la CUP" . Viu Molins de Rei (in Catalan). Molins de Rei, Spain. Retrieved 9 February 2020 .
^ "Pensar històricament els Països Catalans', d'Albert Botran, guanyador del XXIV Premi Francesc Carreras i Candi" (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Òmnium Cultural . Archived from the original on 1 October 2010.
^ a b "Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral Zona de Sant Feliu de Llobregat" . Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Diputació de Barcelona . 20 April 2011. p. 34. Retrieved 9 February 2020 .
^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Molins de Rei" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior . Retrieved 9 February 2020 .
^ "Adhesió de l´escriptor Miquel López Crespí al Manifest Nous temps, noves eines NI UN PAS ENRERE – PER LA INDEPENDÈNCIA, PEL SOCIALISME, PELS PAÏSOS CATALANS – NI UN PAS ENRERE" (in Catalan). Literatura catalana moderna - Illes. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2020 .
^ "Neix una nova organització de l'esquerra independentista" . Nació Digital (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 29 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014.
^ "Neix "Poble Lliure", la nova organització estratègica de l'esquerra independentista" (in Catalan). Llibertat.cat. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2020 .
^ Polo, Jose (11 June 2015). "11 dels 21 regidors de l'Ajuntament de Molins de Rei s'acomiaden del ple municipal" . Viu Molins de Rei (in Catalan). Molins de Rei, Spain. Retrieved 9 February 2020 .
^ a b "Anuncis Diversos: Administració Electoral - Juntes Electorals Provincials" . Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan). No. 6947. Barcelona, Spain: Generalitat de Catalunya . 1 September 2015. p. 20. Retrieved 10 June 2018 .
^ a b "Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2015: Candidats electes" (PDF) (in Catalan). Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, Generalitat de Catalunya . p. 2. Retrieved 17 January 2018 .
^ "Emotiu homenatge a Julià Babia i companys de lluita a Castelló de Farfanya" (in Catalan). Llibertat.cat. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2020 .
^ "Querella contra quatre membres de Poble Lliure per enaltiment del terrorisme" . Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2020 .
^ "de Poble Lliure per enaltiment del terrorisme" . El Món (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 24 September 2017. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017.
^ "Declara a Lleida un dels investigats per homenatjar l'històric independentista Julià Babia" . El Punt (in Catalan). Girona, Spain. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2020 .
^ "Arxiven la causa per enaltiment del terrorisme contra Albert Botran i altres membres de Poble Lliure" . Nació Digital (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2020 .
^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF) . Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 281. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain . 19 November 2017. p. 111425. Retrieved 10 June 2018 .
^ a b "Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2017: Composició del Parlament" (in Catalan). Generalitat de Catalunya . Archived from the original on 22 December 2017.
^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales – Elecciones generales. Proclamación de candidaturas" (PDF) . Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 248. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain . 15 October 2019. p. 113506. ISSN 0212-033X . Retrieved 15 October 2019 .
^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Noviembre 2019" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior . Retrieved 9 February 2020 .
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