Carles Riera i Albert

Carles Riera i Albert
Personal details
Nationality	Spanish
Political party	Popular Unity Candidacy
Education	Sociology
Alma mater	Autonomous University of Barcelona Polytechnic University of Catalonia
Occupation	Social and political activist
Profession	Sociologist

Carles Riera i Albert (born 1960) is a Catalan sociologist and politician.^[1]

During the 1980s he was a member and spokesman for the Call to Solidarity in Defense of Catalan Language, Culture and Nation, in the 90s he was a member of the secretariat of the People's Unity Assembly and currently is a member of Endavant. In the Catalan elections held on 27 September 2015, he formed part of the Popular Unity Candidacy–Constituent Call coalition which won 10 seats in the 135-member Parliament of Catalonia. He led the Popular Unity Candidacy party in the 2017 Catalan elections, in which won 4 seats.^[2][3]

References

1. "Sr. Carles Riera Albert" (in Catalan). Parliament of Catalonia. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
2. Ballbona, A.; Ansola, E. "Carles Riera es perfila com a nou cap de llista de la CUP" (in Catalan). El Punt Avui. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
3. Ambudio, S. "El "cridaire" que s'ha endurit: així és Carles Riera, el cap de cartell de la CUP" (in Catalan). Nació Digital. Retrieved 2 December 2017.

External links

• Carles Riera