Albert Botran

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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
Albert Botran 2014 (cropped).jpg
Botran in April 2014
Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
Assumed office
3 December 2019
ConstituencyBarcelona
Member of the Parliament of Catalonia
In office
26 October 2015 – 28 October 2017
ConstituencyBarcelona
Member of Molins de Rei Municipal Council
In office
2011–2015
Personal details
Born
Albert Botran i Pahissa

(1984-01-14) 14 January 1984 (age 37)
Molins de Rei, Catalonia, Spain
Political partyPoble Lliure
Other political
affiliations		Popular Unity Candidacy–For Rupture
Alma materAutonomous University of Barcelona
OccupationHistorian

Albert Botran i Pahissa (born 14 January 1984) is a Catalan historian, politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was previously a member of the Parliament of Catalonia.

Early life[]

Botran was born on 14 January 1984 in Molins de Rei, Catalonia.[1][2] He has a degree in history and a master's degree in comparative history from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.[1][2]

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.[2][3] He was a member of the CUP's national secretariat from 2009 to 2013 and from 2018 to 2019.[1][2] Botran works for the Òmnium Cultural.[2][3] 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).[2][4]

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.[5][6] 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.[7][8] The manifesto led to the formation, in November 2014, of Poble Lliure of which Botran is a member.[2][3][9] He did not seek re-election at the 2015 local elections.[10]

Botran contested the 2015 regional election as a CUP candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia.[11][12] In February 2017 Botran attended an event in Castelló de Farfanya marking the 30th death anniversary of Catalan independence activist , a member of the Movement for Defence of the Land.[13][14] 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.[15][16] 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.[17]

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.[18][19] 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.[20][21]

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)[2]
  • Introducció a la Història dels Països Catalans (2014, Ediciones del 1979, co-authors Carles Castellanos and Lluís Sales; ISBN 9788494012679)

Electoral history[]

Electoral history of Albert Botran
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
2011 local[5][6] Molins de Rei Popular Unity Candidacy Popular Unity Candidacy-Active People 4 Elected
2015 regional[11][12] Province of Barcelona Poble Lliure Popular Unity Candidacy 5 Elected
2017 regional[18][19] Province of Barcelona Poble Lliure Popular Unity Candidacy 81 Not elected
2019 November general[20][21] Province of Barcelona Poble Lliure Popular Unity Candidacy–For Rupture 2 Elected

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Members: XIV Legislatura ( 2019-Actualidad ) - Botran Pahissa, Albert" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  3. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  6. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Neix "Poble Lliure", la nova organització estratègica de l'esquerra independentista" (in Catalan). Llibertat.cat. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  12. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  13. ^ "Emotiu homenatge a Julià Babia i companys de lluita a Castelló de Farfanya" (in Catalan). Llibertat.cat. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "de Poble Lliure per enaltiment del terrorisme". El Món (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 24 September 2017. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  19. ^ Jump up to: a b "Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2017: Composició del Parlament" (in Catalan). Generalitat de Catalunya. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017.
  20. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  21. ^ Jump up to: a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Noviembre 2019" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 9 February 2020.

External links[]

Albert Botran Pahissa on Twitter

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