Ernest Urtasun

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In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Urtasun and the second or maternal family name is Domènech; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Ernest Urtasun
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Urtasun in the European Parliament, 2014.
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
1 July 2014
ConstituencySpain
Personal details
Born (1982-01-27) 27 January 1982 (age 40)
Barcelona, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Political partyInitiative for Catalonia Greens
Catalonia in Common
Alma materAutonomous University of Barcelona
University of Barcelona
OccupationPolitician, diplomat, political aide

Ernest Urtasun i Domènech (born 27 January 1982) is a Spanish ecosocialist politician. He serves as Member of the European Parliament since 2014, integrated within the Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) political group.

Biography[]

Born on 27 January 1982 in Barcelona,[1] Urtasun joined  [es], the youth wing of Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV), when he was 15 years old.[2][3] He earned a licentiate degree in Economics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), followed by a postgraduate degree in international relations from the University of Barcelona (UB).

He ran 6th in the Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left–Entesa pel Progrés Municipal (ICV–EUiA–EPM) list for the 2003 Barcelona municipal election and the 2007 municipal election.[4][5] He also ran as candidate to the European Parliament (EP) for the 2004 European Parliament election in Spain, 28th in the United Left–Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left (IU–ICV–EUiA) list.[6]

Between 2004 and 2008 Urtasun worked as adviser for MEP Raül Romeva.[2] Later, he began working as a diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and in 2011 became director of the general secretariat of the international organization Union for the Mediterranean. Since 2012, he has been member of the trade union Comisiones Obreras.

In 2009, Urtasun ran as candidate to the European Parliament (EP), 33rd in the list of The Left for the May 2009 european election in Spain.[7]

For the European elections in 2014, Urtasun was elected as his party lead candidate in a primary election in which he defeated Salvador Milà.[8] He was ultimately included in the third place of the Plural Left coalition list. After his election to the European Parliament, he became a member of the Greens/EFA political group. He served in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM), also joining the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (DLAT) and the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (DCAM).[9]

After the 2019 european elections, in which he ran under the Unidas Podemos Cambiar Europa banner, he was appointed as Greens/EFA deputy chairman, under the leadership of co-chairs Ska Keller and Philippe Lamberts.[10] He repeated as member of the ECON and the FEMM committees and he also joined the Delegation for relations with Iran (D–IR).[1]

In December 2020, Urtasun received the Economics & Monetary Affairs, Taxation & Budgets award at The Parliament Magazine's annual MEP Awards.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Ernest Urtasun". www.europarl.europa.eu. European Parliament.
  2. ^ a b Gracia, Silvia (13 May 2014). "Ernest Urtasun, un joven con experiencia europea que sueña con cambiar la UE". www.lavanguardia.com. La Vanguardia.
  3. ^ Molina, Jordi (24 January 2014). "Ernest Urtasun: "ICV ha sido la fuerza que más ha defendido el derecho a decidir fuera de Cataluña"". www.eldiario.es. eldiario.es.
  4. ^ Junta Electoral de Zona de Barcelona: "Anexo I. Proclamació de la relació de candidatures presentades corresponents als municipis que s'esmenten". Boletín Oficial de la Provincia de Barcelona (102): 25–39. 29 April 2003.
  5. ^ Junta Electoral de Zona de Barcelona: "Publicación de las candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones municipales del 2007". Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona (124): 1–349. 1 May 2007.
  6. ^ Junta Electoral Central: "Candidaturas proclamadas a las elecciones de Diputados al Parlamento Europeo, convocadas por Real Decreto 561/2004, de 19 de abril, a celebrar el 13 de junio de 2004" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (120): 18938–18951. 18 May 2004. ISSN 0212-033X.
  7. ^ Junta Electoral Central: "Candidaturas proclamadas a las elecciones de Diputados al Parlamento Europeo convocadas por Real Decreto 482/2009, de 3 de abril, a celebrar el 7 de junio de 2009" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (115): 40777–40828. 12 May 2009. ISSN 0212-033X.
  8. ^ "ICV proclama Ernest Urtasun candidato a las elecciones europeas". www.lavanguardia.com. La Vanguardia. 21 December 2013.
  9. ^ "Ernest Urtasun. 8th parliamentary term". www.europarl.europa.eu. European Parliament.
  10. ^ Greens/EFA group positions elected Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA), press release of June 12, 2019.
  11. ^ Johnson, Brian (2 December 2020). "MEP Awards 2020: Reaction and comment from our winners". The Parliament Magazine. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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