Toni Roldán
Toni Roldán | |
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Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
In office 13 January 2016 – 26 June 2019 | |
Constituency | Barcelona |
Personal details | |
Born | Barcelona, Spain | 14 May 1983
Nationality | Spanish |
Occupation | Politician, economist, risk analyst, columnist |
Antonio "Toni" Roldán Monés (born 1983) is a Spanish economist and politician, who has served as member of the 11th, 12th and 13th Congress of Deputies in the Citizens parliamentary group.
Biography[]
Born on 14 May 1983 in Barcelona, he graduated in Economic Sciences at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He also obtained a MA in International Relations at the University of Sussex and in Economic Politics at the University of Columbia. He is preparing his PhD at the London School of Economics (LSE). Considered a pupil of Luis Garicano,[1] Roldán has published pieces about economics at the HuffPost, eldiario.es and El País.[2]
He was employed as economic advisor of the Secretary-General of the PSOE Delegation at the European Parliament and at the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission. He also worked as political risk analyst for Eurasia Group and as researcher for the LSE.[3]
He joined Citizens-Party of the Citizenry (Cs) in September 2015. He was elected member of the Congress of Deputies at the 2015, 2016 and 2019 general elections.[4] He served as Spokesperson in the area of Economy at the Lower House as well as the member of the party board charged with Political Platforms and Sectorial Areas. A representative of the social-liberal wing of Cs,[5] on 24 June 2019 he renounced to his parliamentary seat and party responsibilities over concerns on the strategy of party leader Albert Rivera vis-à-vis post-electoral deals,[6] after the party veto on Pedro Sánchez and rapprochement with the far-right Vox. He rhetorically asked in the announcement of his resignation "how are we going to move past the clash of red and blue – which is what we came to do – if we ourselves turn into blues??".[7][8][9]
Works[]
- Coauthor
- Recuperar el futuro: Doce propuestas que cambiarán España (2015), along Luis Garicano Gabilondo.
References[]
- ^ "Albert Rivera aúpa a Antonio Roldán, el discípulo de Garicano que desmontó a Podemos". periodistadigital.com. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ "Antonio Roldán Monés". Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ "Artículos de Toni Roldán Monés". Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ Congreso de los Diputados. "Roldán Monés, Antonio". Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ García de Blas, Elsa (24 July 2019). "El portavoz económico de Ciudadanos deja el partido por el giro a la derecha". El País.
- ^ elEconomista.es. "Dimite Toni Roldán, el portavoz económico de Ciudadanos, tras el acercamiento del partido a Vox - elEconomista.es". www.eleconomista.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-06-24.
- ^ Aduriz, Iñigo. "Toni Roldán deja Ciudadanos: "¿Cómo vamos a superar la confrontación entre rojos y azules si nos convertimos en azules?"". eldiario.es.
- ^ Jones, Sam (24 June 2019). "Spain's Citizens party under pressure over far-right deals". The Guardian.
- ^ "XIII Legislatura (2019-Actualidad). Roldán Monés, Antonio". Congress of Deputies.
- Living people
- 1983 births
- Politicians from Barcelona
- Members of the 13th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
- Members of the 12th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
- Members of the 11th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
- Citizens (Spanish political party) politicians