Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida
Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida | |
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Minister of Governance and Institutional Relations of the Generalitat de Catalunya | |
In office November 29, 1999 – February 5, 2001 | |
President | Jordi Pujol |
Preceded by | Xavier Pomés i Abella |
Succeeded by | Núria de Gispert |
Personal details | |
Born |
Alcampell, Huesca, Aragón | March 27, 1952
Political party | Democratic Union of Catalonia (CiU) |
Occupation | Politician and Lawyer |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida (born March 27, 1952 in Alcampell, Huesca) is a Spanish politician. A qualified lawyer, Duran began his political career when he was elected MP in the General Elections of Spain in 1979, representing Lleida becoming tinent d'alcalde in the municipality of Lleida.[1][2]
Currently Duran is an MP for Barcelona district, elected in the General Elections in 2004, and is a member of Convergence and Union (CiU). Duran i Lleida has also been the president of Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC), a political party which is part of CiU, since 1987 and also from 1982 to 1984.
Comments
In November 2003 Duran i Lleida advocated calling gay marriage (which is legal in Spain) by a different name.[3] In March 2012 during a fierce debate with Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy, Duran i Lleida asked for the immediate recognition of Kosovo by Spain, and stated that the reasons for non-recognition "are not international but internal".
References
- ↑ http://www.unio.org/partit/cv/josep_a_duran_lleida.asp
- ↑ "duranilleida.cat". duranilleida.cat. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
- ↑ "Duran aboga por sustituir la ley del matrimonio homosexual por otra de uniones civiles". 20minutos.es. 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
External links
- Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida (Catalan)
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Xavier Pomés i Abella |
Minister of Governance and Institutional Relations of Catalonia 1999 – 2001 |
Succeeded by Núria de Gispert |
Party political offices | ||
Preceded by New title |
General Secretary of CiU 2001 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
Preceded by Xavier Trias |
Spokesperson of Convergence and Union in the Congress of Deputies 2004 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
Preceded by Concepció Ferrer i Calsas |
President of the Committee of Government of UDC 1987 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
Preceded by Joaquim Xicoy i Bassegoda |
President of the Committee of Government of UDC 1982 – 1984 |
Succeeded by Concepció Ferrer i Calsas |