Joan Puigcercós

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Joan Puigcercós
Counsellor of Governance and Public Administration of the Generalitat de Catalunya
In office
29 November 2006 – 10 March 2008
PresidentJosé Montilla
Vice PresidentJosep-Lluís Carod-Rovira
Preceded byXavier Sabaté i Ibarz
Succeeded byJordi Ausàs
9th President of ERC
In office
7 June 2008 – 17 September 2011
Preceded byJosep-Lluís Carod-Rovira
Succeeded byOriol Junqueras
10th General Secretary of ERC
In office
4 July 2004 – 7 June 2008
PresidentJosep-Lluís Carod-Rovira
Preceded byJosep-Lluís Carod-Rovira
Succeeded byJoan Ridao i Martín
Personal details
Born (1966-12-02) 2 December 1966 (age 57)
Ripoll, Spain
Political partyRepublican Left of Catalonia
OccupationPolitician

Joan Puigcercós (Catalan pronunciation:

UAB
.

Civic background

He was a member of the Sports and Wealth Club in Ripoll, where he acted as president of youth area between 1986 and 1988.

Political background

Joan Puigcercós was affiliated with Independentistes dels Països Catalans (Independentists of the Catalan Countries) between 1983 and 1985, and with Crida a la Solidaritat (Call to Solidarity) between 1985 and 1987. He was member of the Assemblea d’Estudiants Independentistes d’Universitat (Assembly of Independentist University Students) (1984–1989).

Puigcercós joined

secretary-general of ERC. On 7 June 2008, he was elected president of the party, succeeding Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira. He was succeeded as secretary general by Joan Ridao i Martín
.

Joan Puigcercós is a member of the Josep Irla Foundation Patronate.

Institutional background

Councillor in Ripoll Town Council (1987–1991). Deputy of the Catalan Parliament (1992–2000). He represented

Barcelona
in the Spanish Congress from 2000 until 2004. Since 2004, he has been the spokesperson of his parliamentary group and president of the environmental commission.

References

  1. ^ Riba, Tian; Arenas, Sandra (16 June 2009). ""Carretero ha de saber què vol ser quan sigui gran"". avui.cat (in Catalan). Archived from the original on 3 October 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
Political offices
Preceded by
Counsellor of Governance and Public Administration of the Generalitat de Catalunya

2006–2008
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by President of ERC
2008–2011
Succeeded by
Preceded by General Secretary of ERC
2004–2008
Succeeded by