José María Espejo-Saavedra Conesa

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José María Espejo-Saavedra
Member of the Catalan Parliament
In office
1 November 2006 – 9 May 2019
ConstituencyBarcelona
Personal details
Born
José María Espejo-Saavedra Conesa

(1976-07-22) 22 July 1976 (age 47)
Citizens-Party of the Citizenry
SpouseDenise
Children2
Alma materAutonomous University of Madrid
OccupationPolitician and Lawyer

José María Espejo-Saavedra Conesa (born 22 July 1976, in

Member of the Congress of Deputies and chair of the Congress' Committee on International Cooperation for Development since 2019. He is a member of the Citizens
party.

In previous years, Espejo-Saavedra has served as a

Member of the Catalan Parliament
from 2006 to 2019 and Second Vice President of the Catalan Parliament from 2015 to 2019.

Biography

He studied Law at the Autonomous University of Madrid and has a master's degree in insolvency administration obtained at the Lawyer Association of Barcelona, he also has some other minors obtained at ESADE. Before becoming a member of parliament he worked as a lawyer of La Caixa, being the head of the legal advice team.[1]

He has been a member of the Citizens party ever since its establishment in 2006 and he is now in charge of the legal affairs of the Steering Committee. He was number seven in the list of the 2012 Catalan regional election and was elected member of parliament. He was re-elected in the 2015 and 2017 regional elections.

Congress of Deputies

Espejo-Saavedra left the

Member of the Congress of Deputies in the 2019 general election.[2] On July 16, 2019, his party nominated him to be a member of the Congress' Permanent Deputation. On July 30, 2019, he assumed as chairman of the Congress of Deputies Committee on International Cooperation for Development.[1]

Committee assignments

  • Constitutional Committee
  • Committee on Justice
  • Committee on International Cooperation for Development – (chair)
  • Committee on Rules

References

  1. ^ a b Congress of Deputies. "Espejo-Saavedra Conesa, José María". www.congreso.es. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  2. ^ BARCELONA, EUROPA PRESS / (2019-05-08). "El último pleno de Inés Arrimadas en el Parlament". elperiodico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-07-31.

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