Albert Botran

Albert Botran i Pahissa (born 14 January 1984) is a Catalan historian, politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was previously a member of the Parliament of Catalonia.

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Botran and the second or maternal family name is Pahissa; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Albert Botran
Botran in April 2014
Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
Assumed office
3 December 2019
ConstituencyBarcelona
Member of the Parliament of Catalonia
In office
26 October 2015 – 28 October 2017
ConstituencyBarcelona
Member of Molins de Rei Municipal Council
In office
2011–2015
Personal details
Born
Albert Botran i Pahissa

(1984-01-14) 14 January 1984
Molins de Rei, Catalonia, Spain
Political partyPoble Lliure
Other political
affiliations		Popular Unity Candidacy–For Rupture
Alma materAutonomous University of Barcelona
OccupationHistorian

Early life

Botran was born on 14 January 1984 in Molins de Rei, Catalonia.[1][2] He has a degree in history and a master's degree in comparative history from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.[1][2]

Career

Botran has been active in the leftist Catalan independence movement since 2002 and helped found the Molins de Rei branch of Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) in 2007.[2][3] He was a member of the CUP's national secretariat from 2009 to 2013 and from 2018 to 2019.[1][2] Botran works for the Òmnium Cultural.[2][3] In 2010 he won the 24th Francesc Carreras i Candi Award for his work Pensar Històricament els Països Catalans. La Historiografia i el Projecte Nacional dels Països Catalans (1960-1985).[2][4]

Botran contested the 2011 local elections as a Popular Unity Candidacy–Active People (CUP-PA) electoral alliance candidate in Molins de Rei and was elected.[5][6] Botran was one of the signatories of the October 2014 Nous Temps, Noves Eines - Per la Independència, pel Socialisme, pels Països Catalans: Ni un pas Enrere’, manifesto by leftist Catalan nationalists.[7][8] The manifesto led to the formation, in November 2014, of Poble Lliure of which Botran is a member.[2][3][9] He did not seek re-election at the 2015 local elections.[10]

Botran contested the 2015 regional election as a CUP candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia.[11][12] In February 2017 Botran attended an event in Castelló de Farfanya marking the 30th death anniversary of Catalan independence activist Julià Babia, a member of the Movement for Defence of the Land.[13][14] As a consequence, in September 2017 the Spanish Attorney General started an investigation on charges of extolling terrorism against four members of Poble Lliure: Botran, Toni Casserras, Ferran Dalmau and Guillem Fuster.[15][16] In December 2018 the Audiencia Nacional started investigating the case against the four and three others - Marcel·lí Canet, Marcel Casellas and Josep Maria Cervelló.[17]

At the 2017 regional election Botran was placed 81st on CUP's list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the party only won three seats in the province and as a result he failed to get re-elected.[18][19] He contested the 2019 November general election as a Popular Unity Candidacy–For Rupture candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[20][21]

Works
  • Les Proclames de Sobirania de Catalunya 1640-1936 (2009, Farell Editors, co-authors Adrià Cases and Oriol Junqueras)
  • Pensar Històricament els Països Catalans. La Historiografia i el Projecte Nacional dels Països Catalans (1960-1985) (2010)
  • Unitat Popular. La construcció de la CUP i l'Independentisme d'Esquerres (2012, Edicions El Jonc)[2]
  • Introducció a la Història dels Països Catalans (2014, Ediciones del 1979, co-authors Carles Castellanos and Lluís Sales; ISBN 9788494012679)

Electoral history
Electoral history of Albert Botran
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
2011 local[5][6]Molins de ReiPopular Unity CandidacyPopular Unity Candidacy-Active People4Elected
2015 regional[11][12]Province of BarcelonaPoble LliurePopular Unity Candidacy5Elected
2017 regional[18][19]Province of BarcelonaPoble LliurePopular Unity Candidacy81Not elected
2019 November general[20][21]Province of BarcelonaPoble LliurePopular Unity Candidacy–For Rupture2Elected

References
  1. "Members: XIV Legislatura ( 2019-Actualidad ) - Botran Pahissa, Albert" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  2. Palà, Roger; Aznar, Laura; Picazo, Sergi; Soldevila, Laia; Vila, Joan (8 October 2019). "Qui són i d'on vénen els candidats de la CUP al Congrés". Crític (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  3. Polo, Jose (17 July 2015). "L'exregidor Albert Botran, candidat a les primàries de la CUP". Viu Molins de Rei (in Catalan). Molins de Rei, Spain. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  4. "Pensar històricament els Països Catalans', d'Albert Botran, guanyador del XXIV Premi Francesc Carreras i Candi" (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Òmnium Cultural. Archived from the original on 1 October 2010.
  5. "Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral Zona de Sant Feliu de Llobregat". Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Diputació de Barcelona. 20 April 2011. p. 34. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  6. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Molins de Rei" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  7. "Adhesió de l´escriptor Miquel López Crespí al Manifest Nous temps, noves eines NI UN PAS ENRERE – PER LA INDEPENDÈNCIA, PEL SOCIALISME, PELS PAÏSOS CATALANS – NI UN PAS ENRERE" (in Catalan). Literatura catalana moderna - Illes. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  8. "Neix una nova organització de l'esquerra independentista". Nació Digital (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 29 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014.
  9. "Neix "Poble Lliure", la nova organització estratègica de l'esquerra independentista" (in Catalan). Llibertat.cat. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  10. Polo, Jose (11 June 2015). "11 dels 21 regidors de l'Ajuntament de Molins de Rei s'acomiaden del ple municipal". Viu Molins de Rei (in Catalan). Molins de Rei, Spain. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  11. "Anuncis Diversos: Administració Electoral - Juntes Electorals Provincials". Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan). No. 6947. Barcelona, Spain: Generalitat de Catalunya. 1 September 2015. p. 20. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  12. "Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2015: Candidats electes" (PDF) (in Catalan). Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, Generalitat de Catalunya. p. 2. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  13. "Emotiu homenatge a Julià Babia i companys de lluita a Castelló de Farfanya" (in Catalan). Llibertat.cat. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  14. "Querella contra quatre membres de Poble Lliure per enaltiment del terrorisme". Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  15. "de Poble Lliure per enaltiment del terrorisme". El Món (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 24 September 2017. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017.
  16. "Declara a Lleida un dels investigats per homenatjar l'històric independentista Julià Babia". El Punt (in Catalan). Girona, Spain. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  17. "Arxiven la causa per enaltiment del terrorisme contra Albert Botran i altres membres de Poble Lliure". Nació Digital (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  18. "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 281. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 19 November 2017. p. 111425. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  19. "Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2017: Composició del Parlament" (in Catalan). Generalitat de Catalunya. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017.
  20. "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales – Elecciones generales. Proclamación de candidaturas" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 248. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 15 October 2019. p. 113506. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  21. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Noviembre 2019" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 9 February 2020.

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