Miquel Sàmper

Miquel Sàmper i Rodríguez (born 1966) is a Catalan lawyer and politician and since September 3, 2020, Minister of the Interior of the Generalitat de Catalunya.[1]

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Sàmper and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Miquel Sàmper
Minister of the Interior
Assumed office
3 September 2020
PresidentQuim Torra
Preceded byMiquel Buch
Personal details
Born1966 (age 55)
Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain
Political partyTogether for Catalonia
Spouse(s)Montse Riba
Children4

Career

He received a degree in Law and Political Science. Before he entered politics, he owned a law office in his hometown of Terrassa. He was Dean of the Bar Association of Terrace, President of the Catalan Lawyers and Deputy President of the General Council of Spanish Lawyers. He was also one of the promoters of the first Mortgage Brokerage Office in Spain.[2]

In 2015, he was the CiU candidate for mayor of Terrassa and finished in fourth place with three councilors.[3] After the elections, he and his party abstained during the mayoral election, thereby facilitating the election of Jordi Ballart, the PSC candiadate, as mayor.[4] Four years later, he ran for re-election, this time under the name of Junts per Terrassa. However, he ran as number two on the party list, giving the number one spot to the exiled councilor Lluís Puig.[5] His party won two seats in that election.[6]

On September 3, 2020, during a cabinet reshuffle, he was chosen by Catalan President Quim Torra to replace Miquel Buch as Minister of the Interior of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

References
  1. "Sàmper, Tremosa i Ponsa, nous consellers del Govern". ElNacional.cat. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  2. Palau, La torre del. "Qui és Miquel Sàmper, el nou conseller d'Interior? | La torre del Palau". www.naciodigital.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  3. NacióDigital. "Terrassa | Resultats Eleccions Municipals 2015 | NacióDigital". www.naciodigital.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  4. "CiU facilitará con abstención alcaldía Terrassa al PSC". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  5. MónTerrassa (2019-04-26). "La Llista de Junts per Terrassa pel 26-M". MónTerrassa (in Catalan). Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  6. NacióManresa. "Resultats eleccions municipals 2019 a Terrassa, Vallès Occidental (Barcelona) | NacióManresa". www.naciodigital.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2020-09-05.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.