Carles Campuzano
Campuzano in November 2015
Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
In office
20 March 1996 – 5 March 2019
ConstituencyBarcelona
Member of the Parliament of Catalonia
In office
3 April 1992 – 26 September 1995
ConstituencyBarcelona
Member of Vilanova i la Geltrú Municipal Council
In office
1987–1991
Personal details
Born
Carles Campuzano i Canadès

(1964-07-12) 12 July 1964
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Political partyCDC (1983–2016)
PDeCAT (2016–20)
Alma materUniversity of Barcelona
carlescampuzano.cat

Carles Campuzano i Canadès (born 12 July 1964) is a Catalan politician and a former member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain and the Parliament of Catalonia.

Early life and family

Campuzano was born on 12 July 1964 in Barcelona, Catalonia.[1][2] He has a degree in law from the University of Barcelona.[3][4] Campuzano joined the Nationalist Youth of Catalonia (JNC) in 1981 and was a member of its National Executive Committee from 1984 as well as its secretary-general (1989–94) and president (1994-96).[3][4] He was one of the founders of the National Student Federation of Catalonia (Federació Nacional d'Estudiants de Catalunya, FNEC).[3] Campuzano joined the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) in 1983 and was a member its national council.[1][3]

Career

Campuzano at the CDC's "Defensem la nostra cultura" event on 21 June 2016

Campuzano worked as technical assistant in the Generalitat de Catalunya's Department of Presidency between 1986 and 1992.[3][4][5]

Campuzano was a member of Vilanova i la Geltrú Municipal Council from 1987 to 1991 and Garraf County Council from 1991 to 1992.[3][4] He contested the 1992 regional election as a Convergence and Union (CiU) electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia.[6][7] Campuzano did not contest the 1995 regional election but was nominated as the CiU's number one substitute candidate in the Province of Barcelona.[8]

Campuzano contested the 1996 general election as a CiU candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[9][10] He was re-elected at the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2016 general elections.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] Campuzano has been spokesperson for the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT) in the Congress of Deputies since April 2017 and was a member of the Spanish delegation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).[1][4][23] Despite having been proposed by its party to be the main candidate of Together for Catalonia to seek the April 2019 Spanish general election,[24] he wouldn't be chosen in the end,[25] being replaced by Laura Borràs as the main candidate by Barcelona.[26] Eventually, Carles Campuzano announced that he would be leaving the PDeCAT because of differences on its political ideology and project.[27][28]

Campuzano is chairman of the Associació Catalana de Solidaritat i Ajuda als Refugiats (Catalan Association of Solidarity and Refugee Aid, ACSAR Foundation) and a member of Òmnium Cultural, Greenpeace and Obra Cultural Balear de Mallorca.[1][3]

Electoral history

Campuzano addresses the PDeCAT's founding congress on 9 July 2016
Electoral history of Carles Campuzano
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
1987 localVilanova i la GeltrúDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaConvergence and UnionElected
1992 regional[6][7]Province of BarcelonaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaConvergence and Union39Elected
1996 general[9][10]Province of BarcelonaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaConvergence and Union6Elected
2000 general[11][12]Province of BarcelonaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaConvergence and Union6Elected
2004 general[13][14]Province of BarcelonaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaConvergence and Union4Elected
2008 general[15][16]Province of BarcelonaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaConvergence and Union4Elected
2011 general[17][18]Province of BarcelonaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaConvergence and Union4Elected
2015 general[19][20]Province of BarcelonaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaDemocracy and Freedom2Elected
2016 general[21][22]Province of BarcelonaDemocratic Convergence of Catalonia2Elected

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Members: XII Legislatura ( 2016-2019 ) - Campuzano i Canadés, Carles" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Carles Campuzano i Canadès" (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Catalan European Democratic Party. Archived from the original on 20 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "IV legislatura: Càrrecs parlamentaris i biografies dels diputats i diputades & Composició dels grups parlamentaris" (PDF) (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Parliament of Catalonia. p. 73. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "El debate: Participantes - Carles Campuzano". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  5. ↑ Baiges, Siscu (6 September 2014). "Carles Campuzano: "La independencia no es para los impacientes"". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Administració de Justícia: Juntes Electorals". Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan). No. 1557. Barcelona, Spain: Generalitat de Catalunya. 18 February 1992. p. 1084. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 1992: Candidats electes" (PDF) (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, Generalitat de Catalunya. p. 1. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Administració de Justícia: Juntes Electorals". Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan). No. 2119. Barcelona, Spain: Generalitat de Catalunya. 24 October 1995. p. 7754. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  9. 1 2 "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 32. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 6 February 1996. p. 3984. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  10. 1 2 "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Marzo 1996" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  11. 1 2 "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 39. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 15 February 2000. p. 6988. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  12. 1 2 "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Marzo 2000" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  13. 1 2 "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 41. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 17 February 2004. p. 7491. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  14. 1 2 "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Marzo 2004" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  15. 1 2 "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Vol. CCCXLVIII, no. 37. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 12 February 2008. p. 7573. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  16. 1 2 "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Marzo 2008" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  17. 1 2 "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 257. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 25 October 2011. p. 111254. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  18. 1 2 "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Noviembre 2011" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  19. 1 2 "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 281. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 24 November 2015. p. 110648. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  20. 1 2 "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Diciembre 2015" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  21. 1 2 "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 131. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 31 May 2016. p. 35534. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  22. 1 2 "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Junio 2016" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  23. ↑ "Carles Campuzano substituirà Homs com a portaveu de PDeCAT al Congrés". Catalunya Press (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  24. ↑ "Carles Campuzano se propone para encabezar la lista del PDeCAT por Barcelona". europapress (in Spanish). 2 March 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  25. ↑ "Campuzano: "Ojalá hubiese habido primarias en el PDeCAT, me hubiera gustado presentarme"". RTVE (in Spanish). 11 March 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  26. ↑ Piñol, Àngels (11 March 2019). "Laura Borràs dimitirá por ley como consejera de Cultura antes del día 24". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  27. ↑ Bertran, Albert (23 June 2020). "Carles Campuzano se da de baja del PDECat". elPeriódico (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  28. ↑ "Campuzano se da de baja del PDeCAT a las puertas del congreso del PNC". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 23 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
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