Josep Maria Vallès
Vallès in 2015
Minister of Justice of the Generalitat de Catalunya
In office
17 December 2003  29 November 2006
Preceded byNúria de Gispert
Succeeded byMontserrat Tura
Personal details
BornJuly 1940
Barcelona
Political partyCpC (PSC)

Josep Maria Vallès i Casadevall (born July 1940 in Barcelona) is a Spanish academic and politician.

Career

Vallès studied law (UB), Political Science (IEP, in Paris) and Business Management (ESADE, Barcelona). He is Emeritus Professor in Political Science and Administration in the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, where he was Dean of the Faculty of Political Sciences and Sociology (1985–1990) and Rector (Vice-Chancellor) (1990–1994).[1] Vallès has been President of the Spanish Association of Political Science and Administration (AECPA) and member of the Executive Board of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR). His research interests have been electoral systems and behaviour, local government and public policy. Vallès was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia in 1999[2] and re-elected in 2003, as Barcelona candidate for Ciutadans pel Canvi (CpC), a civic association. In 2003, he was appointed Minister of Justice in the Catalan Government presided by Pasqual Maragall. Vallès is married and has two sons (Oriol and Màrius).

References

  1. "Josep Maria Vallès y Carles Solà, nuevos consejeros de la Generalitat" (in Spanish). noticias.info. 24 December 2003. Archived from the original on 28 May 2006. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  2. De la Universidad a la política por la vía del derecho, El Pais, 21 December 2003
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