“the legitimate president of Catalonia”
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Quim Torra
Joaquim Torra i Pla, known as Quim Torra, is a Catalan lawyer and journalist from Spain. He served as President of the Government of Catalonia from 17 May 2018 to 28 September 2020, when the Supreme Court of Spain confirmed a court ruling by the High Court of Justice of Catalonia condemning him for disobeying the Central Electoral Board during the April 2019 general election, leading to his disqua…
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culture · Former president of Catalonia (born 1962) · writer · lawyer · editor · politician · opinion journalist · political activist · jurist · journalist · author · also Quim Torra, Joaquim Torra i Pla, Quim Torra i Pla, Torra
Born 28 December 1962 · Q1945815
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2026· 4 entries
“Carles Puigdemont is our president”
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“the (legislative) term had no political future if unity cannot be maintained”
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Published video “Conxita Badia, una gran cantant marcada per la guerra i l'exili”.
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2025· 3 entries
Published video “'Jo no sóc espanyol', 25 anys després”.
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Published video “Josep Maria Llompart, un home al servei del país”.
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Published video “Homenatge a Rosario Palomino, una catalana nascuda al Perú”.
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2024· 1 entry
Published video “Homenatge a Antoni Desvalls i als defensors de 1714”.
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2023· 5 entries
Published video “'Espionatge periodisme i drets humans' amb Vicent Partal, Gonzalo Boye i el president Quim Torra”.
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Published video “'Persones essencials', conversa amb el periodista Antoni Bassas i el president Quim Torra (cap. 6)”.
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Published video “'Persones essencials', conversa amb l'advocat Josep M. Solé i el president Quim Torra (capítol 5)”.
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Published video “'Persones essencials', conversa amb la mestra Rosor Rabassedas i president Quim Torra (capítol 4)”.
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Published video “'Persones essencials', conversa Josep Boix (Protecció Civil) i president Quim Torra (capítol 3)”.
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2021· 1 entry
Career landmark: Participated in Stop JJOO 2030 (tournament / event).
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2020· 1 entry
Notícias ao Minuto: Quim Torra inabilitado pelo Supremo Tribunal com unanimidade
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2019· 1 entry
Observador: Quim Torra nega ligações a grupo terrorista
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2018· 6 entries
Euronews: Independentista Quim Torra ´toma posse na Catalunha
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IstoÉ Dinheiro: Quim Torra, um separatista catalão da ala dura e fiel a Puigdemont
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NDTV: Hardline Separatist Quim Torra Appointed Catalan Leader
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Career landmark: Member of the Parliament of Catalonia (2018–2020).
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Career landmark: President of the Generalitat of Catalonia (2018–2020).
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“Contexto: en 2018, el día que se cumplió un año de los atentados yihadistas del 17 de agosto de 2017 en Barcelona”
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2016· 1 entry
Career landmark: Director of Contemporary issues research center (2016–2017).
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2015· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of Òmnium Cultural (2015–2015).
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2012· 1 entry
Criticizing anti-Catalanism and Spain have elicited strong criticism from numerous sectors
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2011· 1 entry
Torra and lawyer Jordi Cortada filed a lawsuit before the European Court of Human Rights against the Constitutional Court's re-writing of the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia
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2010· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of Sobirania i Justícia (2010–2011).
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2009· 2 entries
Awarded Premi Carles Rahola d'assaig for Viatge involuntari a la Catalunya impossible (2009).
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Won the "Carles Rahola" award for "Viatge Involuntari a la Catalunya Impossible", an essay on the history of Catalan journalism that mixes fact and fiction to narrate the life of several Catalan journalists during the
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2008· 1 entry
Torra founded A Contra Vent Editors, a publisher specialising in literary and humorous journalism, focusing on the revival of Catalonia's literary and journalistic tradition during the 1920s and 1930s
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2002· 11 entries
“Evidentemente, vivimos ocupados por los españoles desde 1714.”
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“Los españoles en Catalunya son como la energía: no desaparecen, se transforman.”
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“Contexto: Refiriéndose a "los del PSC”
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“Fuera bromas. Señores, si seguimos aquí algunos años más corremos el riesgo de acabar tan locos como los mismos españoles.”
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“Sobre todo, lo que sorprende es el tono, la mala educación, la pijería española, sensación de inmundicia. Horrible.”
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“Los españoles solo saben expoliar.”
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“Oír hablar a Albert Rivera de moralidad es como oír a los españoles hablar de democracia.”
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“Vergüenza es una palabra que los españoles hace años que han eliminado de su vocabulario.”
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“Y yo pensé que ya está bien de tanta necrofilia y tanto embalsamamiento de la memoria. Basta, ya está bien. Yo quiero al 'president' de la República Catalana aquí, a mi lado, delante nuestro. Estos jóvenes lo necesitan aquí. Intransigente, optimista, paramilitar, visionario, persistente, hombre de Estado, feroz. Y con el presidente, los hermanos Badia, claro..”
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“Franceses y españoles comparten la misma concepción aniquiladora de las naciones que malviven en sus Estados.”
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“[Los catalanes] vamos en coches particulares y nos lo pagamos todo. No hacemos como los españoles.”
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1991· 1 entry
And where his widowed mother still lives
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1985· 1 entry
Studied at Autonomous University of Barcelona, licentiate degree in law (1980–1985).
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1962· 1 entry
Born 1962-12-28.
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