Basha Changue
Catalan politician (born 1984)
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Basharat Changue i Canalejo (born 1984), better known as Basha Changue[1][2] and informally as Basha Changuerra,[3] is a Catalan activist and politician who has served as a deputy in the Parliament of Catalonia since 12 March 2021.
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Basha Changue | |
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Changue in 2021 | |
| Deputy of the Parliament of Catalonia | |
| Assumed office 12 March 2021 | |
| Constituency | Barcelona |
| Councillor of Moià City Council | |
| In office 15 June 2019 – 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Basharat Changue i Canalejo 1984 (age 41–42) |
| Citizenship | Spanish |
| Party | Popular Unity Candidacy |
| Occupation | Politician |
Biography
Basharat Changue i Canalejo was born in 1984, in the Nou Barris district of Barcelona.[4] The daughter of an Equatoguinean father and an Andalusian mother, she studied interior design and social integration.[5] As an anti-racist and Afro-feminist activist, she is the promoter of the AfroFem Koop cooperative and a member of the Comunitat Negra Africana i Afrodescendent a Catalunya group.[3] She presided over the Afroféminas political organization.[6] She also collaborates in various media and has been councillor for the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) in Moià City Council.[7]
Ahead of the elections to the Parliament of Catalonia in 2021, she ranked 5th on the CUP-Guanyem list for the constituency of Barcelona and was elected as a member of the 13th Parliament of Catalonia.[8]
On 18 September 2022, she was chosen to head the broad list, of which the CUP is part, for the 2023 Barcelona City Council election.[9] She lost.