Jordi Xuclà
Spanish lawyer, academic and politician
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Jordi Xuclà i Costa (born 13 May 1973) is a Spanish lawyer, academic and politician from Catalonia. He is a former member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain and the Senate of Spain.
Jordi Xuclà | |
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Xuclà in November 2015 | |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain | |
| In office 25 March 2004 – 5 March 2019 | |
| Constituency | Girona |
| Member of the Senate of Spain | |
| In office 12 March 2000 – 20 January 2004 | |
| Constituency | Girona |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jordi Xuclà i Costa 13 May 1973 |
| Citizenship | Spanish |
| Party | Catalan European Democratic Party |
| Education | University of Girona |
| Occupation | Lawyer, academic |
Early life and family
Xuclà was born on 13 May 1973 in Olot, Catalonia.[1][2] He is the son of an industrialist who was a supporter of Jordi Pujol.[3] His brother was a member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC).[3] Xuclà has a degree in law from the University of Girona, a diploma in public law and a master's degree in security and foreign policy.[1][4]
Xuclà joined the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) in 1989 and was secretary-general (1998-00) and president (2000-02) of the Nationalist Youth of Catalonia (JNC).[1][2][3]
Career
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Xuclà was head of Institutional Relations in the Generalitat de Catalunya's Department of Environment.[4] He has worked as a lawyer and was professor of administrative and constitutional law at the University of Girona.[1][2][3]
At the 1999 local elections Xuclà was placed 20th on the Convergence and Union (CiU) electoral alliance's list of candidates in Olot but the alliance only managed to win 8 seats in the municipality and as a result he failed to get elected.[5][6] At the 2007 local elections he was placed 21st on the CiU's list of candidates in Olot but the alliance only managed to win 7 seats in the municipality and as a result he failed to get elected.[7][8] At the 2011 local elections he was placed 21st on the CiU's list of candidates in Olot but the alliance only managed to win 10 seats in the municipality and as a result he failed to get elected.[9][10] He did not contest the 2015 local elections but was nominated as the CiU's number one substitute candidate in Les Planes d'Hostoles.[11]
Xuclà contested the 2000 general election as a CiU candidate in the Province of Girona and was elected to the Senate of Spain.[12][13] He contested the 2004 general election as a CiU candidate in the Province of Girona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[14][15] He was re-elected at the 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2016 general elections.[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
Xuclà is a vice-president of Liberal International and president of the Freedom and Democracy Foundation (Fundació Llibertat i Democràcia), the Catalan section of the Liberal International.[1][2][3] He was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE).[2]