Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida
Spanish politician (born 1952)
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Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida (born 27 March 1952 in Alcampell, Spain) is a Spanish politician. A qualified lawyer, Duran began his political career when he was elected MP in the General Elections of Spain in 1979, representing Lleida becoming tinent d'alcalde in the municipality of Lleida.[1][2]
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Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida | |
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| Counsellor of Governance and Institutional Relations of the Generalitat de Catalunya | |
| In office 29 November 1999 – 5 February 2001 | |
| President | Jordi Pujol |
| Preceded by | Xavier Pomés i Abella |
| Succeeded by | Núria de Gispert |
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| Born | 27 March 1952 |
| Party | Democratic Union of Catalonia (CiU) |
| Occupation | Politician and Lawyer |
Currently Duran is an MP for Barcelona district, elected in the General Elections in 2004, and is a member of Convergence and Union (CiU). Duran i Lleida has also been the president of Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC), a political party which is part of CiU, since 1987 and also from 1982 to 1984.
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In November 2003 Duran i Lleida advocated calling gay marriage (which is legal in Spain) by a different name.[3] In January 2007 Josep Antoni adopted the Gibraltar nationality as a stand against the Spanish government policies. Years after, in March 2012 during a fierce debate with Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy, Duran i Lleida asked for the immediate recognition of Kosovo by Spain, and stated that the reasons for non-recognition "are not international but internal".
