Albert Botran
Botran in 2018
Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
In office
3 December 2019 – 16 August 2023
ConstituencyBarcelona
Member of the Parliament of Catalonia
In office
26 October 2015 – 28 October 2017
ConstituencyBarcelona
Member of Molins de Rei Municipal Council
In office
2011–2015
Personal details
Born
Albert Botran i Pahissa

(1984-01-14) 14 January 1984
Molins de Rei, Catalonia, Spain
CitizenshipSpanish
Political partyPoble Lliure
Other political
affiliations		Popular Unity Candidacy–For Rupture
Alma materAutonomous University of Barcelona
OccupationHistorian

Albert Botran i Pahissa (born 14 January 1984) is a Spanish historian and politician from Catalonia and a former member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was previously a member of the Parliament of Catalonia.[1]

Early life

Botran was born on 14 January 1984 in Molins de Rei, Catalonia.[2][3] He has a degree in history and a master's degree in comparative history from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.[2][3]

Career

Botran has been active in the leftist Catalan independence movement since 2002 and helped found the Molins de Rei branch of Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) in 2007.[3][4] He was a member of the CUP's national secretariat from 2009 to 2013 and from 2018 to 2019.[2][3] Botran works for the Òmnium Cultural.[3][4] In 2010 he won the 24th Francesc Carreras i Candi Award for his work Pensar Històricament els Països Catalans. La Historiografia i el Projecte Nacional dels Països Catalans (1960-1985).[3][5]

Botran contested the 2011 local elections as a Popular Unity Candidacy–Active People (CUP-PA) electoral alliance candidate in Molins de Rei and was elected.[6][7] Botran was one of the signatories of the October 2014 Nous Temps, Noves Eines - Per la Independència, pel Socialisme, pels Països Catalans: Ni un pas Enrere’, manifesto by leftist Catalan nationalists.[8][9] The manifesto led to the formation, in November 2014, of Poble Lliure of which Botran is a member.[3][4][10] He did not seek re-election at the 2015 local elections.[11]

Botran contested the 2015 regional election as a CUP candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia.[12][13] In February 2017 Botran attended an event in Castelló de Farfanya marking the 30th death anniversary of Catalan independence activist Julià Babia, a member of the Movement for Defence of the Land.[14][15] As a consequence, in September 2017 the Spanish Attorney General started an investigation on charges of extolling terrorism against four members of Poble Lliure: Botran, Toni Casserras, Ferran Dalmau and Guillem Fuster.[16][17] In December 2018 the Audiencia Nacional started investigating the case against the four and three others - Marcel·lí Canet, Marcel Casellas and Josep Maria Cervelló.[18]

At the 2017 regional election Botran was placed 81st on CUP's list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the party only won three seats in the province and as a result he failed to get re-elected.[19][20] He contested the 2019 November general election as a Popular Unity Candidacy–For Rupture candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[21][22] In 2023 general elections he wasn't reelected.

Works

  • Les Proclames de Sobirania de Catalunya 1640-1936 (2009, Farell Editors, co-authors Adrià Cases and Oriol Junqueras)
  • Pensar Històricament els Països Catalans. La Historiografia i el Projecte Nacional dels Països Catalans (1960-1985) (2010)
  • Unitat Popular. La construcció de la CUP i l'Independentisme d'Esquerres (2012, Edicions El Jonc)[3]
  • Introducció a la Història dels Països Catalans (2014, Ediciones del 1979, co-authors Carles Castellanos and Lluís Sales; ISBN 9788494012679)

Electoral history

Electoral history of Albert Botran
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
2011 local[6][7]Molins de ReiPopular Unity CandidacyPopular Unity Candidacy-Active People4Elected
2015 regional[12][13]Province of BarcelonaPoble LliurePopular Unity Candidacy5Elected
2017 regional[19][20]Province of BarcelonaPoble LliurePopular Unity Candidacy81Not elected
2019 November general[21][22]Province of BarcelonaPoble LliurePopular Unity Candidacy–For Rupture2Elected

References

  1. ↑ 324cat (25 July 2023). "Albert Botran plega pels resultats del 23J i el secretariat de la CUP demana una refundació". CCMA (in Catalan). Retrieved 26 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 3 "Members: XIV Legislatura ( 2019-Actualidad ) - Botran Pahissa, Albert" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Palà, Roger; Aznar, Laura; Picazo, Sergi; Soldevila, Laia; Vila, Joan (8 October 2019). "Qui són i d'on vénen els candidats de la CUP al Congrés". Crític (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 Polo, Jose (17 July 2015). "L'exregidor Albert Botran, candidat a les primàries de la CUP". Viu Molins de Rei (in Catalan). Molins de Rei, Spain. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Pensar històricament els Països Catalans', d'Albert Botran, guanyador del XXIV Premi Francesc Carreras i Candi" (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Òmnium Cultural. Archived from the original on 1 October 2010.
  6. 1 2 "Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral Zona de Sant Feliu de Llobregat". Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Diputació de Barcelona. 20 April 2011. p. 34. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Molins de Rei" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "Adhesió de l´escriptor Miquel López Crespí al Manifest Nous temps, noves eines NI UN PAS ENRERE – PER LA INDEPENDÈNCIA, PEL SOCIALISME, PELS PAÏSOS CATALANS – NI UN PAS ENRERE" (in Catalan). Literatura catalana moderna - Illes. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  9. ↑ "Neix una nova organització de l'esquerra independentista". Nació Digital (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 29 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Neix "Poble Lliure", la nova organització estratègica de l'esquerra independentista" (in Catalan). Llibertat.cat. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  11. ↑ Polo, Jose (11 June 2015). "11 dels 21 regidors de l'Ajuntament de Molins de Rei s'acomiaden del ple municipal". Viu Molins de Rei (in Catalan). Molins de Rei, Spain. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  12. 1 2 "Anuncis Diversos: Administració Electoral - Juntes Electorals Provincials". Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan). No. 6947. Barcelona, Spain: Generalitat de Catalunya. 1 September 2015. p. 20. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  13. 1 2 "Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2015: Candidats electes" (PDF) (in Catalan). Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, Generalitat de Catalunya. p. 2. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  14. ↑ "Emotiu homenatge a Julià Babia i companys de lluita a Castelló de Farfanya" (in Catalan). Llibertat.cat. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  15. ↑ "Querella contra quatre membres de Poble Lliure per enaltiment del terrorisme". Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  16. ↑ "de Poble Lliure per enaltiment del terrorisme". El Món (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 24 September 2017. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017.
  17. ↑ "Declara a Lleida un dels investigats per homenatjar l'històric independentista Julià Babia". El Punt (in Catalan). Girona, Spain. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  18. ↑ "Arxiven la causa per enaltiment del terrorisme contra Albert Botran i altres membres de Poble Lliure". Nació Digital (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  19. 1 2 "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 281. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 19 November 2017. p. 111425. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  20. 1 2 "Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2017: Composició del Parlament" (in Catalan). Generalitat de Catalunya. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017.
  21. 1 2 "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales – Elecciones generales. Proclamación de candidaturas" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 248. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 15 October 2019. p. 113506. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  22. 1 2 "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Noviembre 2019" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 9 February 2020.

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