Marta Rosique
Rosique in May 2019
Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
Assumed office
16 May 2019
ConstituencyBarcelona
Personal details
Born
Marta Rosique i Saltor

(1996-03-16) 16 March 1996
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
CitizenshipSpanish
Political partyRepublican Left of Catalonia
Other political
affiliations		Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists
Alma materPompeu Fabra University

Marta Rosique i Saltor (born 16 March 1996) is a Catalan politician from Spain and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.

Early life

Rosique was born on 16 March 1996 in Barcelona, Catalonia.[1][2] Her father is a doctor and her mother works for a food security company.[3][4] She lives in the wealthy Sant Gervasi district of Barcelona.[4] She has a degree in journalism from the Pompeu Fabra University and is currently studying political science at the university.[1][4]

Rosique was a member of the European Youth Parliament from 2011 to 2015.[4][5] She was secretary of the National Youth Council of Catalonia (CNJC) between 2015 and 2017, with responsibility for international co-operation and interculturality.[1][5][6] In this role she helped found the Euromed Youth Network, a platform for youth organisations in the Mediterranean region.[5] She has been Republican Youth of Catalonia's secretary for policy and international co-operation since 2016.[1][4][5] In 2017, prior to the Catalan independence referendum, she was spokesperson for Universitats per la República (UxR), a platform that mobilised support amongst the university community for Catalan self-determination.[1][5][6]

Career

Rosique contested the April 2019 general election as a Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[7][8] Aged 23, she was the youngest member of the congress to date and had a net wealth of €150.[2][3][4] She was re-elected at the November 2019 general election.[9][10]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Marta Rosique
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
2019 April general[7][8]Province of BarcelonaRepublican Left of CataloniaRepublican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists7Elected
2019 November general[9][10]Province of BarcelonaRepublican Left of CataloniaRepublican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists6Elected

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Members: XIV Legislatura ( 2019-Actualidad ) - Rosique i Saltor, Marta" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Marta Rosique, la diputada d'ERC que s'asseu a la mesa d'edat amb una samarreta antifeixista". Ara (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  3. 1 2 Barnils, Andreu (21 May 2019). "Marta Rosique: 'He vist molts diputats que em miraven amb cara estranya'". VilaWeb (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 López Frías, David (5 December 2019). "Marta Rosique, la nueva 'Rufiana' del Congreso: de tener 150€ en su cuenta a ganar 68.642 al año". El Español (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Marta Rosique" (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Republican Left of Catalonia. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  6. 1 2 Rocamora, Carme (26 April 2018). "Marta Rosique: "Hi ha por que el jovent s'organitzi"". El Jardí (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Otras Disposiciones: Junta Electoral Central - Elecciones generales. Proclamación de candidaturas" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 79. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 2 April 2019. p. 34228. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  8. 1 2 "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Abril 2019" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  9. 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. 113505. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  10. 1 2 "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Noviembre 2019" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

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