Joan Saura
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In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Saura and the second or maternal family name is Laporta; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Joan Saura i Laporta is a Spanish former politician in Catalonia for Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV).[1] He was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, in 1950. He studied at the Escola d'Enginyeria Tècnica (Technical Engineering School), where he specialized in Industrial Chemistry. In the beginning, he was devoted to the trade union and the neighbourhood: he enrolled into the Workers' Commissions (CCOO) in 1973, while he was working for the electrics company FECSA, and cofounded the La Florida Neighbourhood Association, in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, 1974.
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Quick Facts Minister of Home Affairs, Institutional Relations and Participation of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Preceded by ...
Joan Saura | |
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Minister of Home Affairs, Institutional Relations and Participation of the Generalitat de Catalunya | |
In office 29 November 2006 – 29 December 2010 | |
Preceded by | Montserrat Tura and Joan Saura i Laporta |
Succeeded by | Felip Puig (as Minister of Home Affairs) Joana Ortega (as Vice President and Minister of Governance and Institutional Relations) |
Constituency | Province of Barcelona |
Minister of Institutional Relations and Participation of the Generalitat de Catalunya | |
In office 17 December 2003 – 29 November 2006 | |
Preceded by | Josep Maria Pelegrí i Aixut |
Succeeded by | Himself As Minister of Home Affairs, Institutional Relations and Participation |
Spanish Senator for Catalonia | |
In office 9 February 2011 – 26 October 2015 | |
Member of the Parliament of Catalonia for the Province of Barcelona | |
In office 29 May 1988 – 5 October 2010 | |
Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
In office 3 March 1996 – 14 March 2004 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1950-04-24) 24 April 1950 (age 74) Barcelona, Spain |
Political party | Initiative for Catalonia Greens |
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