Santi Vila

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Vila and the second or maternal family name is Vicente; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".

Santiago "Santi" Vila i Vicente (born 15 March 1973) is a Catalan historian and politician from Granollers, Spain. He was a member of the Catalan European Democratic Party, and was a councillor at Figueres from 1999 before becoming mayor from 2007 to 2012.^[1] Later he held several positions in the Executive Council of Catalonia.

Santi Vila
Official portrait, 2016
Minister of Enterprise and Knowledge of Catalonia
In office 3 July 2017 – 26 October 2017
President	Carles Puigdemont
Preceded by	Jordi Baiget [ca]
Succeeded by	Josep Rull (acting) (Direct rule from 27 October 2017)
Minister of Culture of Catalonia
In office 14 January 2016 – 5 July 2017
President	Carles Puigdemont
Preceded by	Ferran Mascarell [ca]
Succeeded by	Lluís Puig
Minister of Territory and Sustainability of Catalonia
In office 27 December 2012 – 14 January 2016
President	Artur Mas
Preceded by	Lluís Recoder
Succeeded by	Josep Rull
Mayor of Figueres
In office 2007–2012
Personal details
Born	Santiago Vila i Vicente (1973-03-15) 15 March 1973 (age 51) Granollers, Catalonia, Spain
Political party	Catalan European Democratic Party (2016–2018)
Alma mater	University of Girona Autonomous University of Barcelona
Occupation	Politician and historian

On 2 November 2017 members of the Generalitat de Catalunya were arrested for sedition, unlike the others Vila was offered bail of €50,000 as he had resigned before the Catalan unilateral declaration of independence.^[2] He was pre-trial jailed just a night. The trial began on 12 February 2019 and was remitted to decision on 12 June 2019.^[3]

On 14 October 2019, Vila was sentenced to a year and 8 months of disqualification and a fine of €60.000 for disobedience.^[4][5]

See also

• 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis
• Trial of Catalonia independence leaders

References

1. "Santi Vila, consejero de Empresa y Conocimiento". Generalitat de Cataluña (in European Spanish). Generalitat de Cataluña. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
2. Newton, Creede. "Catalonia: Judge jails eight ousted ministers". www.aljazeera.com. Aljazeera. Retrieved 2 November 2017..
3. "Trial of Catalan Independence Leaders Ends in Spain (Published 2019)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023.
4. Catalan separatist leaders handed jail terms for independence bid
5. Sentencia del ‘procés’: penas de 9 a 13 años para Junqueras y los otros líderes por sedición y malversación (in Spanish)