Jordi Xuclà

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

Jordi Xuclà i Costa (born 13 May 1973) is a Spanish lawyer, academic and politician from Catalonia. He is a former member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain and the Senate of Spain.

Jordi Xuclà
Xuclà in November 2015
Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
In office 25 March 2004 – 5 March 2019
Constituency	Girona
Member of the Senate of Spain
In office 12 March 2000 – 20 January 2004
Constituency	Girona
Personal details
Born	Jordi Xuclà i Costa (1973-05-13) 13 May 1973 (age 51) Olot, Catalonia, Spain
Citizenship	Spanish
Political party	Catalan European Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of Girona
Occupation	Lawyer, academic

Early life and family

Xuclà was born on 13 May 1973 in Olot, Catalonia.^[1][2] He is the son of an industrialist who was a supporter of Jordi Pujol.^[3] His brother was a member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC).^[3] Xuclà has a degree in law from the University of Girona, a diploma in public law and a master's degree in security and foreign policy.^[1][4]

Xuclà joined the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) in 1989 and was secretary-general (1998-00) and president (2000-02) of the Nationalist Youth of Catalonia (JNC).^[1][2][3]

Career

Xuclà addresses the CDC's "Dinar Girona" event on 23 June 2016

Xuclà was head of Institutional Relations in the Generalitat de Catalunya's Department of Environment.^[4] He has worked as a lawyer and was professor of administrative and constitutional law at the University of Girona.^[1][2][3]

At the 1999 local elections Xuclà was placed 20th on the Convergence and Union (CiU) electoral alliance's list of candidates in Olot but the alliance only managed to win 8 seats in the municipality and as a result he failed to get elected.^[5][6] At the 2007 local elections he was placed 21st on the CiU's list of candidates in Olot but the alliance only managed to win 7 seats in the municipality and as a result he failed to get elected.^[7][8] At the 2011 local elections he was placed 21st on the CiU's list of candidates in Olot but the alliance only managed to win 10 seats in the municipality and as a result he failed to get elected.^[9][10] He did not contest the 2015 local elections but was nominated as the CiU's number one substitute candidate in Les Planes d'Hostoles.^[11]

Xuclà contested the 2000 general election as a CiU candidate in the Province of Girona and was elected to the Senate of Spain.^[12][13] He contested the 2004 general election as a CiU candidate in the Province of Girona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.^[14][15] He was re-elected at the 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2016 general elections.^{[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]}

Xuclà is a vice-president of Liberal International and president of the Freedom and Democracy Foundation (Fundació Llibertat i Democràcia), the Catalan section of the Liberal International.^[1][2][3] He was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE).^[2]

Personal life

Xuclà is married with two daughters.^[1][2][3]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Jordi Xuclà

Election	Constituency	Party		Alliance		No.	Result
1999 local[5][6]	Olot		Nationalist Youth of Catalonia		Convergence and Union	20	Not elected
2000 general[12][13]	Province of Girona		Democratic Convergence of Catalonia		Convergence and Union	3	Elected
2004 general[14][15]	Province of Girona		Democratic Convergence of Catalonia		Convergence and Union	1	Elected
2007 local[7][8]	Olot		Democratic Convergence of Catalonia		Convergence and Union	21	Not elected
2008 general[16][17]	Province of Girona		Democratic Convergence of Catalonia		Convergence and Union	1	Elected
2007 local[9][10]	Olot		Democratic Convergence of Catalonia		Convergence and Union	21	Not elected
2011 general[18][19]	Province of Girona		Democratic Convergence of Catalonia		Convergence and Union	1	Elected
2015 general[20][21]	Province of Girona		Democratic Convergence of Catalonia		Democracy and Freedom	1	Elected
2016 general[22][23]	Province of Girona		Democratic Convergence of Catalonia			1	Elected