20 Facts About Carme Forcadell

Maria Carme Forcadell i Lluis was born on 29 May 1955 and is a Spanish politician from Catalonia.

Carme Forcadell is the former President of the Parliament of Catalonia, as well as a Catalan high school teacher, known for her Catalan independence activism.

Carme Forcadell was one of the founders of Plataforma per la Llengua, a member of the executive board of the Sabadell branch of Omnium Cultural, and president of the Catalan National Assembly from its inception until May 2015.

Carme Forcadell was freed in June 2021 following a government pardon.

Carme Forcadell is the daughter of a humble family; her father was a farmer and a truck driver.

Carme Forcadell was born in Xerta and at 18 she moved to Sabadell, where she currently lives.

Carme Forcadell worked at the television station TVE Catalunya from 1979 to 1982 and with various other media organizations.

Carme Forcadell has been a civil servant within the Catalan Department of Education since 1985, as the coordinator of linguistic normalization for the Department's Catalan Education Service since 1992, and then from 2004 on as a consultant of intercultural studies, language, and social cohesion in Valles Occidental.

Carme Forcadell has published textbooks, books on language and literature, and a dictionary.

Carme Forcadell has been a contributing writer for various media outlets, writing about language planning, language, and identity.

Carme Forcadell is a member of the Comissio de la Dignitat and the Plataforma pel Dret de Decidir, where she is part of the communications committee.

Carme Forcadell has been a member of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya and served as a city councilperson for the political party in Sabadell from 2003 to 2007.

Carme Forcadell was joined by Carles Castellanos as vice president and Jordi Martinez as secretary.

Carme Forcadell received the 2014 Joan Blanca Prize from the city of Perpignan in recognition of her commitment to the defense of Catalan culture and identity.

Carme Forcadell was chosen by the members of the executive board despite Liz Castro's having received the most votes.

On 26 October 2015 Carme Forcadell was elected president of the Catalan parliament.

Carme Forcadell first appeared in the Supreme Court on 2 November 2017 but the judge postponed her declaration as imputed for 9 November.

Carme Forcadell was released the same day with a precautionary bail of 150,000 euros.

Carme Forcadell renewed her status as a parliamentarian on 17 January 2018 but resigned to be re-elected president of the chamber and was succeeded by the deputy by Roger Torrent.

Carme Forcadell was freed in June 2021 following a government pardon, together with other eight politicians imprisoned in connection with the Catalan independence referendum.