15 Facts About Miquel Buch

Miquel Buch i Moya was born on 3 August 1975 and is a Spanish politician from Catalonia, Minister of the Interior of the autonomous community between 2018 and 2020.

Miquel Buch joined the Nationalist Youth of Catalonia and Democratic Convergence of Catalonia in 1996.

Miquel Buch was national counsellor for JNC from 1997 to 2006 and for CDC since 2004.

Miquel Buch was a doorman in Titus discotheque in Badalona.

Miquel Buch worked for the family business and the Red Cross before entering local politics.

Miquel Buch contested the 1999 local elections as a Convergence and Union electoral alliance candidate in Premia de Mar but failed to get elected.

Miquel Buch became Mayor of Premia de Mar following the death of Jaume Batlle i Garriga in February 2007.

Miquel Buch was re-elected at the 2007,2011 and 2015 local elections.

Miquel Buch has served as president of the Catalan Association of Municipalities and Counties, president of the Council of Local Government of Catalonia and vice-president of the Association of Municipalities for Independence.

Miquel Buch was a member of the provincial deputation for Barcelona.

At the 2017 regional election Miquel Buch was placed 22nd on the Together for Catalonia list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the alliance only managed to win 17 seats in the province and as a result he was not elected to the Parliament of Catalonia.

On 19 May 2018 newly elected President Quim Torra nominated a new government in which Miquel Buch was to be Minister of the Interior.

Miquel Buch was sworn in on 2 June 2018 at the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya.

In July 2020 Miquel Buch joined the newly formed Together for Catalonia political party.

Miquel Buch is married to Cesca and has three children - Oriol, Biel and Clara.