Roger Torrent i Ramio was born on 19 July 1979 and is a Spanish politician and urban planner from Catalonia.
14 Facts About Roger Torrent
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Roger Torrent was born on 19 July 1979 in Sarria de Ter, a village in the Province of Girona in north-eastern Catalonia.
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Roger Torrent has a degree in political science and administration from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a master's degree in territorial and urban studies from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and Pompeu Fabra University.
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Roger Torrent has a postgraduate degree in political communication from the UAB's Institut de Ciencies Politiques i Socials.
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Roger Torrent joined the Young Republican Left of Catalonia, the youth wing of the Republican Left of Catalonia, in 1998 and in 2000 joined the ERC.
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Roger Torrent contested the 1999 local elections as a Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal electoral alliance candidate in Sarria de Ter and was elected.
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Roger Torrent was re-elected at the 2003 and 2007 local elections.
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Roger Torrent was re-elected at the 2011 and 2015 local elections.
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Roger Torrent was the secretary of regional parliamentary policy in the federation of Girona from 2000 to 2008 and the ERC spokesperson on the Diputacio de Girona between 2011 and 2012.
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Roger Torrent was a member of the Municipal Commission of Catalonia and the Local Government Commission of Catalonia between 2007 and 2011 and is a member of the executive of the Association of Catalan Municipalities.
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Roger Torrent was re-elected at the 2015 and 2017 regional elections.
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Roger Torrent was elected President of the Parliament of Catalonia on 17 January 2018, defeating Citizens candidate Jose Maria Espejo-Saavedra Conesa by 65 votes to 56 votes.
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Roger Torrent is the youngest president of the Catalan Parliament.
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Roger Torrent is a keen runner and skier, and a fan of football and handball.