Josep Anglada Rius | |
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Member of the Vic City Council | |
Assumed office 17 June 2023 | |
In office June 2003 – 21 June 2019 | |
President of Platform for Catalonia | |
In office 27 October 2002 – 8 February 2014 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Xavier Simó (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Vic, Spain | 21 June 1959
Political party | Som Identitaris (since 2016) |
Other political affiliations |
Platform for Catalonia (2002–2014) National Front (1988–1992) New Force (until 1982) [1] |
Josep Anglada Rius (born 21 June 1959 in Vic) is a Spanish far-right politician from Catalonia. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] He began his political career in the Spanish nationalist, ultra-Catholic, Francoist-leaning party Fuerza Nueva, effectively assuming the role of Blas Piñar's foremost representative in Catalonia, and is the founder and long-standing president of the party Platform for Catalonia. He was leader of the party till 2014 when he was expelled for "management deficiency". [12]
In 2017 he was sentenced to 2 years of prison for threatening in Twitter an adolescent activist of Arran. [13] In 2018 he was found guilty on a charge for data disclosure and sentenced to 1 year of prison. [14]
Josep Anglada Rius | |
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Member of the Vic City Council | |
Assumed office 17 June 2023 | |
In office June 2003 – 21 June 2019 | |
President of Platform for Catalonia | |
In office 27 October 2002 – 8 February 2014 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Xavier Simó (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Vic, Spain | 21 June 1959
Political party | Som Identitaris (since 2016) |
Other political affiliations |
Platform for Catalonia (2002–2014) National Front (1988–1992) New Force (until 1982) [1] |
Josep Anglada Rius (born 21 June 1959 in Vic) is a Spanish far-right politician from Catalonia. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] He began his political career in the Spanish nationalist, ultra-Catholic, Francoist-leaning party Fuerza Nueva, effectively assuming the role of Blas Piñar's foremost representative in Catalonia, and is the founder and long-standing president of the party Platform for Catalonia. He was leader of the party till 2014 when he was expelled for "management deficiency". [12]
In 2017 he was sentenced to 2 years of prison for threatening in Twitter an adolescent activist of Arran. [13] In 2018 he was found guilty on a charge for data disclosure and sentenced to 1 year of prison. [14]