Juan Jose Aizcorbe Torra | |
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![]() Torra in 2021 | |
Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
Assumed office 21 May 2019 | |
Constituency | Barcelona |
Personal details | |
Born | Barcelona, Kingdom of Spain | 9 July 1959
Political party |
Vox (2018-) Spanish Democratic Party (1998-2008) People's Party (1990-1997) |
Alma mater | University of Barcelona |
Juan Jose Aizcorbe Torra (born 9 July 1959) is a Spanish politician and lawyer who is a deputy in the Congress of Deputies for the Vox party.
Torra holds a law degree from the University of Barcelona and a master's in business studies ESIC University in Madrid. He was called to the bar in Barcelona before working as a lawyer specializing in bankruptcy law in the private sector. [1] [2]
He describes himself as a practicing Catholic and is married with three children. [1]
He was associated to the Juntas Españolas in Barcelona, but left the organisation after describing it as too radical and joined the People's Party. [3] In 1998, he led the Spanish Democratic Party (PADE) in Catalonia. [3]
Since 2018, he has been a member of Vox and was elected to the Congress of Deputies in the November 2019 Spanish general election for the Barcelona constituency.
Juan Jose Aizcorbe Torra | |
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![]() Torra in 2021 | |
Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
Assumed office 21 May 2019 | |
Constituency | Barcelona |
Personal details | |
Born | Barcelona, Kingdom of Spain | 9 July 1959
Political party |
Vox (2018-) Spanish Democratic Party (1998-2008) People's Party (1990-1997) |
Alma mater | University of Barcelona |
Juan Jose Aizcorbe Torra (born 9 July 1959) is a Spanish politician and lawyer who is a deputy in the Congress of Deputies for the Vox party.
Torra holds a law degree from the University of Barcelona and a master's in business studies ESIC University in Madrid. He was called to the bar in Barcelona before working as a lawyer specializing in bankruptcy law in the private sector. [1] [2]
He describes himself as a practicing Catholic and is married with three children. [1]
He was associated to the Juntas Españolas in Barcelona, but left the organisation after describing it as too radical and joined the People's Party. [3] In 1998, he led the Spanish Democratic Party (PADE) in Catalonia. [3]
Since 2018, he has been a member of Vox and was elected to the Congress of Deputies in the November 2019 Spanish general election for the Barcelona constituency.