Carles Riera i Albert (born 1960) is a

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sociologist and politician. During the 1980s he was a member and spokesman for the Call to Solidarity in Defense of Catalan Language, Culture and Nation, in the 90s he was a member of the secretariat of the

People's Unity Assembly The People's Unity Assembly (Catalan: ''Assemblea d'Unitat Popular'', AUP) was an independentist organisation and movement active between 1993 and 1996. The AUP was created by the Movement for Defence of the Land- IDP Faction (MDT-IDP), militants ...

and currently is a member of

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. In the Catalan elections held on 27 September 2015, he formed part of the

Popular Unity Candidacy–Constituent Call The Popular Unity Candidacy ( ca, Candidatura d'Unitat Popular, , CUP) is a left-wing to far-left pro- Catalan independence political party active primarily in Catalonia, where it has political representation, but also in other autonomous communit ...

coalition which won 10 seats in the 135-member

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. He led the

Popular Unity Candidacy The Popular Unity Candidacy ( ca, Candidatura d'Unitat Popular, , CUP) is a left-wing to far-left pro- Catalan independence political party active primarily in Catalonia, where it has political representation, but also in other autonomous communit ...

party in the 2017 Catalan elections, in which won 4 seats.

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Carles Riera
1960 births Living people Members of the 11th Parliament of Catalonia Members of the 12th Parliament of Catalonia Polytechnic University of Catalonia alumni Popular Unity Candidacy politicians {{Catalonia-politician-stub