Carolina Telechea i Lozano (born 9 August 1981) is a

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lawyer and politician from

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. He is a member of the

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Early life and family

Telechea was born on 9 August 1981 in

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. She has a diverse family background - Andalusian, Argentine,

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and Extremaduran. Her father was from

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while her mother was from Cáceres. Both parents worked in the textile industry and in the 1990s her father founded a computer company. She has two younger sisters who are twins. Telechea has a degree in law from the

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and a postgraduate degree in

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from the Barcelona Bar Association. Telechea's family were socialists and supporters of federalism. Her father was a

Socialists' Party of Catalonia The Socialists' Party of Catalonia ( ca, Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya, PSC–PSOE official acronym) is a social-democratic political party in Catalonia, Spain, resulting from the merger of three parties: the Socialist Party of Catalonia� ...

(PSC) councillor in

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in the 1980s. Telechea was a member of the PSC for six years and was secretary of the

Anoia Anoia () is a comarca (county) in central Catalonia, Spain, with its capital at Igualada. The comarca of l'Anoia is irrigated by the Anoia River; the leading industry is the making of paper. To the north are Solsonès and Bages, to the west, ...

branch of the Socialist Youth of Catalonia (JSC). However, the failure of the socialists to prioritise federalism led to Telechea leaving the PSC in 2010.

Career

Telechea has been a practicing lawyer since 2006, specialising in criminal law. Whilst working as a co-ordinator for the socialist mayor of Santa Margarida de Montbui she was dismissed when she became pregnant. She

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and with the compensation she won she formed her own law firm in 2011. In 2015 Telechea was approached by the

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Republican Left of Catalonia The Republican Left of Catalonia ( ca, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, ERC; ; generically branded as ) is a pro-Catalan independence, social-democratic political party in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia, with a presence also i ...

(ERC) to contest the local elections. She contested the 2015 local elections as a Republican Left of Catalonia–Acord Municipal (ERC-AM)

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candidate in

and was elected. At the 2016 general election Telechea was placed sixth on the

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(ERC–CatSí) electoral alliance's list of candidates in the

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following the resignation of Ester Capella. She was re-elected at the April 2019 and November 2019 general elections.

Personal life

Telechea is married to a

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police officer and has a son, Jules.

Electoral history

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