Feliu-Joan Guillaumes i Ràfols (born 5 December 1962) is a Spanish politician from

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and a former member of the

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Early life

Guillaumes was born on 5 December 1962 in

Camprodon Camprodon (; from ''Camp Rodó'' "Round Field", ultimately from Latin ''Campus Rotundus'') is a small town in the comarca of Ripollès in Girona, Catalonia, Spain, located in the Pyrenees, near the French border. History The settlement of Campr ...

. He has lived in

Mollet del Vallès Mollet del Vallès () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Vallès Oriental in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the valley of the Besòs river, and is an important communications hub from Barcelona towards the north: the AP-7 Motorwa ...

since he was 7 years old. He has a degree in philosophy and letters and a

Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

degree in senior management from the

Generalitat de Catalunya The Generalitat de Catalunya (; oc, label=Aranese, Generalitat de Catalonha; es, Generalidad de Cataluña), or the Government of Catalonia, is the institutional system by which Catalonia politically organizes its self-government. It is formed b ...

. Guillaumes joined the

Democratic Convergence of Catalonia The Democratic Convergence of Catalonia ( ca, Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya; , CDC), frequently shortened as Convergence ( ca, Convergència; ) was a Catalan nationalist, liberal political party in Catalonia (Spain), currently still exist ...

(CDC) in 1978 and was a member of its national executive committee from 1988 to 1996. He was one of the founders of the

Nationalist Youth of Catalonia Nationalist Youth of Catalonia (''Joventut Nacionalista de Catalunya'', JNC) is the youth organisation of Together for Catalonia, founded in 1980 as the youth group of Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC). Alvaro Clapés-Saganyoles Baena is t ...

(JNC) of which he was president from 1991 to 1994. He was also one of the founders of the National Federation of Students of Catalonia (Federació Nacional d'Estudiants de Catalunya).

Career

Guillaumes was civil servant at the

and a human resources director for Sant Cugat del Vallès Municipal Council. At the 1993 general election Guillaumes was placed 13th on the

Convergence and Union Convergence and Union ( ca, Convergència i Unió, CiU; ) was a Catalan nationalist electoral alliance in Catalonia, Spain. It was a federation of two constituent parties, the larger Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) and its smaller coun ...

(CiU)

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's list of candidates in the

Province of Barcelona Barcelona (, ) is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The province is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea. Its area is .Congress of Deputies The Congress of Deputies ( es, link=no, Congreso de los Diputados, italic=unset) is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch. The Congress meets in the Palacio de las Cortes, Madrid, Palace of the Parliament () in Ma ...

. However he was appointed to the Congress of Deputies in December 1995 following the resignation of Rafael Hinojosa i Lucena. Guillaumes contested the 1999 local elections as a CiU candidate in Mollet del Vallès and was elected. He was re-elected at the

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and

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local elections. At the 2008 general election Guillaumes was placed 2nd on the CiU's list of candidates in the

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. He contested the 2011 general election as a CiU candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was re-elected to the Congress of Deputies. At the 2015 general election Guillaumes was placed 6th on the

Democracy and Freedom Democracy and Freedom ( ca, Democràcia i Llibertat, DiL) was an electoral alliance in Catalonia established to contest the 2015 Spanish general election. It was formed by Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC), Democrats of Catalonia (DC) and ...

(DiL) electoral alliance's list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the alliance only managed to win 4 seats in the province and as a result he failed to get re-elected to the Congress of Deputies. At the 2016 general election Guillaumes was placed 5th on the CDC's list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the party only managed to win 4 seats in the province and as a result he failed to get re-elected to the Congress of Deputies. However he was appointed to the Congress of Deputies in April 2017 following the disqualification of Francesc Homs i Molist. Guillaumes is a member of

Òmnium Cultural Òmnium Cultural () is a Catalan association based in Barcelona, Catalonia. It was originally created in the 1960s to promote the Catalan language and spread Catalan culture. Over the years it has increased its involvement in broader political is ...

Plataforma per la Llengua La Plataforma per la Llengua (the Pro-Language Platform) is a non-governmental organisation born in 1993 in Barcelona, in order to defend and promote the Catalan language all over the Catalan-speaking territories in the European states where it ...

and

Amnesty International Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom. The organization says it has more than ten million members and sup ...

Personal life

Guillaumes is married and has an adopted Chinese daughter.

Electoral history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guillaumes, Feliu-Joan 1962 births Catalan European Democratic Party politicians Convergence and Union politicians Democratic Convergence of Catalonia politicians Living people Members of the 5th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 10th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 12th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Municipal councillors in the province of Barcelona People from Ripollès