Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas i Sayrol (born 22 November 1961) is a Spanish academic, lawyer and politician from

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who currently serves as Member of the

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for the pro-

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party Together for Catalonia and as Second Secretary of the Parliament of Catalonia. He previously served as

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between May 2019 and March 2021.

Early life

Alonso-Cuevillas was born on 22 November 1961 in

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. He is the son and brother of lawyers. He has a diploma in Catalan civil law (1984) and

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in law (1985) from the

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. He received a doctorate in law from the university in 1990 after producing a

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titled ''La Comparecencia Preparatoria del Juicio de Menor Cuantía''. He also has a bachelor's degree in economics and business administration from the

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(2014) and a

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in audit of accounts (2015).

Career

Alonso-Cuevillas was a scholar at the Ministry of Education and Science (1987–90). He joined the

in 1988 as a lecturer (profesor colaborador). He was promoted to interim associate professor (profesor titular interino) in 1992 and the following year became an associate professor (profesor titular de universidad). In 2005 he became professor of procedural law. Alonso-Cuevillas was dean of the Bar Association of Barcelona (1997-05), president of the Council of Catalan Law (1999-00) and president of the European Federation of the Bar Association (2007–08). He is a member of the Royal Academy of Doctors of Spain. He received the Ferran Termes Prize in 2015. Alonso-Cuevillas is the lawyer for exiled

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Carles Puigdemont. He contested the 2019 general election as a Together for Catalonia (JxCat)

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candidate in the

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and was elected to the

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. In July 2020 Alonso-Cuevillas joined the newly formed Together for Catalonia political party. He stood in the

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for the

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. On 12 March 2021 he was elected Second Secretary of the Parliament of Catalonia.

Electoral history

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