Jordi Carbonell i de Ballester (; 23 April 1924 – 22 August 2016) was a

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politician from

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. A graduate in

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from the

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, Carbonell was a professor in Catalan Language at the

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, from which he was expelled in 1972 for political reasons. He was a professor at the

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( Casteddu,

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) and a lecturer in Catalan at the

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. A founding member of the Society for Catalan Historical Studies (Societat Catalana d’Estudis Històrics), a branch of the Institute for Catalan Studies
''Institut d'Estudis Catalans''
, he directed the Great Catalan Encyclopaedia from 1965 to 1971. He participated in several initiatives to oppose the

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, such as the

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(Assemblea de Catalunya), and was a founder of the left-wing Catalan nationalist movement, Nacionalistes d’Esquerra. From 1996 to July 2004, he was the President of

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, and later held the post of Honorary President, following his having been succeeded in the active political position by

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carbonell i De Ballester, Jordi 1924 births 2016 deaths Politicians from Barcelona Linguists from Catalonia Academic staff of the Autonomous University of Barcelona University of Barcelona alumni Members of the Institute for Catalan Studies Presidents of the Republican Left of Catalonia Spanish expatriates in Italy Spanish expatriates in the United Kingdom Teachers of Catalan