Josep Pintat Forné (born 31 August 1960) is an Andorran politician. A member of the

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from 2015 to 2023, he was formerly a member of the

Lauredian Union The Lauredian Union ( ca, Unió Laurediana, UL) is a localist conservative political party in Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra. History The party first contested national elections in 1997, Nohlen D & Stöver P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A dat ...

(UL) and led the Liberals of Andorra (AL) to second place in the 2015 election. He founded the

Third Way The Third Way is a centrist political position that attempts to reconcile right-wing and left-wing politics by advocating a varying synthesis of centre-right economic policies with centre-left social policies. The Third Way was born from a ...

(TV) in 2018, leading them to fourth place in the 2019 election.

Biography

Born in

Sant Julià de Lòria Sant Julià de Lòria () is one of the parishes of Andorra, in the far south of that country. It is also the name of the main town of the parish, which at 908 m is the lowest settlement in Andorra. Other settlements in the parish include Bixes ...

, Pintat is the son of Josep Pintat Solans and cousin of

Albert Pintat Albert Pintat Santolària (; born 23 June 1943) is an Andorran citizen, who served as the prime minister of Andorra from 27 February 2005 to 5 June 2009. Pintat graduated from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland in 1967, majoring in economi ...

, both of whom served as

prime minister of Andorra The head of government of the Principality of Andorra (), alternatively known as the Prime Minister of Andorra, is the chief executive of the government of Andorra. They are appointed by the General Council. The position was created in 1982 afte ...

. He graduated in Economic Sciences from the

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, and has worked for companies in Andorra's petrol and tobacco industries. As of March 2019, he is married and had sons aged 30 and 26. Pintat was his hometown's councillor in charge of finances from 1988 to 1991, and was its mayor from 2004 to 2007 and 2008 to 2011. Formerly a member of the

(UL), he was elected to the

in the 2015 election as leader of the Liberals of Andorra (LA). His party came second to the

Democrats for Andorra Democrats for Andorra ( ca, Demòcrates per Andorra, DA) is a centre-right, liberal-conservative political party currently in government in Andorra. The party was established on 22 February 2011 as the direct successor of the Reformist Coalition ...

of prime minister

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, with eight out of 28 seats: four on the national list and both parish seats each for

La Massana La Massana (; originally ''La Maçana'') is one of the seven parishes of Andorra, parishes of the Principality of Andorra. It is located in the northwest of the country. La Massana is also the name of the main town of the parish. The name Massana ...

and Sant Julià de Lòria. Pintat was one of several LA members who left the party and made a mixed group, in disagreement with the party forming a pact with the

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(PS). In October 2018, he formed the

(TV). At the end of November, he announced that he would lead the party in the

2019 Andorran parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Andorra on 7 April 2019, electing all 28 seats of the General Council. Although they remained the largest party, the Democrats for Andorra lost their parliamentary majority after losing four seats. The Social ...

, on a joint list with the UL. The party took four of 28 seats, making it the smallest of the four parties in the General Council. In February 2023, Pintat announced that TV would not contest the election in April, believing that the time was not right for their platform.

References

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