Josep Ramon Bosch i Codina (born in Santpedor in 1963) is a businessman and Spanish Catalan political activist focused on supporting Spanish nationalism. He belonged to the People's Party (PP). He is the founder of Somatemps, a

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group that defends "the

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identity of

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", and presided the unionist platform of the

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(2014-2015). He has also participated in La Contra Deportiva, an online newspaper dedicated to

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, led by General Secretary of

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, Roberto Hernando. Currently he is in charge of convincing Manuel Valls for campaigning in 2019 Spain's local elections as a

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's candidate. In September 2015 he was accused of maintaining a channel on

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where he uploaded videos of

ideological content under the pseudonym of Josep Codina. Shortly afterwards, he announced his resignation as president of the Catalan Civil Society alleging personal motives. Two weeks before, a lawsuit against Josep Ramon Bosch had been filed for the insults and threats that he should have made from an anonymous Facebook profile. In court, he refused to declare and finally the case was archived for having prescribed the offense. Involved in the same

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were publications of fascist videos with his voice under a false

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account which he owned. Bosch has also participated in acts of the

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, which at the time Bosch presided, claimed he was accompanying his father. Josep has contributed to the prologue of the book " El hijo de la Africana" (The son of the African) written by Pau Guix.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bosch, Josep Ramon Living people 1963 births Businesspeople from Catalonia People's Party (Spain) politicians