Lluís Miquel Recoder i Miralles (

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29 September 1958) is a

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politician. He was mayor of

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in Barcelona Province,

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from 1999 to 2010 and held the office of Minister of Planning and Sustainability of the Generalitat de Catalunya from 29 December 2010 to 27 December 2012.

Personal life

he holds a degree in law from the University of Barcelona, with a specialization in urban law and development.

Career

As of 2013 he was an Advisory Partner at

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Spain. He is a member of

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(CDC). He was a founder of the

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, or Nationalist Youth of Catalonia, the youth sector of the CDC, of which he was secretary and president from 1986 to 1991. In the Catalan elections of 1999 and

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he was elected ''diputat'' of the

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, but left to dedicate himself to municipal politics in 2006. Recoder has described himself as a

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. In early 2010, he proposed that the three largest political parties in Catalonia,

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, and

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, form a tripartite coalition to combat a possible overturn of the

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by the

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, indicating that such a coalition could be a "solution in a difficult time for Catalonia." As of May 18, 2010, the three, along with the

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, agreed to collaborate with an aim to reforming the

References

External links

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Avui (Catalan Daily Newspaper)Avui – "Recoder Opens the Door to a Government of CIU, PSC, and ERC"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Recoder, Lluis 1958 births Living people Planning ministers of Catalonia