Sergi Miquel i Valentí (born 24 December 1989) is a Spanish politician from

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

who serves as

Member of the Congress of Deputies The Congress of Deputies ( es, link=no, Congreso de los Diputados, italic=unset) is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch. The Congress meets in the Palace of the Parliament () in Madrid. It has 350 members ele ...

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Early life

Miquel was born on 24 December 1989 in

Llagostera Llagostera is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Gironès in Catalonia, Spain. During the 20th century, it was known for the production of cork and derived articles. It is located 20 km south of Girona and 15 km west from the Med ...

. He has a

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

in art and design from the

University of Southampton , mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour , type = Public research university , established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...

and a degree in design from ELISAVA. He has been secretary-general of the

Nationalist Youth of Catalonia Nationalist Youth of Catalonia (''Joventut Nacionalista de Catalunya'', JNC) is the youth organisation of Together for Catalonia, founded in 1980 as the youth group of Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC). Alvaro Clapés-Saganyoles Baena is t ...

(JNC) since 2015.

Career

Miquel contested the 2011 local elections as a

Convergence and Union Convergence and Union ( ca, Convergència i Unió, CiU; ) was a Catalan nationalist electoral alliance in Catalonia, Spain. It was a federation of two constituent parties, the larger Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) and its smaller coun ...

(CiU)

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candidate in Llagostera and was elected. He was re-elected at the 2015 local elections. Miquel contested the 2016 general election as a

Democratic Convergence of Catalonia The Democratic Convergence of Catalonia ( ca, Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya; , CDC), frequently shortened as Convergence ( ca, Convergència; ) was a Catalan nationalist, liberal political party in Catalonia (Spain), currently still exist ...

(CDC) candidate in the

Province of Girona Girona (; es, Gerona ; french: Gérone) is a province of Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is bordered on the northwest by the province of Lleida, on the southwest by the province of Barcelona, on the ...

and was elected to the

Congress of Deputies The Congress of Deputies ( es, link=no, Congreso de los Diputados, italic=unset) is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch. The Congress meets in the Palacio de las Cortes, Madrid, Palace of the Parliament () in Ma ...

. He was re-elected at the 2019 general election as a Together for Catalonia (JxCat) candidate. Miquel was president of the Papu Tisores Cultural Association and is a member of

Òmnium Cultural Òmnium Cultural () is a Catalan association based in Barcelona, Catalonia. It was originally created in the 1960s to promote the Catalan language and spread Catalan culture. Over the years it has increased its involvement in broader political is ...

and ESPLAC.

Electoral history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miquel, Sergi 1989 births Alumni of the University of Southampton Catalan European Democratic Party politicians Convergence and Union politicians Democratic Convergence of Catalonia politicians Gay politicians LGBT legislators in Spain Spanish gay men Living people Members of the 12th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 13th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Municipal councillors in the province of Girona People from Gironès Pompeu Fabra University alumni Members of the 14th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Together for Catalonia (2017) politicians