José María Espejo-Saavedra Conesa (born 22 July 1976, in

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) is a Spanish politician serving as

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and chair of the Congress' Committee on International Cooperation for Development since 2019. He is a member of the

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party. In previous years, Espejo-Saavedra has served as a Member of the Catalan Parliament from 2006 to 2019 and Second Vice President of the Catalan Parliament from 2015 to 2019.

Biography

He studied

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at the

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and has a

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in insolvency administration obtained at the Lawyer Association of Barcelona, he also has some other minors obtained at

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. Before becoming a member of parliament he worked as a lawyer of

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, being the head of the legal advice team. He has been a member of the

party ever since its establishment in 2006 and he is now in charge of the legal affairs of the Steering Committee. He was number seven in the list of the

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and was elected member of parliament. He was re-elected in the

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and 2017 regional elections.

Congress of Deputies

Espejo-Saavedra left the

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in 2019 after being elected

in the 2019 general election. On July 16, 2019, his party nominated him to be a member of the Congress' Permanent Deputation. On July 30, 2019, he assumed as chairman of the Congress of Deputies Committee on International Cooperation for Development.

Committee assignments

* Constitutional Committee * Committee on Justice * Committee on International Cooperation for Development – (chair) * Committee on Rules

References

External links

"Information of the Member of Parliament: José María Espejo-Saavedra Conesa"
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''. Retrieved on 13 July 2013. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Espejo-Saavedra Conesa, Jose Maria 1976 births Living people Members of the Parliament of Catalonia Second Vice-Presidents of the Parliament of Catalonia Members of the 11th Parliament of Catalonia Members of the 12th Parliament of Catalonia Members of the 13th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 14th Congress of Deputies (Spain) ESADE alumni