Albert Rivera

Albert Rivera Díaz (born November 15, 1979, Barcelona) is a Spanish lawyer and politician of Catalan and Andalusian ancestry. He is currently the leader of the Citizens' Party.,[1] after having been a member of the conservative People's Party (PP) from 2002 to 2006. Albert Rivera quit PP just three months before running for elections with Citizen's Party[2]

He studied at the ESADE law school. At the 2006 Catalan Parliament election (the first campaign they participated in after its recent creation in July 2006), his party scored 3.04% of the votes and won 3 seats in the Parliament of Catalonia.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Organigrama" (in spanish). Citizens' Party. http://www.ciudadanos-cs.org/jsp/publico/conocenos/organigrama.do. Retrieved 2010-01-18. 
  2. ^ Albert Rivera estuvo afiliado en el PP hasta tres meses antes de presidir Ciutadans, El Mundo, November 21, 2006 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ "Eleccions" (in catalan). Departament de Governació i Administracions Públiques. http://www10.gencat.cat/pls/gov_eleccions/p12.consultar_res_par_auto?v_tipus_eleccio=A&v_any_eleccio=2006&v_num_eleccio=1&v_codi_partit=301. Retrieved 2010-01-18.