Raül Romeva

Doctor
Raül Romeva i Rueda
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Institutional Relations, and Transparency of the Generalitat of Catalonia
Assumed office
14 January 2016
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for Spain
In office
2004–2014
Personal details
Born (1971-03-12) 12 March 1971
Madrid, Spain
Political party Together for the Yes (2015-)
Iniciativa per Catalunya (2004-14)
Spouse(s) Diana
Children 2
Residence Sant Cugat del Vallès, Catalonia
Alma mater Autonomous University of Barcelona
Occupation Politician
Profession Economist
Website Official website

Raül Romeva i Rueda (born 12 March 1971 in Madrid) is a Catalan politician and a former Member of the European Parliament with the Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds, part of the European Greens. He sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. In the Catalonian parliamentary election of 2015 he led the Pro-Independence electoral list, Together for Yes. He was named Minister of Foreign Affairs, Institutional Relations, and Transparency in the Catalan Government under President Carles Puigdemont on January 14, 2016.

Childhood and education

Born in Madrid, he was raised in Catalonia. In 1989 he received a degree in economics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)[1] Three years later, on 2002, he earned his PhD in international relations at the same university.[2]

Career

From October 1995 to August 1996, Romeva was the principal aide of the UNESCO representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where he was responsible for the Educational programme and for promoting the UNESCO School of Peace Culture. He was also an observer for OSCE during the elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1996 and 1997.[3]

Romeva has been an assistant professor of International Relations at the UAB (1994–1995 and 1996–2002), researcher on peace and disarmament at the UNESCO Center of Catalunya (1994–1998) and campaign coordinator for disarmament and armed conflict prevention for Intermón-Oxfam (1998–1999). He contributes frequently to press and radio.

He began his association with Iniciativa Catalunya Verds (ICV) in Caldes de Montbui in 1989. In 1994 and again in 1999 he was a candidate to the European Parliament for ICV, and in 2004 was elected as a Member of the European Parliament, where he held his seat until 2014.[4] During this period, he was considered the most active politician of the European Parliament Chamber and contributed questions or motions more than 1,600 times.[5]

Romeva is currently a research analyst on armed conflict and postwar rehabilitation at the School of Peace Culture at the UAB. He is also the representative for Òmnium Cultural who are responsible for the Ara és l'hora (Now is the Time) campaign, organized by Òmnium and the Catalan National Assembly.

On 15 July 2015, it was announced that Romeva would head Together for the Yes, the pro-independence list for Barcelona in the Catalonian elections on 27 September 2015.[6]

Publications

Romeva has written several books and articles, including:

References

  1. ↑ Picazo, Sergi. "Algú pensa que Londres o Berlín ens ajudaran?". El Punt Avui. El Punt Avui. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
  2. ↑ Bella, Emili. "El candidat europeista". El Punt Avui. Retrieved May 31, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Raül Romeva i Rueda". Enciclopèdia.cat. Grup Enciclpèdia Catalana.
  4. ↑ "Raül Romeva, un home fet a Europa i amb una trajectòria dedicada a la pau". Diari ARA.
  5. ↑ "Raül Romeva, former Eco-Socialist MEP, will top the unitary pro-independence electoral list". Catalan News Agency. July 14, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Raül Romeva encapçalarà la llista del 27-S". VilaWeb. VilaWeb.

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