Joan Capdevila Esteve
MP
Capdevila in March 2017
Member of the Congress of Deputies
Assumed office
11 January 2016
ConstituencyBarcelona
Personal details
Born
Joan Capdevila Esteve

(1965-07-12) 12 July 1965 (age 58)
Martorell, Catalonia, Spain
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists
Alma mater
OccupationVeterinarian

Joan Capdevila Esteve (born 12 July 1965) is a Spanish veterinarian and politician from Catalonia who serves as Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain and current chair of the Congress' Committee on Industry, Trade and Tourism.

Early life

Capdevila was born on 12 July 1965 in Martorell, Catalonia.[1][2] He has a degree in veterinary medicine from the University of Extremadura and a master's degree from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.[1]

Career

Capdevila is a veterinarian.[2] He was one of the founders and the first director of the El Matí Digital online newspaper.[3][4]

Capdevila is Christian democrat and was a member of the Democratic Union of Catalonia until 2009 when he left the party after disagreeing with the leadership of Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida.[2][5]

Capdevila contested the 2015 general election as an independent Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes (ERC–CatSí) electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[6][7] He was re-elected at the 2016 and 2019 general elections.[8][9][10][11]

Personal life

Capdevila is married and has a daughter and a son.[1]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Joan Capdevila i Esteve
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
2015 general[6][7] Province of Barcelona Independent Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes 5 Elected
2016 general[8][9] Province of Barcelona Independent Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes 5 Elected
2019 general[10][11] Province of Barcelona Independent Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists 8 Elected

References

  1. ^ a b c "Members: XII Legislatura ( 2016-2019 ) - Capdevila i Esteve, Joan" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Pi, Jaume (5 July 2018). "Un diputado de ERC pide al Papa "reconocimiento y aliento" a los presos independentistas". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  3. ^ "En Joan Capdevila a Madrid". El Matí Digital (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  4. ^ "El col·lectiu 'El Matí' es desvincula d'Unió i s'apropa a la 'Casa Gran' de Mas". Catalunya Press (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 31 March 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Joan Capdevila, de membre d'Unió a número 5 de la llista d'ERC al 20-D". Nació Digital (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 281. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 24 November 2015. p. 110645. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Diciembre 2015" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 131. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 31 May 2016. p. 35531. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Junio 2016" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Junta Electoral Central - Elecciones generales. Proclamación de candidaturas" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 79. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 2 April 2019. p. 34228. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  11. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Junta Electoral Central - Elecciones generales. Resultados" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 129. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 30 May 2019. p. 57375. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
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