Toni Postius | |
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Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain | |
In office 28 December 2015 – 5 March 2019 | |
Constituency | Lleida |
Member of Lleida Municipal Council | |
Assumed office 2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Antoni Postius i Terrado 11 August 1984 Lleida, Catalonia, Spain |
Political party | Catalan European Democratic Party |
Other political affiliations | Together for Catalonia |
Alma mater | University of Lleida |
Website | tonipostius.cat |
Antoni Postius i Terrado (born 11 August 1984) is a Catalan politician and a former member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.
Postius was born on 11 August 1984 in Lleida, Catalonia.[1] He was educated at the Joan XXIII and Joc de la Bola public schools and IES Ronda.[2] He has a degree in law from the University of Lleida.[1][2][3] He also spent a year at University College Vitus Bering in Horsens, Denmark.[2] He has a degree in law and is a member of the bar association in Lleida.[2][3] He was head of the local branch of the Nationalist Youth of Catalonia (JNC) (2006–08), president of JNC in Lleida (2008–10) and a member of the JNC's National Executive Committee.[3][4]
Postius is a computer engineer and was a co-owner of a computer company before joining the family business, Tintorerías Postius.[1][2]
Postius contested the 2011 local elections as a Convergence and Union (CiU) electoral alliance candidate in Lleida and was elected.[5][6] He was re-elected at the 2015 local elections.[7][8]
Postius contested the 2015 general election as a Democracy and Freedom (DiL) electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Lleida and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[9][10] He was re-elected at the 2016 general election.[11][12]
Postius is the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT)'s mayoral candidate in Lleida at the 2019 local elections.[13][14] He contested the 2019 local elections as a Together for Catalonia (JxCat) candidate in Lleida and was re-elected though he did not become mayor.[15]
Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | No. | Result | ||
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2011 local[5][6] | Lleida | Democratic Convergence of Catalonia | Convergence and Union | 6 | Elected | ||
2015 local[7][8] | Lleida | Democratic Convergence of Catalonia | Convergence and Union | 1 | Elected | ||
2015 general[9][10] | Province of Lleida | Democratic Convergence of Catalonia | Democracy and Freedom | 1 | Elected | ||
2016 general[11][12] | Province of Lleida | Democratic Convergence of Catalonia | 1 | Elected | |||
2019 local[15] | Lleida | Catalan European Democratic Party | Together for Catalonia | 1 | Elected |