Quim Torra
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The Right Honourable Quim Torra |
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Torra in December 2015
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| 131st President of the Generalitat of Catalonia | |
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Assumed office 15 May 2018 |
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| Monarch | Felipe VI |
| Vice President | Pere Aragonès |
| Preceded by |
Carles Puigdemont (Direct rule from 27 October 2017) |
| Member of the Catalan Parliament for the Province of Barcelona |
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Assumed office 17 January 2018 |
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Joaquim Torra i Pla 28 December 1962 Blanes, Catalonia, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations |
Junts per Catalunya |
| Residence | Barcelona |
| Alma mater | Autonomous University of Barcelona |
| Occupation | Lawyer and editor |
Joaquim Torra i Pla (born 28 December 1962), known as Quim Torra, is a Spanish politician, lawyer and editor. Torra is a member of the Parliament of Catalonia and is the current President of Catalonia.
Born in 1962 in Blanes, Torra graduated from the Autonomous University of Barcelona before joining the legal profession. He worked as lawyer and executive for a multinational insurance company for twenty years before starting his own publishing company. He later held senior positions for the City of Barcelona and Generalitat de Catalunya.
A supporter of Catalan independence, Torra has held senior positions in several pro-independence organisations including the Òmnium Cultural and Assemblea Nacional Catalana. He was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia at the 2017 regional election as an independent candidate for the pro-independence Junts per Catalunya electoral alliance. In May 2018 he was elected 131st President of Catalonia after the Spanish courts blocked three other candidates.
Torra was born on 28 December 1962 in Blanes, a town in the Province of Girona in north-eastern Catalonia (Spain). He is the third of four children (three boys and one girl). His family were originally from Santa Coloma de Farners but moved to Blanes where his father, also known as Quim Torra, worked as an engineer at the Sociedad Anónima de Fibras Artificiales (SAFA) plant. The family then moved to Barcelona where Torra's father worked as a manager for SAFA. Torra was educated at St. Ignatius College, Barcelona, better known as Jesuïtes Sarrià.
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