Bernat Solé Explained

Bernat Solé
Office1:Minister for External and Institutional Relations and Transparency of Catalonia
Term Start1:21 March 2020
Term End1:26 May 2021
President1:Quim Torra
Predecessor1:Alfred Bosch
Successor1:Victòria Alsina
Office2:Member of the Parliament of Catalonia
Constituency2:Lleida
Term Start2:26 October 2015
Office3:Mayor of Agramunt
Term Start3:2011
Term End3:2020
Predecessor3:Amadeu Padullés i Serra
Office4:Member of Agramunt Municipal Council
Term Start4:2007
Term End4:2020
Birth Name:Bernat Solé i Barril
Birth Date:30 January 1975
Birth Place:Agramunt, Catalonia, Spain
Party:Republican Left of Catalonia
Otherparty:Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes
Alma Mater:Polytechnic University of Catalonia
Occupation:Industrial engineer

Bernat Solé i Barril (born 30 January 1975) is a Spanish industrial engineer and politician from Catalonia, member of the Parliament of Catalonia and Minister of Foreign Action, Institutional Relations and Transparency of Catalonia between 2020 and 2021. He was previously mayor of Agramunt. He is currently awaiting trial on charges of disobedience for his role in the Catalan declaration of independence.

Early life

Solé was born on 30 January 1975 in Agramunt, Catalonia.[1] [2] He has a degree in industrial engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.[3] [4]

Career

Solé is an industrial engineer by profession.[5] He has worked as an engineer in the private sector and has taught technology in schools.[2] [6]

Solé has been a member of Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) since 2006.[3] [4] He was communication secretary for ERC's Urgell county branch from 2006 to 2008.[7] He has been a member of ERC's national executive since 2015.[7] At the 2006 regional election he was placed 12th on ERC's list of candidates in the Province of Lleida but the party only won three seats in the province and as a result he failed to get elected.[8] [9]

Solé contested the 2007 local elections as a Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal (ERC-AM) electoral alliance candidate in Agramunt and was elected.[10] [11] He was re-elected at the 2011 local elections and became mayor of Agramunt.[4] [12] [13] He was re-elected at the 2015 and 2019 local elections.[14] [15] [16]

Solé contested the 2015 regional election as a Junts pel Sí (JxSí) electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Lleida and was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia.[17] [18] He was re-elected at the 2017 regional election.[19] [20] He became deputy spokesperson for the Republican group in Parliament in May 2019 following Gerard Gómez's election to the Congress of Deputies.[21] [22]

In May 2019 the High Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) summoned Solé to appear before the court on 4 June 2019 to be interrogated about charges of disobedience in relation to his role in the conduct of the 2017 Catalan independence referendum.[23] [24] At the interrogation Solé rejected the charges of disobedience, stating that as mayor he did not promote the referendum and that he was merely expressing his political opinions.[25] [26] In October 2019 TSJC judge Mercedes Armas found evidence of Solé committing disobedience, closed the investigation against him and requested that an oral trial begins.[27] [28] The TSJC dismissed an appeal by Solé in January 2020 and ordered that he be tried for disobedience for facilitating the referendum in Agramunt, allowing the use of public premises and hiding ballot boxes.[29] [30] Solé could be disqualified from holding public office for one and a half years and fined €24,000 if found guilty.[2] [6]

In March 2020 Solé replaced Alfred Bosch as Catalonia's Minister of Foreign Action, Institutional Relations and Transparency.[5] [31] He was sworn in on 21 March 2020.[3] [32]

Solé was a member of the Cobla Jovenívola d’Agramunt (1987-2006), a youth cobla group, and the Agramunt scout group (1998-2004) where he was a group leader.[7] He is a director of the Grup Caramellaire Aires del Sió.[7]

Personal life

Solé is married and has three children.[2] [33] He played for the basketball club in Agramunt.[7]

Electoral history

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Constituencyscope=col colspan="2"Partyscope=col colspan="2"Alliancescope=colNo.scope=colResult
12 Not elected
Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal 2 Elected
Acord d'Esquerra-Acord Municipal 1 Elected
Acord d'Esquerra-Acord Municipal 1 Elected
4 Elected
2 Elected
Acord d'Esquerra-Acord Municipal 1 Elected

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bernat Solé . . 23 March 2020 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan . 28 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200328205612/https://anterior.esquerra.cat/partit/organigrama/244 . dead .
  2. News: Solé, un alcalde de ERC para Exteriores a la espera de ser juzgado por el 1-O . 24 March 2020 . . . 21 March 2020 . Barcelona, Spain . Spanish.
  3. News: Bernat Solé toma posesión por vía telemática como 'conseller' de Exteriors . 23 March 2020 . . . 21 March 2020 . Barcelona, Spain . Spanish.
  4. News: Bernat Solé assumeix la conselleria d'Exteriors per videoconferència . 24 March 2020 . Nació Digital . 21 March 2020 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  5. News: Baquero . Camilo S. . Torra nombra a Bernat Solé, investigado por el 1-O, como nuevo consejero catalán de Acción Exterior . 23 March 2020 . . 20 March 2020 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  6. News: MP Bernat Solé appointed new foreign minister . 24 March 2020 . . 20 March 2020 . Barcelona, Spain.
  7. Web site: Bernat Solé . . 24 March 2020 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  8. Administració de Justícia: Juntes Electorals . . 30 September 2006 . 4730 . 40778 . 23 March 2020 . . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  9. Web site: Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2006: Candidats electes . . 6 June 2018 . 3 . Catalan.
  10. Eleccions Consell General d'Aran i Eleccions Locals 2007: Relació de Candidatures Proclamades - Junta Electoral de Zona de Balaguer . . 1 May 2007 . 64 . 129 . 23 March 2020 . . Lleida, Spain . Catalan.
  11. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2007 - Mun. Agramunt . . 23 March 2020 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish . 26 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html . dead .
  12. Eleccions Locals 2011: Relació de Candidatures Proclamades - Junta Electoral de Zona de Balaguer . . 26 April 2011 . 61 . 5 . 21 December 2018 . . Lleida, Spain . Catalan.
  13. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Agramunt . . 24 March 2020 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish . 26 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html . dead .
  14. Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Balaguer - Candidatures proclamades en aquesta Junta Electoral per a les eleccions locals 2015 . . 28 April 2015 . 80 . 8 . 21 December 2018 . . Lleida, Spain . Catalan . 21 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181221230901/https://pandora4.diputaciolleida.cat/pandora/4/high.raw?id=0000014591&name=00000001.original.pdf&attachment=Butllet%C3%AD+Oficial+de+la+Prov%C3%ADncia+de+Lleida.+28/4/2015,+n%C3%BAm.+80..pdf . dead .
  15. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2015 - Mun. Lleida . . 24 March 2020 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish . 26 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html . dead .
  16. Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Balaguer - Candidatures proclamades en aquesta Junta Electoral per a les Eleccions Locals 2019 . . 30 April 2019 . 83 . 2 . 18 August 2019 . . Lleida, Spain . Catalan.
  17. Anuncis Diversos: Administració Electoral - Juntes Electorals Provincials . . 1 September 2015 . 6947 . 3 . 23 March 2020 . . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  18. Web site: Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2015: Candidats electes . . 17 January 2018 . 3 . Catalan.
  19. Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona . . 19 November 2017 . 281 . 111446 . 10 June 2018 . . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  20. Web site: Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2017: Composició del Parlament . . Catalan . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171222105244/https://resultats.parlament2017.cat/09AU/DAU09000XX.htm?lang=ca . 22 December 2017 .
  21. News: Bertomeu . Quim . Del planter d'alcaldes d'ERC a liderar la política exterior catalana . 24 March 2020 . . 20 March 2020 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  22. Web site: Historial de la composició: Junta de Portaveus . . 24 March 2020 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  23. News: TSJC cita com a imputat l'alcalde d'Agramunt i diputat d'ERC per l'1-O . 23 March 2020 . . . 7 May 2019 . Girona, Spain . Catalan.
  24. News: L'alcalde d'Agramunt, citat a declarar per desobediència l'1-O . 24 March 2020 . El Nacional . 7 May 2019 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  25. News: L'alcalde nega l'organització de l'1-O a Agramunt . 24 March 2020 . . 5 June 2019 . Girona, Spain . Catalan.
  26. News: El alcalde de Agramunt niega haber promovido el 1-O y asegura que solo expresó opiniones . 24 March 2020 . . . 4 June 2019 . Barcelona, Spain . Spanish.
  27. News: El TSJC veu indicis de delicte de desobediència de l'alcalde d'Agramunt per l'1-O . 24 March 2020 . . . 29 October 2019 . Girona, Spain . Catalan.
  28. News: El TSJC deixa a un pas del judici un alcalde i diputat d'ERC per l'1-O . 23 March 2020 . El Nacional . 29 October 2019 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  29. News: El TSJC avala portar a judici a l'alcalde d'Agramunt i diputat d'ERC per l'1-O . 23 March 2020 . El Nacional . 10 January 2020 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  30. News: El TSJC cree que el alcalde de Agramunt "tuvo alguna intervención" en la organización del 1-O . 24 March 2020 . . 10 January 2020 . Barcelona, Spain . Spanish.
  31. News: Camps . Carlota . L'alcalde d'Agramunt, Bernat Solé, nou conseller d'Exteriors . 23 March 2020 . El Nacional . 20 March 2020 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  32. News: Ansola . Emma . "Ara el primer que cal és contactar amb els catalans a l'estranger" . 23 March 2020 . . 22 March 2020 . Girona, Spain . Catalan.
  33. Web site: El candidat serà el cap de Llista de la formació Acord d'Esquerra. A continuació desglosem un breu currículum i descripció de la llista. . . 23 March 2020 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan . 22 February 2011.

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