Chakir El Homrani Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Chakir El Homrani
Office1:Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family
Term Start1:2 June 2018
Term End1:26 May 2021
President1:Quim Torra
Predecessor1:Dolors Bassa
Successor1:Violant Cervera
Constituency Mp2:the Province of Barcelona
Parliament2:Catalan
Term Start2:12 March 2021
Term End2:16 January 2023
Term Start3:26 October 2015
Term End3:14 June 2018
Office4:Member of the Municipality Council of Granollers
Term Start4:2015
Term End4:2018
Birth Name:Chakir El Homrani Lesfar
Birth Place:Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Party:Republican Left of Catalonia
Otherparty:Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes
Alma Mater:Autonomous University of Barcelona

Chakir El Homrani Lesfar (born 1979) is a Spanish-Moroccan trade unionist, politician Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of Catalonia between 2018 and 2021.

Born in 1979 in Barcelona, Homrani studied sociology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Active in the trade union youth movement, he joined the nationalist Republican Left of Catalonia in 2004. He was elected to the municipality council in Granollers and the Parliament of Catalonia in 2015 and was appointed Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family in June 2018.

Early life and family

Homrani was born in 1979 in Barcelona, Catalonia to Moroccan parents.[1] [2] He grew up in the Les Planes neighbourhood of Baixador de Vallvidrera in Barcelona and became a Spanish citizen in November 1997.[1] [3] [4] He has degree in sociology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).[2] [3] [5]

Homrani was secretary and national spokesperson of Avalot-Joves, the youth wing of the Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT).[1] [2] [6] He was a member of the UGT's national committee and the national council.[2] He joined the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) in 2004.[1] [2]

Career

Homrani worked in vocational training field and the water and environment sector and had worked as a product manager for Aqua Development Network.[2] [3] [7] He has co-ordinated youth social and labour mediation projects (Eixam) and organised employment workshops.[2]

Homrani has been a trainer at the University of Barcelona's Institute of Educational Sciences of the UB and worked with the university's social platform project on cities and social cohesion.[2] He has also participated in the leadership program organised by the UAB's Institut de Govern i Polítiques Públiques and the Jaume Bofill Foundation.[2]

Homrani is a member of the Esplai Guai de Palou, Club Natació Granollers and the Fundació Josep Comaposada Sindicalistes Solidaris, with which he collaborated in co-operation projects in Morocco and Central America.[2] He is also a member of the Consell de Cooperació de Granollers, the Consell de la Joventut de Barcelona (CJB) and the Consell Nacional de la Joventut de Catalunya (CNJC).[2]

Homrani contested the 2015 local elections as a Republican Left of Catalonia-Accio Granollers (ERC-AG-A) electoral alliance candidate in Granollers and was elected.[8] [9]

Homrani contested the 2015 regional election as a Junts pel Sí (JxSí) electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia.[10] [11] At the 2017 regional election Homrani was placed 21st on the Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes alliance's list of candidates in Barcelona but the alliance only managed to win 18 seats in the province and as a result he failed to get re-elected.[12] [13] However, in March 2018, he, together with Magdalena Casamitjana i Aguilà and Assumpció Laïlla i Jou, were appointed to the Catalan Parliament following the resignation of Dolors Bassa, Carme Forcadell and Marta Rovira.[14] [15]

On 19 May 2018 newly elected President Quim Torra nominated a new government in which Homrani was to be Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family.[16] [17] [18] He was sworn in on 2 June 2018 at the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya.[19] [20] [21]

Personal life

Homrani has a son and daughter.[1]

Electoral history

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Constituencyscope=colPartyscope=colAlliancescope=colNo.scope=colResult
Republican Left of Catalonia-Accio Granollers 3 Elected
15 Elected
21 Not elected

Notes and References

  1. News: Serra Carné . Joan . Chakir El Homrani, el conseller de la diversitat que juga a rol . 10 June 2018 . Nació Digital . 10 June 2018 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  2. News: Chakir El Homrani, un sociólogo y sindicalista para encabezar Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales . 10 June 2018 . . 19 May 2018 . Spanish.
  3. News: Perfil:Chakir el Homrani, un sindicalista pren el relleu de Bassa al capdavant de Treball, Afers Socials i Famílies . 10 June 2018 . . . 19 May 2018 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  4. Web site: Otras Disposiciones: Ministerio de Justicia - Nacionalidad española . . 25 March 1998 . 72 . 10057 . 10 June 2018 . . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  5. News: Santiago . Sandra . Chakir el Homrani:"Es imposible vivir dignamente con salarios de 600 euros" . 10 June 2018 . . 5 March 2007 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  6. News: Chakir El Homrani, nou portaveu nacional de L'Avalot-Joves de la UGT de Catalunya . 10 June 2018 . . . 25 February 2007 . Catalan.
  7. News: ERC-Acció Granollers presenta Núria Maynou i Chakir El Homrani com a números 2 i 3 . 10 June 2018 . Nació Digital . . 1 April 2015 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  8. Web site: Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Granollers . Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona . 22 April 2015 . 19 . 10 June 2018 . . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  9. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2015 - Mun. Granollers. Ministry of the Interior. 9 June 2018. Madrid, Spain. Spanish. 26 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html. dead.
  10. Anuncis Diversos: Administració Electoral - Juntes Electorals Provincials . Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya . 1 September 2015 . 6947 . 10 . 10 June 2018 . . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan .
  11. Web site: Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2015: Candidats electes. Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, Generalitat de Catalunya. 17 January 2018. 1. Catalan.
  12. Web site: Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona . . 19 November 2017 . 281 . 111420 . 10 June 2018 . . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  13. Web site: Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2017: Composició del Parlament. Generalitat de Catalunya. 17 January 2018. Catalan. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20171222105244/https://resultats.parlament2017.cat/09AU/DAU09000XX.htm?lang=ca. 22 December 2017.
  14. News: Assumpció Laïlla, Chakir El Homrani y Magda Casamitjana, ya pueden votar en el Parlament . 10 June 2018 . . . 24 March 2018 . Barcelona, Spain . Spanish.
  15. Tramitacions generals . Butlletí Oficial del Parlament de Catalunya . 23 March 2018 . 43 . 6–8 . 10 June 2018 . Parliament of Catalonia.
  16. News: Torra nominates new government including jailed and exiled officials. 19 May 2018. Catalan News Agency. 19 May 2018. Barcelona, Spain.
  17. News: Torra nombra en su Govern a Aragonès, Artadi, Turull, Rull, Comín, Puig y Maragall. 19 May 2018. La Vanguardia. 19 May 2018. Barcelona, Spain. Spanish.
  18. News: Puente. Arturo. Torra nombra a los encarcelados Turull y Rull consellers de su nuevo Govern. 19 May 2018. eldiario.es. 19 May 2018. Madrid, Spain. Spanish.
  19. News: Catalan government takes office in emotional event, lifting direct rule. 3 June 2018. Catalan News Agency. 2 June 2018. Barcelona, Spain.
  20. News: Villalonga. Carles. El nuevo Govern de Torra toma posesión en un acto reivindicativo y escenifica el fin del 155. 3 June 2018. La Vanguardia. 2 June 2018. Barcelona, Spain. Spanish.
  21. News: Los consellers toman posesión y prometen "lealtad" a Quim Torra . 3 June 2018 . . . 2 June 2018 . Spanish.