Jorge Trías Explained

Jorge Trías
Birth Name:Jorge Trías Sagnier
Birth Date:13 July 1948
Birth Place:Barcelona, Spain
Death Place:Barcelona, Spain
Nationality:Spanish
Occupation:Lawyer
Education:University of Barcelona
Party:PP
Office:Member of the Congress of Deputies
Term Start:13 March 1996
Term End:5 April 2000
Constituency:Barcelona

Jorge Trías Sagnier (13 July 1948 – 13 April 2022) was a Spanish politician.

Biography

A member of the People's Party, he served in the Congress of Deputies from 1996 to 2000.[1] He was known as the whistleblower in the Bárcenas affair, exposing corruption within the People's Party.[2] Trías died in Barcelona on 13 April 2022, at the age of 73, due to the after-effects of a COVID-19 infection, from which he had recovered a few weeks earlier.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Trías Sagnier, Jorge. Congress of Deputies. Spanish. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923230327/http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Diputados/BusqForm?_piref73_1333155_73_1333154_1333154.next_page=/wc/fichaDiputado&idLegislatura=6&idDiputado=55. 23 September 2015.
  2. News: Traís. Sagnier. 20 January 2013. ¿Sombras o certezas?. Spanish. El País. 13 April 2022.
  3. News: Bedoya. Juan G.. 13 April 2022. Muere Jorge Trias Sagnier, el político acorralado por denunciar la corrupción del PP. Spanish. El País. 13 April 2022.