Juan Jose Aizcorbe Torra Explained

Juan Jose Aizcorbe Torra
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office1:Member of the Congress of Deputies
Term Start1:21 May 2019
Constituency1:Barcelona
Birth Date:9 July 1959
Birth Place:Barcelona, Kingdom of Spain
Party:Vox (2018-)
Spanish Democratic Party (1998-2008)
People's Party (1990-1997)
Alma Mater:University of Barcelona

Juan Jose Aizcorbe Torra (born 9 July 1959) is a Spanish politician and lawyer who is a deputy in the Congress of Deputies for the Vox party.

Biography

Torra holds a law degree from the University of Barcelona and a master's in business studies ESIC University in Madrid. He was called to the bar in Barcelona before working as a lawyer specializing in bankruptcy law in the private sector.[1] [2]

He describes himself as a practicing Catholic and is married with three children.[1]

Political career

He was associated to the Juntas Españolas in Barcelona, but left the organisation after describing it as too radical and joined the People's Party.[3] In 1998, he led the Spanish Democratic Party (PADE) in Catalonia.

Since 2018, he has been a member of Vox and was elected to the Congress of Deputies in the November 2019 Spanish general election for the Barcelona constituency.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Juan José Aizcorbe Torra - XIV Legislatura . Congreso de los Diputados . 2012-03-31 . es . 2022-04-21.
  2. Web site: Ballesteros . Roberto R. . La Fox de Vox: Intereconomía, los Ariza y sus empresas en el ascenso de Abascal . elconfidencial.com . 2019-11-23 . es . 2022-04-21.
  3. Web site: Ballesteros . Roberto R. . Juanjo Aizcorbe, de abogado de Ariza y los Franco a número dos de Vox por Barcelona . elconfidencial.com . 2019-04-16 . es . 2022-04-21.