Lourdes Ciuró Explained

Lourdes Ciuró
Office:Minister of Justice of Catalonia
Term Start:26 May 2021
Term End:7 October 2022
President:Pere Aragonès
Predecessor:Ester Capella
Successor:Gemma Ubasart
Office1:Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
Constituency1:Barcelona
Term Start1:1 December 2011
Term End1:5 March 2019
Office2:Member of Sabadell Municipal Council
Term Start2:2007
Term End2:2011
Successor2:Jordi Font i Renom
Birth Name:Maria Lourdes Ciuró i Buldó
Birth Date:3 June 1971
Birth Place:Reus, Catalonia, Spain
Citizenship:Spanish
Party:Catalan European Democratic Party
Otherparty:Together for Catalonia
Alma Mater:Autonomous University of Barcelona
Occupation:Lawyer

Maria Lourdes Ciuró i Buldó (born 3 June 1971) is a Spanish lawyer and politician from Catalonia and a former member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.

Early life

Ciuró was born on 3 June 1971 in Reus, Catalonia.[1] [2] She has a degree in law from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.[1] [2] [3] Ciuró joined the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) in 2003 and was a member its national council.[1] [2] [3]

Career

Ciuró practised of law from 1994 to 2011, specialising in real estate and family law.[1] She is a member of bar associations in Barcelona and Sabadell.[1]

Ciuró contested the 2007 local elections as a Convergence and Union (CiU) electoral alliance candidate in Sabadell and was elected.[4] [5] She was re-elected at the 2011 local election.[6] [7] She contested the 2011 general election as a CiU candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[8] [9] She was re-elected at the 2015 and 2016 general elections.[10] [11] [12] [13]

At the 2017 regional election Ciuró was placed 57th on the Together for Catalonia (JxCat) alliance's list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the alliance only managed to win 17 seats in the province and as a result she failed to get elected.[14] [15] In July 2018 she was elected to the PDeCAT's executive directorate.[16]

In February 2018 Ciuró won the nomination to be the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT)'s mayoral candidate in Sabadell at the 2019 local elections.[17] [18] She contested the 2019 local elections as a JxCat candidate in Sabadell and was re-elected though she did not become mayor.[19]

Personal life

Ciuró is married with two children.[1] [2] [3]

Electoral history

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Constituencyscope=col colspan="2"Partyscope=col colspan="2"Alliancescope=colNo.scope=colResult
4 Elected
4 Elected
8 Elected
3 Elected
3 Elected
57 Not elected
1 Elected

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Members: XII Legislatura (2016-2019) - Ciuró i Buldó, Lourdes . . 19 December 2018 . Madrid, Spain . es.
  2. News: de Arriba . Jordi . 20 coses que no sabies de Lourdes Ciuró (Junts per Sabadell) . 19 December 2018 . iSabadell . 17 June 2018 . Sabadell, Spain . ca.
  3. News: Lourdes Ciuró, la diputada independentista del corte de mangas . 19 December 2018 . . 18 October 2017 . Madrid, Spain . es.
  4. Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Sabadell . . 25 April 2007 . LXIX . 99 . 220 . 7 June 2018 . . Barcelona, Spain . ca.
  5. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2007 - Mun. Sabadell . . 19 December 2018 . Madrid, Spain . es.
  6. Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Sabadell . . 20 April 2011 . 42 . 19 December 2018 . . Barcelona, Spain . ca.
  7. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Sabadell . . 19 December 2018 . Madrid, Spain . es.
  8. Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona . . 25 October 2011 . 257 . 111254 . 11 June 2018 . . Madrid, Spain . es.
  9. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Noviembre 2011 . . 19 December 2018 . Madrid, Spain . es.
  10. Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona . . 24 November 2015 . 281 . 110648 . 7 June 2018 . . Madrid, Spain . es.
  11. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Diciembre 2015 . . 19 December 2018 . Madrid, Spain . es.
  12. Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona . . 31 May 2016 . 131 . 35535 . 7 June 2018 . . Madrid, Spain . es.
  13. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Junio 2016 . . 19 December 2018 . Madrid, Spain . es.
  14. Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona . . 19 November 2017 . 281 . 111428 . 10 June 2018 . . Madrid, Spain . es.
  15. Web site: Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2017: Composició del Parlament . . 17 January 2018 . ca . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171222105244/https://resultats.parlament2017.cat/09AU/DAU09000XX.htm?lang=ca . 22 December 2017 .
  16. News: Lourdes Ciuró entra a la direcció executiva del PDECat . 19 December 2018 . Diari de Sabadell . 22 July 2018 . Sabadell, Spain . ca.
  17. News: Ciuró serà la candidata del PDeCAT a l'alcaldia . 19 December 2018 . iSabadell . 7 February 2018 . Sabadell, Spain . ca.
  18. News: Hernàndez . Albert . Segura . Albert . Lourdes Ciuró: "Em sento preparada per liderar el govern de Sabadell" . 19 December 2018 . Nació Digital . 8 June 2018 . Barcelona, Spain . ca.
  19. Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Sabadell . . 30 April 2019 . 46 . 18 August 2019 . . Barcelona, Spain . ca.