Marta Rosique | |
Office1: | Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain |
Constituency1: | Barcelona |
Term Start1: | 16 May 2019 |
Birth Name: | Marta Rosique i Saltor |
Birth Date: | 16 March 1996 |
Birth Place: | Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
Citizenship: | Spanish |
Party: | Republican Left of Catalonia |
Otherparty: | Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists |
Alma Mater: | Pompeu Fabra University |
Marta Rosique i Saltor (born 16 March 1996) is a Catalan politician from Spain and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.
Rosique was born on 16 March 1996 in Barcelona, Catalonia.[1] [2] Her father is a doctor and her mother works for a food security company.[3] [4] She lives in the wealthy Sant Gervasi district of Barcelona.[4] She has a degree in journalism from the Pompeu Fabra University and is currently studying political science at the university.[1] [4]
Rosique was a member of the European Youth Parliament from 2011 to 2015.[4] [5] She was secretary of the National Youth Council of Catalonia (CNJC) between 2015 and 2017, with responsibility for international co-operation and interculturality.[1] [5] [6] In this role she helped found the Euromed Youth Network, a platform for youth organisations in the Mediterranean region.[5] She has been Republican Youth of Catalonia's secretary for policy and international co-operation since 2016.[1] [4] [5] In 2017, prior to the Catalan independence referendum, she was spokesperson for Universitats per la República (UxR), a platform that mobilised support amongst the university community for Catalan self-determination.[1] [5] [6]
Rosique contested the April 2019 general election as a Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[7] [8] Aged 23, she was the youngest member of the congress to date and had a net wealth of €150.[2] [3] [4] She was re-elected at the November 2019 general election.[9] [10]
Constituency | scope=col colspan="2" | Party | scope=col colspan="2" | Alliance | scope=col | No. | scope=col | Result |
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6 | Elected |