Miquel Buch Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Miquel Buch
Office1:Minister of the Interior
Term Start1:2 June 2018
Term End1:3 September 2020
President1:Quim Torra
Predecessor1:Joaquim Forn
Successor1:Miquel Sàmper
Office2:Mayor of Premià de Mar
Term Start2:February 2007
Term End2:December 2017
Predecessor2:Jaume Batlle i Garriga
Successor2:Miquel Àngel Méndez Gil
Office3:Member of the Municipality Council of Premià de Mar
Term Start3:2000
Term End3:December 2017
Predecessor3:Lluís Cerdà
Birth Name:Miquel Buch i Moya
Birth Date:3 August 1975
Birth Place:Premià de Mar, Catalonia, Spain
Citizenship:Spanish
Party:Together for Catalonia

Miquel Buch i Moya (born 3 August 1975) is a Spanish politician from Catalonia, Minister of the Interior of the autonomous community between 2018 and 2020. He was previously mayor of Premià de Mar, a municipality in north-eastern Spain.

Early life

Buch was born on 3 August 1975 in Premià de Mar, Catalonia.[1] [2] He joined the Nationalist Youth of Catalonia (Joventut Nacionalista de Catalunya, JNC) and Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) in 1996.[1] [3] He was national counsellor for JNC from 1997 to 2006 and for CDC since 2004.[2] [3] He was a doorman in Titus discotheque in Badalona.[4]

Career

Buch worked for the family business and the Red Cross before entering local politics.[5] [6] Buch contested the 1999 local elections as a Convergence and Union (CiU) electoral alliance candidate in Premià de Mar but failed to get elected. However, following the death of Lluís Cerdà he was appointed to the municipal council.[3] He was re-elected at the 2003 local elections.[7] After the election CiU formed an administration and Buch was appointed Deputy Mayor.[1] [3] He became Mayor of Premià de Mar following the death of Jaume Batlle i Garriga in February 2007.[1] [3] [8] He was re-elected at the 2007, 2011 and 2015 local elections.[9] [10] [11]

Buch has served as president of the Catalan Association of Municipalities and Counties (ACMC), president of the Council of Local Government of Catalonia and vice-president of the Association of Municipalities for Independence.[1] [3] He was also a member of the provincial deputation for Barcelona.[1]

Buch resigned as mayor in December 2017.[12] [13] At the 2017 regional election Buch was placed 22nd on the Together for Catalonia (JuntsxCat) list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the alliance only managed to win 17 seats in the province and as a result he was not elected to the Parliament of Catalonia.[14] [15] At the election Catalan secessionists retained a slim majority in the Catalan Parliament.[16] [17] On 19 May 2018 newly elected President Quim Torra nominated a new government in which Buch was to be Minister of the Interior.[18] [19] [20] He was sworn in on 2 June 2018 at the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya.[21] [22] [23]

In July 2020 Buch joined the newly formed Together for Catalonia political party.[24]

Personal life

Buch is married to Cesca and has three children - Oriol, Biel and Clara.[25] [26] At 21 he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.[6]

Electoral history

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Miquel Buch Moya . Municipality Council of Premià de Mar . 5 June 2018 . Premià de Mar, Spain . Catalan.
  2. News: Un maresmenc, president dels municipis . 5 June 2018 . Diari Maresme . 5 July 2011 . Maresme, Spain . Catalan.
  3. News: De la JNC a l'ACM . 5 June 2018 . e-Notícies . 20 October 2011 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  4. News: "De jove anava al Titus de Badalona; el porter era Miquel Buch i no m'hi va deixar entrar" . 19 April 2020 . . 10 December 2018 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  5. Web site: Miquel Buch Moya . Municipality Council of Premià de Mar . 5 June 2018 . Premià de Mar, Spain . Catalan.
  6. News: Guillem . R. S. . Miquel Buch nomenat conseller d'Interior; qui és i què farà amb el major Trapero . 5 June 2018 . Catalunya Diari . 19 May 2018 . Catalan.
  7. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2003 - Mun. Premià de Mar. Ministry of the Interior. 5 June 2018. Madrid, Spain. Spanish.
  8. News: Miquel Buch, del municipalismo soberanista a la Conselleria de Interior . 5 June 2018 . . . 17 November 2017 . Barcelona, Spain . Spanish.
  9. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2007 - Mun. Premià de Mar. Ministry of the Interior. 5 June 2018. Madrid, Spain. Spanish.
  10. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Premià de Mar. Ministry of the Interior. 5 June 2018. Madrid, Spain. Spanish.
  11. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2015 - Mun. Premià de Mar. Ministry of the Interior. 5 June 2018. Madrid, Spain. Spanish.
  12. Web site: Miquel Buch Moya . Miquel Buch plega d'alcalde . 5 June 2018 . 14 December 2017 . Premià de Mar, Spain . Catalan.
  13. News: Cedó . Fede . Miquel Buch dimite de la alcaldía de Premià de Mar . 5 June 2018 . . 30 November 2017 . Barcelona, Spain . Spanish.
  14. News: Neus Lloveras i Miquel Buch, números 20 i 22 a la llista de Junts per Catalunya . 5 June 2018 . . . 17 November 2017 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  15. News: Pruna . Gerard . Miquel Buch plega i obre el debat successori a l'ACM . 5 June 2018 . . 1 December 2017 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  16. News: Jackson. Russell. Catalan independence supporters win majority in election. 31 December 2017. The Scotsman. 22 December 2017. Edinburgh, U.K..
  17. News: Parra. Aritz. Giles. Ciaran. Catalan secessionist parties win slim majority in regional parliament. 31 December 2017. Toronto Star. Associated Press. 21 December 2017. Toronto, Canada.
  18. News: Torra nominates new government including jailed and exiled officials. 19 May 2018. Catalan News Agency. 19 May 2018. Barcelona, Spain.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. News: Catalan government takes office in emotional event, lifting direct rule. 3 June 2018. Catalan News Agency. 2 June 2018. Barcelona, Spain.
  22. 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.
  23. News: Los consellers toman posesión y prometen "lealtad" a Quim Torra . 3 June 2018 . . . 2 June 2018 . Spanish.
  24. News: March . Oriol . El PDECat certifica la divisió amb Puigdemont a les portes de la fundació de JxCat . 26 July 2020 . Nació Digital . 24 July 2020 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  25. News: Márquez . Teresa . "El poder absolut només recau sobre la ciutadania" . 5 June 2018 . . 1 August 2017 . Girona, Spain . Catalan.
  26. News: Aguilar . Joaquim . Entrevista a Miquel Buch, cap de llista de CiU a les Municipals 2015 . 5 June 2018 . Ràdio Premià de Mar . 22 May 2015 . Premià de Mar, Spain . Catalan.

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