Albert Botran
{{short description|Spanish politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Albert Botran
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| office1 = Member of the Congress of Deputies
| constituency1 = Barcelona
| term_start1 = 3 December 2019
| term_end1 = 16 August 2023
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| office2 = Member of the Parliament of Catalonia
| constituency2 = Barcelona
| term_start2 = 26 October 2015
| term_end2 = 28 October 2017
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| office3 = Member of Molins de Rei Municipal Council
| term_start3 = 2011
| term_end3 = 2015
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| birth_name = Albert Botran i Pahissa
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|01|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Molins de Rei, Catalonia, Spain
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| citizenship = Spanish
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| party = Poble Lliure
| otherparty = Popular Unity Candidacy–For Rupture
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| alma_mater = Autonomous University of Barcelona
| occupation = Historian
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Albert Botran i Pahissa (born 14 January 1984) is a Spanish historian and politician from Catalonia and a former member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was previously a member of the Parliament of Catalonia.{{Cite web |last=324cat |date=2023-07-25 |title=Albert Botran plega pels resultats del 23J i el secretariat de la CUP demana una refundació |url=https://www.ccma.cat/324/albert-botran-plega-pels-mals-resultats-de-la-cup-i-demana-refundar-la/noticia/3242846/ |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=CCMA |language=ca}}
Early life
Botran was born on 14 January 1984 in Molins de Rei, Catalonia.{{cite web |title=Members: XIV Legislatura ( 2019-Actualidad ) - Botran Pahissa, Albert |url=http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Diputados/BusqForm?_piref73_1333155_73_1333154_1333154.next_page=/wc/fichaDiputado?idDiputado=87&idLegislatura=14 |publisher=Congress of Deputies |accessdate=6 February 2020 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}{{cite news |last1=Palà |first1=Roger |last2=Aznar |first2=Laura |last3=Picazo |first3=Sergi |last4=Soldevila |first4=Laia |last5=Vila |first5=Joan |title=Qui són i d'on vénen els candidats de la CUP al Congrés |url=https://www.elcritic.cat/noticies/qui-son-i-don-venen-els-candidats-de-la-cup-al-congres-37230 |accessdate=9 February 2020 |work=Crític |date=8 October 2019 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}} He has a degree in history and a master's degree in comparative history from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Career
Botran has been active in the leftist Catalan independence movement since 2002 and helped found the Molins de Rei branch of Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) in 2007.{{cite news |last1=Polo |first1=Jose |title=L'exregidor Albert Botran, candidat a les primàries de la CUP |url=https://www.viumolinsderei.com/2015/07/17/lexregidor-a-molins-de-rei-albert-botran-candidat-a-les-primaries-de-la-cup/ |accessdate=9 February 2020 |work=Viu Molins de Rei |date=17 July 2015 |location=Molins de Rei, Spain |language=Catalan}} He was a member of the CUP's national secretariat from 2009 to 2013 and from 2018 to 2019. Botran works for the Òmnium Cultural. In 2010 he won the 24th Francesc Carreras i Candi Award for his work Pensar Històricament els Països Catalans. La Historiografia i el Projecte Nacional dels Països Catalans (1960-1985).{{cite web |title=Pensar històricament els Països Catalans', d'Albert Botran, guanyador del XXIV Premi Francesc Carreras i Candi |url=https://www.omnium.cat/ca/noticia/pensar-historicament-els-paisos-catalans-d-albert-botran-guanyador-del-xxiv-premi-francesc-carreras-i-candi-4323.html |publisher=Òmnium Cultural |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001101051/https://www.omnium.cat/ca/noticia/pensar-historicament-els-paisos-catalans-d-albert-botran-guanyador-del-xxiv-premi-francesc-carreras-i-candi-4323.html |archivedate=1 October 2010 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}
Botran contested the 2011 local elections as a Popular Unity Candidacy–Active People (CUP-PA) electoral alliance candidate in Molins de Rei and was elected.{{cite magazine |title=Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral Zona de Sant Feliu de Llobregat |magazine=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona |date=20 April 2011 |page=34 |url=https://bop.diba.cat/scripts/ftpisa.aspx?fnew?bop2011&04/062011002037.pdf&1 |accessdate=9 February 2020 |publisher=Diputació de Barcelona |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}{{cite web|title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Molins de Rei |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=9 February 2020 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}} Botran was one of the signatories of the October 2014 Nous Temps, Noves Eines - Per la Independència, pel Socialisme, pels Països Catalans: Ni un pas Enrere’, manifesto by leftist Catalan nationalists.{{cite web |title=Adhesió de l´escriptor Miquel López Crespí al Manifest Nous temps, noves eines NI UN PAS ENRERE – PER LA INDEPENDÈNCIA, PEL SOCIALISME, PELS PAÏSOS CATALANS – NI UN PAS ENRERE |url=https://blocs.mesvilaweb.cat/anselm/?p=271160 |publisher=Literatura catalana moderna - Illes |accessdate=9 February 2020 |language=Catalan |date=19 October 2014}}{{cite news |title=Neix una nova organització de l'esquerra independentista |url=http://www.naciodigital.cat/noticia/78764/neix/nova/organitzacio/esquerra/independentista |work=Nació Digital |date=29 November 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202230218/http://www.naciodigital.cat/noticia/78764/neix/nova/organitzacio/esquerra/independentista |archivedate=2 December 2014 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}} The manifesto led to the formation, in November 2014, of Poble Lliure of which Botran is a member.{{cite web |title=Neix "Poble Lliure", la nova organització estratègica de l'esquerra independentista |url=https://www.llibertat.cat/2014/11/neix-poble-lliure-la-nova-organitzacio-estrategica-de-l-esquerra-independentista-28842#.VHt8S |publisher=Llibertat.cat |accessdate=9 February 2020 |language=Catalan |date=30 November 2014}} He did not seek re-election at the 2015 local elections.{{cite news |last1=Polo |first1=Jose |title=11 dels 21 regidors de l'Ajuntament de Molins de Rei s'acomiaden del ple municipal |url=https://www.viumolinsderei.com/2015/06/11/11-dels-21-regidors-de-lajuntament-de-molins-de-rei-sacomiaden-del-ple-municipal/ |accessdate=9 February 2020 |work=Viu Molins de Rei |date=11 June 2015 |location=Molins de Rei, Spain |language=Catalan}}
Botran contested the 2015 regional election as a CUP candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia.{{cite magazine |title=Anuncis Diversos: Administració Electoral - Juntes Electorals Provincials |journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya |date=1 September 2015 |issue=6947 |page=20 |url=http://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/AppJava/PdfProviderServlet?documentId=701480&type=01&language=ca_ES |accessdate=10 June 2018 |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}{{cite web |title=Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2015: Candidats electes |url=http://dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/electes/A20151.pdf |publisher=Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, Generalitat de Catalunya |accessdate=17 January 2018 |page=2 |language=Catalan}} In February 2017 Botran attended an event in Castelló de Farfanya marking the 30th death anniversary of Catalan independence activist Julià Babia, a member of the Movement for Defence of the Land.{{cite web |title=Emotiu homenatge a Julià Babia i companys de lluita a Castelló de Farfanya |url=https://www.llibertat.cat/2017/02/emotiu-homenatge-a-julia-babia-i-companys-de-lluita-a-castello-de-farfanya-37784 |publisher=Llibertat.cat |accessdate=9 February 2020 |language=Catalan |date=12 February 2017}}{{cite news |title=Querella contra quatre membres de Poble Lliure per enaltiment del terrorisme |url=https://www.ccma.cat/324/querella-contra-quatre-membres-de-poble-lliure-per-enaltiment-del-terrorisme/noticia/2810776/ |accessdate=9 February 2020 |work=Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals |date=24 September 2017 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}} As a consequence, in September 2017 the Spanish Attorney General started an investigation on charges of extolling terrorism against four members of Poble Lliure: Botran, Toni Casserras, Ferran Dalmau and Guillem Fuster.{{cite news |title=de Poble Lliure per enaltiment del terrorisme |url=http://elmon.cat/noticia/233862/lestat-investiga-albert-botran-acusat-denaltiment-del-terrorisme |work=El Món |date=24 September 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927061114/http://elmon.cat/noticia/233862/lestat-investiga-albert-botran-acusat-denaltiment-del-terrorisme |archivedate=27 September 2017 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}{{cite news |title=Declara a Lleida un dels investigats per homenatjar l'històric independentista Julià Babia |url=https://www.elpuntavui.cat/politica/article/17-politica/1264170-declara-a-lleida-un-dels-investigats-per-homenatjar-julia-babia-historic-independentista.html |accessdate=9 February 2020 |work=El Punt |date=19 October 2017 |location=Girona, Spain |language=Catalan}} In December 2018 the Audiencia Nacional started investigating the case against the four and three others - Marcel·lí Canet, Marcel Casellas and Josep Maria Cervelló.{{cite news |title=Arxiven la causa per enaltiment del terrorisme contra Albert Botran i altres membres de Poble Lliure |url=https://www.naciodigital.cat/noticia/169478/arxiven/causa/enaltiment/terrorisme/contra/albert/botran/altres/membres/poble/lliure |accessdate=9 February 2020 |work=Nació Digital |date=19 December 2018 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}
At the 2017 regional election Botran was placed 81st on CUP's list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the party only won three seats in the province and as a result he failed to get re-elected.{{cite magazine |title=Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona |magazine=Boletín Oficial del Estado |date=19 November 2017 |issue=281 |page=111425 |url=http://boe.es/boe/dias/2017/11/19/pdfs/BOE-A-2017-13305.pdf |accessdate=10 June 2018 |publisher=Government of Spain |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}{{cite web |title=Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2017: Composició del Parlament |url=https://resultats.parlament2017.cat/09AU/DAU09000XX.htm?lang=ca |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |language=Catalan |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222105244/https://resultats.parlament2017.cat/09AU/DAU09000XX.htm?lang=ca |archivedate=22 December 2017 }} He contested the 2019 November general election as a Popular Unity Candidacy–For Rupture candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.{{cite magazine |title=Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales – Elecciones generales. Proclamación de candidaturas |magazine=Boletín Oficial del Estado |date=15 October 2019 |issue=248 |page=113506 |url=https://boe.es/boe/dias/2019/10/15/pdfs/BOE-A-2019-14801.pdf |accessdate=15 October 2019 |publisher=Government of Spain |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish |issn=0212-033X}}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Noviembre 2019 |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=9 February 2020 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}} In 2023 general elections he wasn't reelected.
Works
- Les Proclames de Sobirania de Catalunya 1640-1936 (2009, Farell Editors, co-authors Adrià Cases and Oriol Junqueras)
- Pensar Històricament els Països Catalans. La Historiografia i el Projecte Nacional dels Països Catalans (1960-1985) (2010)
- Unitat Popular. La construcció de la CUP i l'Independentisme d'Esquerres (2012, Edicions El Jonc)
- Introducció a la Història dels Països Catalans (2014, Ediciones del 1979, co-authors Carles Castellanos and Lluís Sales; {{ISBN|9788494012679}})
Electoral history
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|+ Electoral history of Albert Botran ! scope=col|Election ! scope=col|Constituency ! scope=col colspan="2"|Party ! scope=col colspan="2"|Alliance ! scope=col|No. ! scope=col|Result | |||||||
| 2011 local | Molins de Rei | style="background:{{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy}};"| | Popular Unity Candidacy | style="background:{{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy}};"| | Popular Unity Candidacy-Active People | align=right|4 | Elected |
| 2015 regional | Province of Barcelona | style="background:{{party color|Poble Lliure}};"| | Poble Lliure | style="background:{{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy}};"| | Popular Unity Candidacy | align=right|5 | Elected |
| 2017 regional | Province of Barcelona | style="background:{{party color|Poble Lliure}};"| | Poble Lliure | style="background:{{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy}};"| | Popular Unity Candidacy | align=right|81 | Not elected |
| 2019 November general | Province of Barcelona | style="background:{{party color|Poble Lliure}};"| | Poble Lliure | style="background:{{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy–For Rupture}};"| | Popular Unity Candidacy–For Rupture | align=right|2 | Elected |
References
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