Daniel Sirera
{{Short description|Spanish politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Daniel Sirera| image =File:Daniel Sirera (cropped).jpg| office = Chairman of the Partido Popular de Cataluña | term_start = July 2007 | term_end = July 2008 |predecessor = Josep Piqué | successor = Alicia Sánchez-Camacho|birth_date={{birth date and age | 1967 | 07 | 30|df=yes}}|| birth_place =Badalona, Catalonia, Spain | party = Partido Popular}}
Daniel Sirera Bellés (born 30 July 1967 in Badalona) is a Spanish politician.[https://www.cac.cat/en/organigrama/daniel-sirera-belles "Daniel Sirera Bellés,"] The Catalan Audiovisual Council. He served as the chairman of the People's Party in Catalonia (PPC) from 2007–08.
Biography
Sirera, was born in Badalona, Catalonia, Spain. His father was a city guard who later books at the Sant Antoni market, and his grandfather was a metro ticket clerk.{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5120625/0/daniel-sirera-el-abogado-amante-de-la-comunicacion-que-ha-llegado-a-barcelona-para-dar-impulso-al-pp/|title=Daniel Sirera, el abogado amante de la comunicación que ha llegado a Barcelona para dar impulso al PP|date=May 12, 2023|website=20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias}} In 1973 he moved with his family to the Sant Antoni neighborhood in Barcelona. After spending about a year in Valencia, he returned to Barcelona. He is a law graduate of the University of Barcelona. He is married and has two children.
He is a former columnist for online newspaper Libertad Digital.
From 1992 until 1998 Sirera worked as a lawyer in the law firm VOabogados in Sant Cugat del Vallès.[https://www-diba-cat.translate.goog/en/web/ladiputacio/-/daniel-sirera-belles?_x_tr_sl=ca&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc "Daniel Sirera Bellés,"] Council of Barcelona. In 1996 he received the Medal of Honor of the Bar Association of Barcelona for his work.
From 1996-2010 Sirera was a deputy in the Parliament of Catalonia.
From 1996-99 he was a councilor in the Barcelona City Council.
In 1997 the Generalitat de Catalunya awarded Sirera the Civil Protection Silver Medal for his contributions to the design of the Catalan Civil Protection system (1997).
From 2007–08 Sirera served as the chairman of the People's Party in Catalonia (PPC) and a senator representing the Generalitat of Catalonia.{{cite web|url=http://www.senado.es/web/composicionorganizacion/senadores/composicionsenado/fichasenador/index.html;jsessionid=zzTkQC3f6y65C2zGy1LDhjfVvZpBYYWtghNtDGLYLDLKpl2HJkJQ!610352564?legis=8&id1=13705|title=Ficha del Senador|first=Senado de|last=España|website=senado.es}}[https://www.elconfidencial.com/comunicacion/2018-05-16/consejo-audiovisual-cataluna-tv3-independentismo_1563693/ "Quemar la Constitución o señalar a Llarena: el regulador catalán siempre salva a TV3"] El Confidencial. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
In 2009, he founded the communication agency S & L Comunicació. Sirera was its managing partner between 2009 and 2012.
From 2012-22 Sirera was a member of the Audiovisual Council of Catalonia.
From 2014-22, he was a member of the Advisory Board of the Internet Governance Forum in Spain.
From June 2023, he has been the president of the Municipal Group of the Popular Party at Barcelona City Council.
Sirera is currently a deputy in the Parliament of Catalonia for the constituency of Barcelona, and is the leader of the PPC's parliamentary group.
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Category:21st-century Catalan people
Category:Politicians from Barcelona
Category:Sportspeople from the Province of Barcelona
Category:People's Party (Spain) politicians
Category:Members of the Parliament of Catalonia
Category:Members of the Senate of Spain
Category:University of Barcelona alumni