Ferran Bel
{{short description|Spanish economist, academic and politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{family name hatnote|Bel|Accensi|lang=Catalan}}
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| name = Ferran Bel
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| image = 65a Nit Ferran Bel alcalde Foto Omnium Ramon Boadella (23373982089) (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Bel in December 2015
| office1 = Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
| constituency1 = Tarragona
| term_start1 = 8 January 2016
| term_end1 = 5 March 2019
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| office2 = Member of the Senate of Spain
| constituency2 = Tarragona
| term_start2 = 20 November 2011
| term_end2 = 12 January 2016
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| office3 = Mayor of Tortosa
| term_start3 = 2007
| term_end3 = 2018
| predecessor3 = Joan Sabaté i Borras
| successor3 = Meritxell Roigé i Pedrola
| office4 = President of Baix Ebre County Council
| term_start4 = 2003
| term_end4 = 2007
| predecessor4 = Joan Bertomeu i Bertomeu
| successor4 = Andreu Martí i Garcia
| office5 = Member of Tortosa Municipal Council
| term_start5 = 2002
| term_end5 = 2018
| predecessor5 = Marià Curto
| successor5 = Josep Cugat i Ginovart
| birth_name = Ferran Bel i Accensi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|06|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain
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| citizenship = Spanish
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| party = Catalan European Democratic Party
| otherparty = Together for Catalonia
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| alma_mater = University of Barcelona
| occupation = Economist, academic
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Ferran Bel i Accensi (born 1 June 1965) is a Spanish economist, academic and politician from Catalonia. He is a former member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain and the Senate of Spain.
Early life
Bel was born on 1 June 1965 in Tortosa, Catalonia.{{cite web |title=Members: XII Legislatura ( 2016-2019 ) - Bel Accensi, Ferran |url=http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Diputados/BusqForm?_piref73_1333155_73_1333154_1333154.next_page=/wc/fichaDiputado?idDiputado=294&idLegislatura=12 |publisher=Congress of Deputies |accessdate=21 December 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}{{cite web |title=Biografia de l'alcalde de Tortosa, Ferran Bel Accensi |url=http://www.tortosa.cat/webajt/ajunta/om/indexa3.asp?idioma=ct |publisher=Ajuntament de Tortosa |accessdate=21 December 2018 |location=Tortosa, Spain |page=Catalan}} He was educated at San José school and Joaquim Bau Institute high school. He has a bachelor's degree in economic and business sciences and a postgraduate qualification in economics and management of local and autonomous finance from the University of Barcelona (UB). He was a research fellow at the Institut d'Estudis Autonòmics.
Bel joined the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) in 1995 and was president of its local branch between 2000 and 2004 and regional president of Baix Ebre from 2004 to 2007. He was on the CDC's national council from 2004 and national executive committee from 2008.
Career
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Bel worked as an economist at a professional firm of advisors he founded in 1991.{{cite web |title=Ferran Bel i Accensi |url=https://www.partitdemocrata.cat/web/ferran-bel/ |publisher=Catalan European Democratic Party |accessdate=21 December 2018 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}} He was associate professor of public finance and corporate taxation at UB's Department of Economic Policy and Public Finance between 1990 and 2005. He was an associate professor at the Rovira i Virgili University's (URV) Department of Private Procedural and Financial Law. He has been associate professor at URV's Department of Economics since 2012.
Bel entered Tortosa Municipal Council following the resignation of Marià Curto.{{cite news |last1=Moreno |first1=Gustau |title=Prohibit parlar de majoria absoluta |url=https://www.elpuntavui.cat/politica/article/17-politica/405740-prohibit-parlar-de-majoria-absoluta.html |accessdate=21 December 2018 |work=El Punt |date=4 May 2011 |location=Girona, Spain |language=Catalan}} He contested the 2003 local elections as a Convergence and Union (CiU) electoral alliance candidate in Tortosa and was re-elected.{{cite magazine |title=Administració Local: Junta Electoral de Zona de Tortosa |magazine=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Tarragona |date=29 April 2003 |issue=98 |page=122 |url=https://www.diputaciodetarragona.cat/bop/pdf/2003/20030429.pdf#2003/5171 |accessdate=21 December 2018 |publisher=Diputació de Tarragona |location=Tarragona, Spain |language=Catalan}}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2003 - Mun. Tortosa |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=21 December 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}} He was re-elected at the 2007, 2011 and 2015 local elections.{{cite magazine |title=Administració Local: Junta Electoral de Zona de Tortosa |magazine=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Tarragona |date=25 April 2007 |issue=95 |page=133 |url=https://www.diputaciodetarragona.cat/bop/pdf/2007/20070425.pdf#2007/4969 |accessdate=21 December 2018 |publisher=Diputació de Tarragona |location=Tarragona, Spain |language=Catalan}}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2007 - Mun. Tortosa |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=21 December 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}{{cite magazine |title=Administració Local: Junta Electoral de Zona de Tortosa |magazine=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Tarragona |date=26 April 2011 |issue=95 |page=136 |url=https://www.diputaciodetarragona.cat/bop/pdf/2011/20110426.pdf#2011/5094 |accessdate=21 December 2018 |publisher=Diputació de Tarragona |location=Tarragona, Spain |language=Catalan}}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Tortosa |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=21 December 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}{{cite magazine |title=Administració Local: Junta Electoral de Zona de Tortosa |magazine=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Tarragona |date=28 April 2015 |issue=98 |page=59 |url=https://www.diputaciodetarragona.cat/ebop/index.php?op=dwn&tipus=i&data=20150428&anyp=2015&num=04429&v=i |accessdate=21 December 2018 |publisher=Diputació de Tarragona |location=Tarragona, Spain |language=Catalan}}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2015 - Mun. Tortosa |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=21 December 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}} He was president of Baix Ebre County Council from 2003 to 2007. He was mayor of Tortosa between 2007 and 2018.{{cite web |title=Alcaldes/esses anteriors |url=http://www2.tortosa.cat/alcalde/alcantec.php |publisher=Ajuntament de Tortosa |accessdate=21 December 2018 |location=Tortosa, Spain |page=Catalan}}
Bel contested the 2011 general election as a CiU candidate in the Province of Tarragona and was elected to the Senate of Spain.{{cite magazine |title=Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Tarragona |magazine=Boletín Oficial del Estado |date=25 October 2011 |issue=257 |page=111456 |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2011/10/25/pdfs/BOE-A-2011-16745.pdf |accessdate=11 June 2018 |publisher=Government of Spain |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Senado / Noviembre 2011 |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=21 December 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}} He contested the 2015 general election as a Democracy and Freedom (DiL) electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Tarragona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.{{cite magazine |title=Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Tarragona |magazine=Boletín Oficial del Estado |date=24 November 2015 |issue=281 |page=110871 |url=https://boe.es/boe/dias/2015/11/24/pdfs/BOE-A-2015-12734.pdf |accessdate=7 June 2018 |publisher=Government of Spain |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Diciembre 2015 |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=21 December 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}} He was re-elected at the 2016 general election.{{cite magazine |title=Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Tarragona |magazine=Boletín Oficial del Estado |date=31 May 2016 |issue=131 |page=35712 |url=https://boe.es/boe/dias/2016/05/31/pdfs/BOE-A-2016-5186.pdf |accessdate=7 June 2018 |publisher=Government of Spain |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Junio 2016 |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=21 December 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}} At the 2019 general election Bel was placed 2nd on the Together for Catalonia electoral alliance's list of candidates in the Province of Tarragona but the alliance only managed to win one seat in the province and as a result he failed to get re-elected to the Congress of Deputies.{{cite magazine |title=Otras Disposiciones: Junta Electoral Central - Elecciones generales. Proclamación de candidaturas |magazine=Boletín Oficial del Estado |date=2 April 2019 |issue=79 |page=34422 |url=https://boe.es/boe/dias/2019/04/02/pdfs/BOE-A-2019-4902.pdf |accessdate=27 May 2019 |publisher=Government of Spain |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish |issn=0212-033X}}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Abril 2019 |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=18 August 2019 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}
Bel is a member of the Association of Economists of Catalonia (Col·legi d'Economistes de Catalunya), Registry of Economists and Tax Advisors (Registro de Economistas Asesores Fiscales, REAF), Registry of Forensic Economists (Registro de Economistas Forenses, REFOR) and Spanish Association of Accounting and Administration of Companies (Asociación Española de Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas, AECA).
Personal life
Electoral history
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|+ Electoral history of Ferran Bel ! scope=col|Election ! scope=col|Constituency ! scope=col colspan="2"|Party ! scope=col colspan="2"|Alliance ! scope=col|No. ! scope=col|Result | |||||||
| 2003 local | Tortosa | style="background:{{party color|Democratic Convergence of Catalonia}};"| | Democratic Convergence of Catalonia | style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}};"| | Convergence and Union | align=right|1 | Elected |
| 2007 local | Tortosa | style="background:{{party color|Democratic Convergence of Catalonia}};"| | Democratic Convergence of Catalonia | style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}};"| | Convergence and Union | align=right|1 | Elected |
| 2011 local | Tortosa | style="background:{{party color|Democratic Convergence of Catalonia}};"| | Democratic Convergence of Catalonia | style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}};"| | Convergence and Union | align=right|1 | Elected |
| 2011 general | Province of Tarragona | style="background:{{party color|Democratic Convergence of Catalonia}};"| | Democratic Convergence of Catalonia | style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}};"| | Convergence and Union | align=right|1 | Elected |
| 2015 local | Tortosa | style="background:{{party color|Democratic Convergence of Catalonia}};"| | Democratic Convergence of Catalonia | style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}};"| | Convergence and Union | align=right|1 | Elected |
| 2015 general | Province of Tarragona | style="background:{{party color|Democratic Convergence of Catalonia}};"| | Democratic Convergence of Catalonia | style="background:{{party color|Democracy and Freedom}};"| | Democracy and Freedom | align=right|1 | Elected |
| 2016 general | Province of Tarragona | style="background:{{party color|Democratic Convergence of Catalonia}};"| | Democratic Convergence of Catalonia | align=right|1 | Elected | ||
| 2019 general | Province of Tarragona | style="background:{{party color|Catalan European Democratic Party}};"| | Catalan European Democratic Party | style="background:{{party color|Together for Catalonia (2017)}};"| | Together for Catalonia | align=right|2 | Not elected |
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