Jordi Xuclà
{{short description|Spanish lawyer, academic and politician}}
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| name = Jordi Xuclà
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| office1 = Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
| constituency1 = Girona
| term_start1 = 25 March 2004
| term_end1 = 5 March 2019
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| office2 = Member of the Senate of Spain
| constituency2 = Girona
| term_start2 = 12 March 2000
| term_end2 = 20 January 2004
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| birth_name = Jordi Xuclà i Costa
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| birth_place = Olot, Catalonia, Spain
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| citizenship = Spanish
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| party = Catalan European Democratic Party
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| alma_mater = University of Girona
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Jordi Xuclà i Costa (born 13 May 1973) is a Spanish lawyer, academic and politician from Catalonia. He is a former member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain and the Senate of Spain.
Early life and family
Xuclà was born on 13 May 1973 in Olot, Catalonia.{{cite web |title=Members: XII Legislatura ( 2016-2019 ) - Xuclà i Costa, Jordi |url=http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Diputados/BusqForm?_piref73_1333155_73_1333154_1333154.next_page=/wc/fichaDiputado?idDiputado=6&idLegislatura=12 |publisher=Congress of Deputies |accessdate=20 December 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}{{cite web |title=Jordi Xuclà i Costa |url=https://www.partitdemocrata.cat/web/jordi-xucla-i-costa/ |publisher=Catalan European Democratic Party |accessdate=20 December 2018 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}} He is the son of an industrialist who was a supporter of Jordi Pujol.{{cite news |last1=Genís |first1=Narcís |title=Socioliberal |url=http://www.elpuntavui.cat/article/3-politica/17-politica/471808-socioliberal.html |accessdate=20 December 2018 |work=El Punt |date=5 November 2011 |location=Girona, Spain |language=Catalan}} His brother was a member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC). Xuclà has a degree in law from the University of Girona, a diploma in public law and a master's degree in security and foreign policy.{{cite news |last1=Vilamitjana |first1=Jordi |title=els diputats gironins (2008-2010) |url=https://www.emporda.info/girona/2010/11/08/diputats-gironins-2008-2010/97232.html |accessdate=20 December 2018 |work=Empordà |date=8 November 2010 |location=Figueres, Spain |language=Catalan}}
Xuclà joined the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) in 1989 and was secretary-general (1998-00) and president (2000-02) of the Nationalist Youth of Catalonia (JNC).
Career
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Xuclà was head of Institutional Relations in the Generalitat de Catalunya's Department of Environment. He has worked as a lawyer and was professor of administrative and constitutional law at the University of Girona.
At the 1999 local elections Xuclà was placed 20th on the Convergence and Union (CiU) electoral alliance's list of candidates in Olot but the alliance only managed to win 8 seats in the municipality and as a result he failed to get elected.{{cite magazine |title=Administració Perifèrica de l'Estat: Junta Electoral de Zona d'Olot |magazine=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Girona |date=18 May 1999 |issue=63 |page=164 |url=http://www.ddgi.cat/bopH/pdf.raw?collection=&id=0000028256&lang=ca&name=Butllet%C3%AD%20Oficial%20de%20la%20Prov%C3%ADncia%20de%20Girona,%2023/04/2003,%20n%C3%BAm.%2077 |accessdate=11 June 2018 |publisher=Diputació de Girona |location=Girona, Spain |language=Catalan }}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Junio 1999 - Mun. Olot |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=20 December 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish |archive-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |url-status=dead }} At the 2007 local elections he was placed 21st on the CiU's list of candidates in Olot but the alliance only managed to win 7 seats in the municipality and as a result he failed to get elected.{{cite magazine |title=Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona d'Olot |magazine=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Girona |date=1 May 2007 |issue=86 |page=168 |url=http://www.ddgi.cat/bopH/pdf.raw?collection=&id=0000027122&lang=ca&name=Butllet%C3%AD%20Oficial%20de%20la%20Prov%C3%ADncia%20de%20Girona,%2001/05/2007,%20n%C3%BAm.%2086 |accessdate=11 June 2018 |publisher=Diputació de Girona |location=Girona, Spain |language=Catalan }}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2007 - Mun. Olot |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=20 December 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish |archive-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |url-status=dead }} At the 2011 local elections he was placed 21st on the CiU's list of candidates in Olot but the alliance only managed to win 10 seats in the municipality and as a result he failed to get elected.{{cite magazine |title=Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona d'Olot |magazine=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Girona |date=26 April 2011 |issue=79 |page=177 |url=http://www.ddgi.cat/bopH/pdf.raw?collection=&id=0000028194&lang=ca&name=Butllet%C3%AD%20Oficial%20de%20la%20Prov%C3%ADncia%20de%20Girona,%2026/04/2011,%20n%C3%BAm.%2079 |accessdate=11 June 2018 |publisher=Diputació de Girona |location=Girona, Spain |language=Catalan }}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Olot |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=20 December 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish |archive-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |url-status=dead }} He did not contest the 2015 local elections but was nominated as the CiU's number one substitute candidate in Les Planes d'Hostoles.{{cite magazine |title=Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona d'Olot |magazine=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Girona |date=28 April 2015 |issue=81 |page=171 |url=http://www.ddgi.cat/bopH/pdf.raw?collection=&id=0000029634&lang=ca&name=Butllet%C3%AD%20Oficial%20de%20la%20Prov%C3%ADncia%20de%20Girona,%2028/04/2015,%20n%C3%BAm.%2081 |accessdate=11 June 2018 |publisher=Diputació de Girona |location=Girona, Spain |language=Catalan }}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Xuclà contested the 2000 general election as a CiU candidate in the Province of Girona and was elected to the Senate of Spain.{{cite magazine |title=Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Girona |magazine=Boletín Oficial del Estado |date=15 February 2000 |issue=39 |page=7005 |url=https://boe.es/boe/dias/2000/02/15/pdfs/A06975-07058.pdf |accessdate=19 December 2018 |publisher=Government of Spain |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Senado / Marzo 2000 |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=20 December 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish |archive-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |url-status=dead }} He contested the 2004 general election as a CiU candidate in the Province of Girona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.{{cite magazine |title=Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Girona |magazine=Boletín Oficial del Estado |date=17 February 2004 |issue=41 |page=7508 |url=https://boe.es/boe/dias/2004/02/17/pdfs/A07478-07566.pdf |accessdate=19 December 2018 |publisher=Government of Spain |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Marzo 2004 |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=20 December 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish |archive-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |url-status=dead }} He was re-elected at the 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2016 general elections.{{cite magazine |title=Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Girona |magazine=Boletín Oficial del Estado |date=12 February 2008 |volume=CCCXLVIII |issue=37 |page=7603 |url=https://boe.es/boe/dias/2008/02/12/pdfs/A07549-07699.pdf |accessdate=19 December 2018 |publisher=Government of Spain |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Marzo 2008 |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=20 December 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish |archive-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite magazine |title=Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Girona |magazine=Boletín Oficial del Estado |date=25 October 2011 |issue=257 |page=111324 |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: Congresso / Noviembre 2011 |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=20 December 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish |archive-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite magazine |title=Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Girona |magazine=Boletín Oficial del Estado |date=24 November 2015 |issue=281 |page=110720 |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=20 December 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish |archive-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite magazine |title=Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Girona |magazine=Boletín Oficial del Estado |date=31 May 2016 |issue=131 |page=35592 |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=20 December 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish |archive-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |url-status=dead }}
Xuclà is a vice-president of Liberal International and president of the Freedom and Democracy Foundation (Fundació Llibertat i Democràcia), the Catalan section of the Liberal International. He was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE).
Personal life
Electoral history
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|+ Electoral history of Jordi Xuclà ! scope=col|Election ! scope=col|Constituency ! scope=col colspan="2"|Party ! scope=col colspan="2"|Alliance ! scope=col|No. ! scope=col|Result | |||||||
| 1999 local | Olot | Nationalist Youth of Catalonia | style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}};"| | Convergence and Union | align=right|20 | Not elected | |
| 2000 general | Province of Girona | style="background:{{party color|Democratic Convergence of Catalonia}};"| | Democratic Convergence of Catalonia | style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}};"| | Convergence and Union | align=right|3 | Elected |
| 2004 general | Province of Girona | 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 | Olot | style="background:{{party color|Democratic Convergence of Catalonia}};"| | Democratic Convergence of Catalonia | style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}};"| | Convergence and Union | align=right|21 | Not elected |
| 2008 general | Province of Girona | 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 | Olot | style="background:{{party color|Democratic Convergence of Catalonia}};"| | Democratic Convergence of Catalonia | style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}};"| | Convergence and Union | align=right|21 | Not elected |
| 2011 general | Province of Girona | 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 Girona | 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 Girona | style="background:{{party color|Democratic Convergence of Catalonia}};"| | Democratic Convergence of Catalonia | align=right|1 | Elected |
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