Josep Ramon Bosch
{{Short description|Catalan businessperson}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Josep Ramon Bosch i codina
| image = Josep Ramon Bosch SCC.jpg
| birth_date = 1963
| birth_place = Santpedor
| occupation = Political activist and entrepreneur
| party = People's Party (Spain)
}}
Josep Ramon Bosch i Codina (born in Santpedor in 1963) is a businessman and Spanish Catalan political activist focused on supporting Spanish nationalism. He belonged to the People's Party (PP). He is the founder of Somatemps,{{Cite news|url=https://www.eltemps.cat/article/3287/yo-soy-espanol-espanol-espanol|title="Yo soy español, español, español..."|work=El Temps|access-date=2018-05-08|language=ca}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.publico.es/politica/detras-asociaciones-han-sacado-calle-miles-ciudadanos-espana-catalunya.html|title=Quién está detrás de las asociaciones que han sacado a la calle a miles de ciudadanos por España y por Catalunya|access-date=2018-05-08|language=es-ES}} a far-right group that defends "the Hispanic identity of Catalonia", and presided the unionist platform of the Catalan Civil Society (2014-2015).{{Cite news|url=http://www.ara.cat/politica/Societat-Civil-Catalana-vaticina-Diada_0_1193280832.html|title=Societat Civil Catalana vaticina que hi haurà "molta gent" a la V de la Diada|work=Ara.cat|access-date=2018-05-08|language=ca}} He has also participated in La Contra Deportiva, an online newspaper dedicated to RCD Espanyol, led by General Secretary of Platform for Catalonia, Roberto Hernando.{{Cite news|url=https://www.eltemps.cat/article/2568/la-trama-ultracatolica-i-els-seus-mitjans-afins-contra-la-republica-catalana|title=La trama ultracatòlica i els seus mitjans afins contra la República catalana|work=El Temps|access-date=2018-05-08|language=ca}} Currently he is in charge of convincing Manuel Valls for campaigning in 2019 Spain's local elections as a Citizen's candidate.{{Cite news|url=http://www.elmundo.es/cronica/2018/07/08/5b409f62268e3e66758b460a.html|title='Operación Manuel Valls', el proyecto secreto para derrotar al populismo y el independentismo|work=ELMUNDO|access-date=2018-07-19|language=es}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elnacional.cat/es/politica/josep-ramon-bosch-manuel-valls-barcelona_286335_102.html|title=Josep Ramon Bosch asesora a Manuel Valls|website=ElNacional.cat|date=9 July 2018 |language=es|access-date=2018-07-19|quote=Josep Ramon Bosch i Codina es el factótum encargado de convencer a Manuel Valls para que encabece la lista "constitucionalista" por Barcelona en las municipales del 2019.}}
In September 2015 he was accused of maintaining a channel on YouTube where he uploaded videos of far-right ideological content under the pseudonym of Josep Codina.{{Cite news|url=http://elmon.cat/noticia/150576/un_canal_de_youtube_d_apologia_nazifeixista_estaria_vinculat_al_president_de_societat_civil_catalana_150576|title=El president de SCC penja vídeos de propaganda feixista amb la seva pròpia veu a Youtube|last=Món|first=El|work=El Món|access-date=2018-05-08|language=en}} Shortly afterwards, he announced his resignation as president of the Catalan Civil Society alleging personal motives.{{Cite news|url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20150929/54436903684/societat-civil-catalana-destituye-presidente-josep-ramon-bosch-insultos.html|title=Societat Civil Catalana destituye a su presidente tras el escándalo de los insultos|work=La Vanguardia|access-date=2018-05-09|language=es}} Two weeks before, a lawsuit against Josep Ramon Bosch had been filed for the insults and threats that he should have made from an anonymous Facebook profile.{{Cite news|url=http://www.ara.cat/politica/Bosch-plega-president-Societat-Civil-Catalana-despres-querella_0_1439256287.html|title=El president de Societat Civil Catalana dimiteix després de la querella per amenaces al Facebook|work=Ara.cat|access-date=2018-05-08|language=ca}} In court, he refused to declare{{Cite news|url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20160120/301545806188/societat-civil-catalana-niega-declarar-amenazas.html|title=El expresidente de SCC se niega a declarar en el juicio por amenazas|work=La Vanguardia|access-date=2018-05-08}} and finally the case was archived for having prescribed the offense.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ara.cat/politica/Sarxiva-lexpresident-Societat-Civil-Catalana_0_1721827972.html|title=S'arxiva la causa contra l'expresident de Societat Civil Catalana perquè el presumpte delicte d'injúries ha prescrit|work=Ara.cat|access-date=2018-05-08|language=ca}} Involved in the same timeline were publications of fascist videos with his voice under a false Facebook account which he owned.{{Cite news|url=https://www.naciodigital.cat/manresa/noticia/54315/josep/ramon/bosch/tamb/va/penjar/videos/feixistes/canal/youtube|title=Josep Ramon Bosch també va penjar vídeos feixistes a un canal de Youtube|last=NacióManresa|access-date=2018-03-30|language=ca}} Bosch has also participated in acts of the Francisco Franco National Foundation. Societat Civil Catalana, which at the time Bosch presided, claimed he was accompanying his father.{{Cite news|url=https://www.naciodigital.cat/noticia/83854/societat/civil/reconeix/bosch/va/assistir/acte/fundacio/franco|title=Societat Civil reconeix que Bosch va assistir a un acte de la Fundació Franco|last=NacióDigital|access-date=2018-03-31|language=ca}}
Josep has contributed to the prologue of the book "El hijo de la Africana" (The son of the African) written by Pau Guix.{{Cite news|url=https://www.elcatalan.es/pau-guix-presenta-este-lunes-el-hijo-de-la-africana-en-madrid-arropado-por-joaquin-tamames-ferrer-dalmau-bosch-y-fidalgo/|title=Pau Guix presenta hoy 'El hijo de la Africana' en Madrid arropado por Joaquín Tamames, Ferrer-Dalmau, Bosch y Fidalgo|date=2018-04-16|work=El Catalán|access-date=2018-05-24|language=es-ES}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.saliralaire.es/articulo/agenda/presentacion-hijo-africana/20180330202017002843.html|title=5-Ab. Presentación "El hijo de la africana"|last=Saliralaire|website=Saliralaire|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524141634/http://www.saliralaire.es/articulo/agenda/presentacion-hijo-africana/20180330202017002843.html|archive-date=2018-05-24|access-date=2018-05-24}}