Norma Pujol
{{Short description|Catalan teacher and politician}}
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{{family name hatnote|Pujol|Farré|lang=Catalan}}
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| office1 = Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
| constituency1 = Tarragona
| term_start1 = 16 May 2019
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| office2 = Member of Flix Municipal Council
| term_start2 = 2015
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| birth_name = Norma Pujol i Farré
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|02|09|df=y}}
| birth_place = Flix, Catalonia, Spain
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| citizenship = Spanish
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| party = Republican Left of Catalonia
| otherparty = Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists
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| alma_mater = {{Ubl| University of Lleida | Autonomous University of Barcelona }}
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Norma Pujol i Farré (born 9 February 1988) is a Spanish teacher and politician from Catalonia and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.
Early life
Pujol was born on 9 February 1988 in Flix,{{Efn|Another source gives Pujol's place of birth as Lleida.{{cite web |title=Norma Pujol Farré, directora general de Joventut |url=https://govern.cat/salapremsa/notes-premsa/308090/nomenaments |publisher=Government of Catalonia |accessdate=3 March 2020 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca |date=25 September 2018}}}} Catalonia.{{cite web |title=Members: XIV Legislatura ( 2019-Actualidad ) - Pujol i Farré, Norma |url=http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Diputados/BusqForm?_piref73_1333155_73_1333154_1333154.next_page=/wc/fichaDiputado?idDiputado=191&idLegislatura=14 |publisher=Congress of Deputies |accessdate=3 March 2020 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=es}}{{cite web |title=Norma Pujol |url=https://www.esquerra.cat/ca/norma-pujol |publisher=Republican Left of Catalonia |accessdate=3 March 2020 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}} She has a diploma in music education from the University of Lleida (UdL) (2009) and a postgraduate qualification in music education from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (2010).{{cite news |last1=Oca |first1=Jonathan |title=Norma Pujol, de Flix al Congrés dels Diputats |url=https://www.naciodigital.cat/tarragona/noticia/32011/norma/pujol/flix/al/congres/dels/diputats |accessdate=3 March 2020 |work=Nació Digital |date=28 April 2019 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}} In 2018 she received a postgraduate degree in management and management of educational centers from UdL.
Career
Pujol has taught music in several municipalities in Catalonia since 2010 and from 2015 she worked in Ebre Zona Escolar Rural (rural school zone).{{cite news |title=Norma Pujol, nova directora general de Joventut en substitució de Marta Vilalta |url=https://www.aldia.cat/gent/noticia-norma-pujol-nova-directora-general-joventut-substitucio-marta-vilalta-20180925183456.html |accessdate=3 March 2020 |work=aldia.cat |agency=Europa Press |date=25 September 2018 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}}{{cite news |last1=Moreno |first1=Gustau |title=El Govern nomena Norma Pujol nova directora general de Joventut |url=http://www.teveon.tv/noticia/El_Govern_nomena_Norma_Pujol_nova_directora_general_de_Joventut/17606 |accessdate=3 March 2020 |work=Teveon |location=Tortosa, Spain |language=ca}} She has taught music as an after-school activity at the Maristes Montserrat de Lleida and was a collaborator with the Flix Municipal School of Music and the Tivissa Music School.{{cite news |title=Norma Pujol és la nova directora general de Joventut |url=https://www.estris.cat/actualitat/norma-pujol-es-la-nova-directora-general-de-joventut_2800_102.html# |accessdate=3 March 2020 |work=estris.cat |date=1 October 2018 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}} She was territorial co-ordinator for Terres de l'Ebre between 2016 and 2018.{{cite web |title=Norma Pujol i Farre |url=https://vadellibertat.esquerra.cat/candidat/norma-pujol-i-farre/ |website=Va de Llibertat |publisher=Republican Left of Catalonia |accessdate=3 March 2020 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}} In September 2018 she was appointed Director General of Youth for the Government of Catalonia.
Pujol is a member of several cultural and sports organisations including the Agrupació Sardanista, Assemblea Nacional Catalana, Associació Cultural la Cana, Associació de Jocs Tothom a Taula, Centre d'Estudis de la Ribera d'Ebre, Flexus Teatre, Grup Natura Freixe and Joventut Esportiva de Flix. She was chairperson of the Flix Yacht Club from 2012 to 2015. She was part of the editorial staff of La Veu de Flix, a local news magazine, from 2008 to 2015.
Pujol has been associated with Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) since 2007. She contested the 2015 local elections as an Entesa per Flix–Acord Municipal (EpF-AM) electoral alliance candidate in Flix and was elected.{{cite magazine |title=Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral Zona de Reus |magazine=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Tarragona |date=30 April 2015 |issue=100 |page=5 |url=https://www.diputaciodetarragona.cat/ebop/index.php?op=dwn&tipus=i&data=20150430&anyp=2015&num=04571&v=i |accessdate=3 March 2020 |publisher=Diputació de Tarragona |location=Tarragona, Spain |language=ca}}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2015 - Mun. Flix |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=3 March 2020 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=es |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 }} She was re-elected at the 2019 local elections.{{cite magazine |title=Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral Zona de Reus |magazine=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Tarragona |date=30 April 2019 |page=26 |url=https://www.diputaciodetarragona.cat/ebop/index.php?op=dwn&tipus=i&data=20190430&anyp=2019&num=04103&v=i |accessdate=3 March 2020 |publisher=Diputació de Tarragona |location=Tarragona, Spain |language=ca}} She contested the April 2019 general election as a Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Tarragona and was 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=34421 |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=es |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=3 March 2020 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=es |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 }} She was re-elected at the November 2019 general election.{{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=113703 |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=es |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=3 March 2020 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=es |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 }}
Electoral history
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|+ Electoral history of Norma Pujol ! scope=col|Election ! scope=col|Constituency ! scope=col colspan="2"|Party ! scope=col colspan="2"|Alliance ! scope=col|No. ! scope=col|Result | |||||||
| 2015 local | Flix | style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}};"| | Republican Left of Catalonia | Entesa per Flix–Acord Municipal | align=right|4 | Elected | |
| 2019 April general | Province of Tarragona | style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}};"| | Republican Left of Catalonia | style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists}};"| | Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists | align=right|2 | Elected |
| 2019 local | Flix | style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}};"| | Republican Left of Catalonia | Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya- Entesa per Flix–Acord Municipal | align=right|3 | Elected | |
| 2019 November general | Province of Tarragona | style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}};"| | Republican Left of Catalonia | style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists}};"| | Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists | align=right|2 | Elected |
Notes
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Category:Autonomous University of Barcelona alumni
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