Pilar Calvo
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{{Family name hatnote|Calvo|Gómez|lang=Catalan}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Pilar Calvo
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| office1 = Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
| constituency1 = Barcelona
| term_start1 = 16 March 2021
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| predecessor1 = Laura Borràs
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| birth_name = Maria Pilar Calvo i Gómez
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| nationality = Spanish
| party = Together for Catalonia
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| occupation = Journalist
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Maria Pilar Calvo i Gómez (born 3 May 1963) is a Spanish journalist, politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.
Early life
Calvo was born on 3 May 1963 in Barcelona, Spain.{{cite web |title=Organización de la Cámara: Diputadas y diputados - XIV Legislatura (2019-Actualidad) - Calvo Gómez, Pilar |url=https://www.congreso.es/web/guest/busqueda-de-diputados?p_p_id=diputadomodule&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&_diputadomodule_mostrarFicha=true&codParlamentario=381&idLegislatura=XIV&mostrarAgenda=false |publisher=Congress of Deputies |accessdate=4 April 2021 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}{{cite news |last1=Lillo |first1=Manuel |title=Pilar Calvo: "Trigarem una generació a recuperar-nos de la marxa de Messi" |url=https://www.eltemps.cat/article/11201/entrevista-pilar-calvo-messi |access-date=4 April 2021 |work=El Temps |date=31 August 2020 |location=Valencia, Spain |language=Catalan}}
Career
Calvo is a sports journalist and has been a member of the Association of Journalists of Catalonia (Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya) since 1989.{{cite news |last1=Velert Irles |first1=Jordi |title=Les noves cares al territori del partit de Puigdemont |url=https://www.naciodigital.cat/noticia/211387/noves-cares-al-territori-partit-puigdemont |access-date=4 April 2021 |work=Nació Digital |date=9 December 2020 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}} She has worked for various media organisations including Catalunya Ràdio and TV3.{{cite news |title=La periodista Pilar Calvo sustituye a Laura Borràs en el Congreso |url=https://cronicaglobal.elespanol.com/politica/periodista-pilar-calvo-sustituye-laura-borras-congreso_458590_102.html |access-date=4 April 2021 |work=Crónica Global |date=16 March 2021 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Spanish}}{{cite news |last1=Subirana |first1=Jordi |title=La periodista Pilar Calvo será la número 8 de la lista de Forn |url=https://www.metropoliabierta.com/informacion-municipal/calvo-lista-forn_15844_102.html |access-date=4 April 2021 |work=Metropoli |date=17 April 2019 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Spanish}} Her career at Catalunya Ràdio's sports department began when the station was established in 1983.{{cite web |title=Les periodistes esportives. Pilar Calvo |url=https://www.ccma.cat/catradio/les-periodistes-esportives-pilar-calvo/noticia/2906555/ |publisher=TV3 |access-date=4 April 2021 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan |date=8 March 2019}} She provided daily news on FC Barcelona and for 13 years she participated in the Futbol a Catalunya Ràdio show.{{cite news |title=Pilar Calvo, ex Catalunya Ràdio y TV3, octava en la lista de JxCat |url=http://guiadelaradio.com/pilar-calvo-ex-catalunya-radio-y-tv3-octava-en-la-lista-de-jxcat |access-date=4 April 2021 |work=Guía de la Radio |date=18 April 2019 |language=Spanish}} She then moved to TV3 where she presented programmes such as Gol a Gol, Entorn and Tres punts. She has worked as a production assistant for Televisión Española and written articles for Sport, El Periódico de Catalunya and Futari. She was in charge of sponsorship at Gestora Clubs DiR, SL. In recent years she has worked as a consultant in different sectors in China, Europe and South America and is a partner in Esportia, an electronic sports consultancy firm.
At the 2017 regional election Calvo was placed 64th on the Together for Catalonia (JxCat) electoral alliance's list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the alliance only managed to win 17 seats in the province and as a result she failed to get elected.{{cite web |title=Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona |work=Boletín Oficial del Estado |date=19 November 2017 |issue=281 |page=111428 |url=http://boe.es/boe/dias/2017/11/19/pdfs/BOE-A-2017-13305.pdf |accessdate=10 June 2018 |publisher=Government of Spain |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}{{cite web |title=Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2017: Composició del Parlament |url=https://resultats.parlament2017.cat/09AU/DAU09000XX.htm?lang=ca |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |language=Catalan |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222105244/https://resultats.parlament2017.cat/09AU/DAU09000XX.htm?lang=ca |archivedate=22 December 2017}} She was one of the founding members of National Call for the Republic in 2018. She was spokesperson for detained Catalonia independence leaders Joaquim Forn, Josep Rull, Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Turull during their hunger strike in December 2018.
At the 2019 local elections she was placed eighth on JxCat's list of candidates in Barcelona, but the alliance only managed to win five seats in the city and as a result she failed to get elected.{{cite magazine |title=Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Barcelona - Proclamació de les candidatures per a les eleccions municipals de la Junta Electoral de Zona de Barcelona |magazine=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona |date=30 April 2019 |page=17 |url=https://bop.diba.cat/anunci/descarrega-pdf/1174422 |accessdate=4 April 2021 |publisher=Diputació de Barcelona |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2019 – Mun. Barcelona |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=4 April 2021 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}} At the November 2019 general election she was placed seventh on the JxCat's list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the alliance only managed to win four seats in the province and as a result he failed to get elected.{{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=113508 |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=Spanish |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=4 April 2021 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}} However, in March 2021, she was appointed to the Congress of Deputies following the election of Laura Borràs to the Parliament of Catalonia.{{cite news |title=Pilar Calvo pren possessió de l'escó al Congrés en substitució de Borràs |url=https://www.elnacional.cat/ca/politica/pilar-calvo-esco-congres-borras_592406_102.html |access-date=4 April 2021 |work=El Nacional |agency=Catalan News Agency |date=16 March 2021 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}{{cite news |last1=Serra |first1=Ot |title=El Suprem inicia els tràmits per traslladar la causa de Borràs a Catalunya |url=https://www.ara.cat/politica/suprem-inicia-tramits-traslladar-causa-borras-catalunya_1_3904373.html |access-date=4 April 2021 |work=Ara |date=17 March 2021 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}
Calvo is co-ordinator of Together for Catalonia's (Junts) Barcelona branch.
Electoral history
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|+ Electoral history of Pilar Calvo ! scope=col|Election ! scope=col|Constituency ! scope=col colspan="2"|Party ! scope=col colspan="2"|Alliance ! scope=col|No. ! scope=col|Result | |||||||
| 2017 regional | Province of Barcelona | style="background:{{party color|Together for Catalonia (2017)}};"| | Together for Catalonia | align=right|64 | Not elected | ||
| 2019 local | Barcelona | style="background:{{party color|National Call for the Republic}};"| | National Call for the Republic | style="background:{{party color|Together for Catalonia (2017)}};"| | Together for Catalonia | align=right|8 | Not elected |
| 2019 November general | Province of Barcelona | style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"| | Independent | style="background:{{party color|Together for Catalonia (2017)}};"| | Together for Catalonia | align=right|7 | Not elected |
References
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External links
{{Official website|https://pilarcalvo.com }}
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Category:Journalists from Catalonia
Category:Women politicians from Catalonia
Category:Members of the 14th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Category:National Call for the Republic politicians
Category:Politicians from Barcelona
Category:Spanish sports broadcasters
Category:Spanish sports journalists
Category:Spanish women television presenters
Category:Spanish television presenters
Category:Together for Catalonia (2017) politicians
Category:Together for Catalonia (2020) politicians
Category:Women members of the Congress of Deputies (Spain)