Carolina Telechea i Lozano (born 9 August 1981) is a Catalan lawyer and politician from Spain. He is a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.
Carolina Telechea | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain | |
| Assumed office 12 June 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Ester Capella |
| Constituency | Barcelona |
| Member of Igualada Municipal Council | |
| In office 2015–2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Carolina Telechea i Lozano 9 August 1981 Igualada, Catalonia, Spain |
| Political party | Republican Left of Catalonia |
| Other political affiliations | Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists |
| Alma mater | University of Barcelona |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Website | carolinatelecheaadvocada |
Early life and family
editTelechea was born on 9 August 1981 in Igualada,[a] Catalonia.[2][3] She has a diverse family background - Andalusian, Argentine, Basque and Extremaduran.[3] Her father was from Madrid while her mother was from Cáceres.[4] Both parents worked in the textile industry and in the 1990s her father founded a computer company.[4] She has two younger sisters who are twins.[4] Telechea has a degree in law from the University of Barcelona and a postgraduate degree in legal practice from the Barcelona Bar Association.[1][3]
Telechea's family were socialists and supporters of federalism.[2] Her father was a Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) councillor in Santa Margarida de Montbui in the 1980s.[4][5] Telechea was a member of the PSC for six years and was secretary of the Anoia branch of the Socialist Youth of Catalonia (JSC).[2][5] However, the failure of the socialists to prioritise federalism led to Telechea leaving the PSC in 2010.[2][4]
Career
editTelechea has been a practicing lawyer since 2006, specialising in criminal law.[1][4] Whilst working as a co-ordinator for the socialist mayor of Santa Margarida de Montbui she was dismissed when she became pregnant.[4] She sued and with the compensation she won she formed her own law firm in 2011.[3][4]
In 2015 Telechea was approached by the nationalist Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) to contest the local elections.[4][5] She contested the 2015 local elections as a Republican Left of Catalonia–Acord Municipal (ERC-AM) electoral alliance candidate in Igualada and was elected.[6][7]
At the 2016 general election Telechea was placed sixth on the Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes (ERC–CatSí) electoral alliance's list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the alliance only managed to win five seats in the province and as a result she failed to get elected.[8][9] However, in June 2018, she was appointed to the Congress of Deputies following the resignation of Ester Capella.[3][10][11] She was re-elected at the April 2019 and November 2019 general elections.[12][13][14][15]
Personal life
editTelechea is married to a Mossos d'Esquadra police officer and has a son, Jules.[1][4]
Electoral history
edit| Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | No. | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 local[6][7] | Igualada | Republican Left of Catalonia | Republican Left of Catalonia–Acord Municipal | 2 | Elected | ||
| 2016 general[8][9] | Province of Barcelona | Republican Left of Catalonia | Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes | 6 | Not elected | ||
| 2019 April general[12][13] | Province of Barcelona | Republican Left of Catalonia | Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists | 3 | Elected | ||
| 2019 November general[14][15] | Province of Barcelona | Republican Left of Catalonia | Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists | 2 | Elected | ||
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Members: XIV Legislatura ( 2019-Actualidad ) - Telechea i Lozano, Carolina" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d López, Òscar (31 May 2016). ""Molta gent ha fet el mateix trànsit que jo"". El Punt (in Catalan). Girona, Spain. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Carolina Telechea" (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Republican Left of Catalonia. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Hinojosa, Silvia (20 July 2019). "Carolina Telechea, la diputada de ERC alérgica a las selfies". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Carolina Telechea sustituye a Ester Capella en el Congreso de los Diputados" (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Republican Left of Catalonia. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona d'Igualada". Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Diputació de Barcelona. 28 April 2015. p. 18. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2015 - Mun. Igualada" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Girona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 25 May 2016. p. 34529. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Junio 2016" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "Los diputados sustitutos de las dos conselleras de ERC toman hoy posesión". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. EFE. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ Alberola, Miquel (12 June 2018). "Un pleno vacío". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Junta Electoral Central - Elecciones generales. Proclamación de candidaturas" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 79. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 2 April 2019. p. 34228. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Abril 2019" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales – Elecciones generales. Proclamación de candidaturas" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 248. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 15 October 2019. p. 113505. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Noviembre 2019" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.