Dolors Terradas i Viñals (born 24 February 1949) is a Spanish teacher and politician, a member of the Congress of Deputies during the 11th Legislature.
Dolors Terradas | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 4 January 2016 – 3 May 2016 | |
| Constituency | Girona |
| Municipal Councillor of Banyoles | |
| In office 24 May 1983 – 9 June 1987 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dolors Terradas i Viñals 24 February 1949 Cornellà del Terri, Spain |
| Political party | |
| Alma mater | University of Girona |
| Occupation | Teacher, politician |
Biography
editDolors Terradas earned a licentiate in history from the University of Girona. She worked as a teacher of Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO) geography and history at several vocational training centers, as well as baccalaureate programs. She also performed studies on demography in Pla de l'Estany, some of which she published in the Revista de Girona.
In 1971 she became politically active in the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC), and was victorious as their candidate for the Banyoles municipal council in the 1983 local elections.[1] In 1988 she left the PSUC, and in the 1999 elections she occupied the symbolic 17th place in the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) list for the municipality of Banyoles.[2] In 1996 she was the leader of the Banyoles festival.[1]
Since 1994, she has participated in the social movement Banyoles Solidària, where she deals with the legalization and literacy of immigrants and cooperates with The Gambia and other countries in the process of economic development.[3][4] In the 2015 general election she won a seat in the Congress of Deputies as head of the En Comú Podem list for Girona.[5] She served on the Interior Commission, and was second vice president of the Commission of International Cooperation for Development.[5]
Publications
edit- Sobre la divisió territorial de Catalunya i el cas polèmic de Banyoles (1976)
- Població i societat a Banyoles al segle XVIII (1981)
- Les epidèmies de còlera a Banyoles en el segle XIX (1982), published in the Revista de Girona
- La Població de Banyoles al s. XVIII (1983)
- Aproximació a un exemple d'industrialització no reeixit: Banyoles 1700–1900 (1985)
References
edit- ^ a b "Dolors Terradas, cap de llista d'En Comú Podem" [Dolors Terradas, Head of the En Comú Podem List]. El Punt Avui (in Catalan). Girona. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ "Candidatures proclamades a les eleccions municipals de 1999" [Candidates Proclaimed in the Municipal Elections of 1999] (in Catalan). Actiu.net. 18 May 1999. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ Soler, Albert (14 December 2015). "'Pablo Iglesias ja feia política quan era professor, igual que en feia jo quan ho era'" ['Pablo Iglesias Was Already a Politician When He Was a Teacher, Just as I Did When I Was']. Diari de Girona (in Catalan). Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ "Dolors Terradas i Viñals" (in Catalan). En Comú Podem. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Terradas Viñals, Dolors" (in Spanish). Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 10 July 2019.