Jordi Salvador i Duch (born 23 July 1964) is a Catalan teacher, trade unionist and politician from Spain. He also is a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.

Jordi Salvador
Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
Assumed office
12 January 2016
ConstituencyTarragona
Personal details
Born
Jordi Salvador i Duch

(1964-07-23) 23 July 1964 (age 60)
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
CitizenshipSpanish
Political partyRepublican Left of Catalonia
Other political
affiliations
Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists
Alma materRovira i Virgili University
OccupationTeacher
WebsiteArchived 2019-12-28 at the Wayback Machine

Early life

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Salvador was born on 23 July 1964 in Barcelona,[a] Catalonia.[1][3] His maternal grandparents were originally from Conca de Barberà but moved to Barcelona in the early part of the 20th century for economic reasons.[3] In 1971, aged six, Salvador and his parents moved to the Torreforta suburb of Tarragona.[3][4]

Salvador has a bachelor's degree in geography and history and a doctorate in social and cultural anthropology from the Rovira i Virgili University (URV).[5][6] His 2005 doctoral thesis was titled Futbol Metàfora de una Guerra Freda: Un Estudi Antropològic del Barça.[7] He also has diplomas from the University of Barcelona (UB) to teach social sciences and physics at Educación General Básica (EGB) level.[8][9]

Career

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Salvador was a teacher at various institutions from 1987 to 2015. A member of Federación de Trabajadores de Enseñanza (FETE), he was general-secretary of the Tarragona branch of the Unión General de Trabajadores from 2008 to 2015.[5][10] He is a member of Òmnium Cultural and Entre Pobles.[11]

Salvador contested the 2015 general election as an independent Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes (ERC–CatSí) electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Tarragona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[12][13] He was re-elected at the 2016, April 2019 and November 2019 general elections.[14][15][16][17][18][19] In February 2020 he was elected general-secretary of the Tarragona regional branch of the Republican Left of Catalonia.[20]

Electoral history

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Electoral history of Jordi Salvador
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
2015 general[12][13] Province of Tarragona Independent Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes 1 Elected
2016 general[14][15] Province of Tarragona Independent Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes 1 Elected
2019 April general[16][17] Province of Tarragona Republican Left of Catalonia Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists 1 Elected
2019 November general[18][19] Province of Tarragona Republican Left of Catalonia Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists 1 Elected

Notes

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  1. ^ Other sources give Salvador's place of birth as Tarragona.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Members: XIV Legislatura ( 2019-Actualidad ) - Salvador i Duch, Jordi" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. ^ Ruiz Valdivia, Antonio (22 November 2018). "15 cosas para saber quién es Jordi Salvador, el diputado del escupitajo". HuffPost (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Jordi Salvador i Duch". L’únic Canvi Possible! (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Republican Left of Catalonia. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  4. ^ Bruguera, Laia (13 April 2019). ""Cap dret, ni social ni nacional, no ha estat mai regalat"". El Punt (in Catalan). Girona, Spain. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  5. ^ a b Jorro, Ignasi (30 April 2019). "Este es Jordi Salvador Duch, el diputado acusado de escupir a Borrell". Crónica Global (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Quién es Jordi Salvador, el diputado de ERC al que Borrell acusa de escupirle". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 21 November 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  7. ^ Delgado, Manuel (16 February 2006). "Alguna cosa més que un esport". El País (in Catalan). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Aquests són els sis diputats i els quatre senadors de Tarragona". Tarragona 21 (in Catalan). Tarragona, Spain. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  9. ^ Prats, David (25 April 2019). "Entrevista a Jordi Salvador, candidat d'ERC per Tarragona al Congrés dels Diputats". Ràdio Ciutat Valls (in Catalan). Valls, Spain. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  10. ^ Llauradó, Josep M. (9 November 2015). "Jordi Salvador tanca la seva etapa com a secretari general d'UGT a Tarragona". Nació Digital (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  11. ^ Fernández, Xavier (28 April 2019). "Los 6 diputados de Tarragona que se van al Congreso". Diari de Tarragona (in Spanish). Tarragona, Spain. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  12. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Tarragona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 281. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 24 November 2015. p. 110869. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  13. ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Diciembre 2015" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  14. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Tarragona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 131. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 31 May 2016. p. 35711. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  15. ^ 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 8 March 2020.
  16. ^ 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. 34421. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  17. ^ 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 8 March 2020.
  18. ^ 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. 113703. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  19. ^ 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 8 March 2020.
  20. ^ "Irene Aragonès i Jordi Salvador, al capdavant del nou equip d'ERC al Camp de Tarragona". Tarragona Digital (in Catalan). Tarragona, Spain. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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